This three-year English Language and Literature BA Honours degree develops your knowledge of the history of English and how it's used. You'll explore Renaissance literature, the Romantics, American Modernism and post-war culture, gaining an insight of literature from pre-20th-century to the present day. 

You will learn from subject experts, world-leading researchers in literature and internationally acclaimed writers throughout your degree programme.

You'll be able to immerse yourself in local culture at venues such as Seven Stories, The Wordsworth Trust and the Literary and Philosophical Society.

Developing your knowledge of the scientific methodologies used to study the English language, you'll become a confident professional with a range of valuable skills applicable to fields across language and literature. 

Your training can be used in:

• teaching English as a foreign language
• publishing
• journalism
• advertising, branding and marketing
• information services and data science