BA (Hons) English Literature with English Language
- International students can apply
- Overseas study available
After graduation, students can go into teaching, publishing, journalism, advertising, PR, or events as well as a wide range of graduate jobs. This course would also provide an ideal platform for postgraduate study.
Graduates from this course have gone on to pursue careers in teaching (in secondary and further education), teaching overseas, literary research, journalism; publishing, local government and the Civil Service; management in the commercial and business sector; broadcasting and the law.
The course is excellent preparation for further study at MA level in literature or language, or for further qualifications leading to a career in teaching. The combination of literature and language is particularly valuable for going on to teach at A level.
In addition, English literature and language are valued by employers who recognise that graduates acquire valuable transferable skills such as excellent verbal and written communication, analysis, research and independent thinking. These are relevant to a wide range of other career paths and open up areas such as management and market research.
Alumni Profile
Nadine Muller graduated with a First Class degree in English Literature with English Language in 2008.
She said: ‘My experience as a student on this course was both stimulating and challenging thanks to the variety of modules on offer and the opportunity to expand my knowledge and understanding of English Language while still being able to dedicate myself to my passion for English Literature. My degree has enabled me to diversify my CV since I am now able to teach not only within the field of English literature but also on English language, an asset which is reassuring and valuable particularly in the current job climate.’
This year, Nadine successfully defended her Ph.D. in 'Gender, Sexuality and Third-Wave Feminism in 21st-Century Neo-Victorian Fiction'. Her Ph.D. was fully funded by an institutional 80th Anniversary Doctoral Scholarship at the University of Hull.
Industry Links
This course responds to the needs of industry in developing subject expertise and transferable skills appropriate to a wide range of careers. We have close associations with industry and professional bodies such as:
- BBC TV and RadioC
- Granada TV
- The Royal Exchange Theatre, Manchester
- The Theatre Royal, Hyde
- Octagon Theatre, Bolton
- Oxford University Press
- The British Library
- The National Library of Scotland
- Scottish Language Dictionaries
- The Scottish Parliament.
This provides you with a number of benefits such as theatre visits, networking opportunities, guest speakers, and work experience opportunities. For students interested in working in the creative industries or in literary research in particular, this is invaluable.