BA (Hons) in English Studies
University of Stirling
Key Information
Campus location
Stirling, United Kingdom
Languages
English
Study format
On-Campus
Duration
36 - 48 months
Pace
Full time, Part time
Tuition fees
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Application deadline
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Earliest start date
Sep 2024
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Introduction
Overview
Texts are all around us – from books and magazines to TV, email and the internet. The ability to analyse them and their often subtle meanings is a skill that can open doors in a wide range of professional fields.
English Studies at the University of Stirling offers you the perfect chance to dedicate yourself to reading and enjoying a range of great novels, plays and poems from across the world. Your own creative writing can form part of this degree, too – as we believe it aids your understanding of literary style and technique and develops your imagination. You’ll also have the opportunity to take a range of language-based courses which will inform your understanding and appreciation of literary texts. These are just some of the factors that make our BA a little different from other English courses.
Top reasons to study with us
#1 2nd in Scotland for English (The National Student Survey 2023)
#2 Learn from visiting experts and authors, and attend the Booker Prize Initiative on campus
#3 3rd in Scotland and top 5 in the UK for English (Times and Sunday Times Good University Guide 2023)
Curriculum
You’ll study literary works from the medieval period to the present day, as well as learn about linguistics, creative writing and the history of the English language. Along the way, you’ll benefit from top-rated teaching, visits from outside experts and the annual staging of the Booker Prize Initiative on campus – giving you the opportunity to meet world-renowned contemporary authors and discuss their work.
You also have the freedom to take English Studies with other courses and earn a combined honours degree tailored to your unique ambitions.
Course details
In Semesters 1-2, you'll take compulsory modules: Introduction to English Studies 1: Genres; and Introduction to English Studies 2: Theories and Approaches; plus four additional modules from other disciplines, which could include Linguistics.
In Semester 3 you will study Literary Revolutions, and in Semester 4, you’ll study a choice of core modules including: Writing and History; Writing and Theory; and Writing and Language. In Semester 5, students choose from several period-based modules, such as: Modernism and Modernity; British Romanticism; Renaissance Literature; and Victorian Literature and Culture.
Semesters 6 and 7 cover a range of optional modules which may include: Speculative Fiction; Early Scottish Literature; American Literature; Shakespeare's Theatre; Tragedy; Documenting the Eighteenth Century: Manuscript and Print; Talking on Paper: The Essay as Literature; Consuming Dickens in the Twenty-First Century; Toni Morrison; and Creative Writing.
The final semester will be spent writing your dissertation, supervised by your tutor.
Teaching
You’ll be taught through a mixture of lectures, seminars and tutorial groups. Visiting creative writers, scholars and critics are involved in a lively programme of extra-curricular lectures and readings. We also host a Royal Literary Fund Fellow, who is on site specifically to give students extra one-to-one support as they develop their essay writing skills.