Course Description
Throughout this degree, you will explore five hundred years of historical ideas, events and literary creativity in Britain, Europe and the world. An array of option modules includes specialist topics such as gender and environmental histories, violence and war, American fiction, international bestsellers and Shakespeare.
You'll study on the Old Royal Naval College, part of a historical World Heritage Site near central London, giving you easy access to the capital's theatres, art galleries and museums. You'll have the opportunity to take a work placement in the creative, cultural, public or heritage sectors, boosting your future career options.
- The course explores the intersections between five hundred years of historical ideas, events and literary creativity in the place where east and west meet.
- The history pathway engages with a wide range of historical topics, from global movements to community histories, from the 17th to the 20th centuries.
- You’ll develop a substantial grounding in modern British, European and world history.
- The English literature element of this course focuses on the last two centuries, including fiction and poetry, visual art, film and theatre.
- The course takes advantage of our culturally and historically rich location near central London. Visits to theatres, art galleries and museums are integral to many of our modules.
Course Content
Year 1
Students are required to study the following compulsory modules.
- Literary Forms of Representation (30 credits)
- The Canon: A Short History of Western Literature (30 credits)
- Introducing History: Ideas and Practice (30 credits)
- The Changing Faces of Britain 1707 – 1918 (30 credits)
Year 2
Students are required to choose 60 credits from this list of options.
- 'The People's War': The Second World War, Society, Culture and Legacy (15 credits)
- Island Nation: Britain and the Sea 1805 - Present (15 credits)
- Atlantic Worlds 1650-1783 (15 credits)
- Empire and Nation in the Middle East (15 credits)
- Remaking English Society, c. 1550-1760 (15 credits)
- Footprints of Everyday Life: The Environmental History of Modern Britain (15 credits)
- History in Practice (30 credits)
Students are required to choose 30 credits from this list of options.
- Literature in Context: Fiction since 1800 (30 credits)
- Literature in Context: Poetry and Drama since 1800 (30 credits)
Students are required to choose 30 credits from this list of options.
- American Fictions (30 credits)
- Literature in Context: Fiction since 1800 (30 credits)
- Literature in Context: Poetry and Drama since 1800 (30 credits)
- International Bestsellers (30 credits)
- Shakespeare, Then and Now (30 credits)
Year 3
Students are required to study the following compulsory modules.
- Literature and Publishing Since 1820 (30 credits)
Students are required to choose 30 credits from this list of options.
- History Work Placement (30 credits)
- The History Dissertation (30 credits)
Students are required to choose 30 credits from this list of options.
- The Literature of the Gothic (30 credits)
- English in World Literatures: Postcolonial and Transnational Writing (30 credits)
- Contemporary Writing and Critical Theory (30 credits)
- Contemporary British Theatre (30 credits)
- School for Scandal: The Literature of the Long Eighteenth Century (30 credits)
- Dissertation (LLT) (30 credits)
- Work Placement (LTT) Level 6 (30 credits)
Students are required to choose 30 credits from this list of options.
- A Global History of Genocide (30 credits)
- Gendering the British: Nation, Citizenship & Rights (30 credits)
- Britain and the Suppression of the Slave trade 1807-1867 (15 credits)
- Cities of the Sultans: Life in the Early Modern Ottoman Empire (15 credits)
Entry Requirements
For entry, you will require:
- 104 UCAS points, including 3 A-levels at grades BCC or above.
- GCSEs in English Language or Literature and Mathematics at grade C / 4 or above.
General Studies is not usually accepted.
We also accept:
- BTEC/National Diploma
- International Baccalaureate
- Advanced Vocational Certificate of Education.
Assessment Methods
Each course has formal assessments which count towards your grade. Some courses may also include ‘practice’ assessments, which help you monitor progress and do not count towards your final grade.
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