BA (Hons) English and Media and Communications

Entry Requirements

• 280 UCAS tariff points
• A-level English with grade C minimum

International Entry Criteria 

• International students need to meet our English language requirement at either IELTS at 6.5 or above and a minimum of 6.0 for each of the 4 individual components (Reading, Writing, Speaking and Listening), or an equivalent secure English language test. In some countries where teaching is in English, we may accept local qualifications. 

Curriculum

Year 1 (Level 4) 

• English Literature I: Histories, Forms and Genres
• English Literature II: Critical Approaches
• Media and Communications Theories and Debates
• Digital Video Production
• Film and Radio industries
• Podcasting

Year 2 (Level 5) 

• The Canon Reloaded or Literature and Modernity: 1900-1960
• Critical Approaches to Digital and Social Media
• Creative Practice Option: TV Studio Production, or Radio Event and Outside
• Broadcast Management
• Nineteenth Century Literature or British and Irish Drama since 1945
• Industry Experience
• Cultures of Consumption or Genres or Screenwriting

Year 3 (Level 6)

• Contemporary Writers and the City or The Postcolonial Novel.
• Media and Communications: Policy and Ethics
• Dissertation
• Crime and Fiction or Shakespeare on the Screen
• Creative Practice: Directing Fiction (Film/Video) or Advertising and Brand Sound (Radio)