Program description
English Literature With Journalism
This course allows you to study English Literature with Journalism. As well as the wide selection of literature modules available you will be able to study topics such as broadcast journalism, media ethics and photojournalism.
Admission requirements
For 2020 entry:
Typical offer is based on a minimum 112 tariff points from a Level 3 qualification* e.g.:
- A Levels (English Literature / English Language / English preferred but not required)
- International Baccalaureate Diploma (including H6 in English Literature or Language)
- BTEC National/Extended Diploma and Cambridge Technical Extended Diploma: DMM**
- City & Guilds Advanced Technical/ Extended Diploma: considered on a case by case basis**
- Access course with English Literature element: Pass
- Welsh Baccalaureate is accepted.
International Candidates: school leaving qualifications and college diplomas are accepted from countries worldwide (subject to minimum English Language requirements).
For more information about admission requirements, please visit the university website.
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Year 1
Compulsory Modules
Semester 1
- Intro to Practical Journalism Core
- Reading, Thinking, Writing
Semester 2
- Issues in Media and Journalism
Optional Modules
- Intro. to Medieval Literature (Semester 1)
- The Literature of Laughter (Semester 1)
- The Gothic in Literature/Film (Semester 2)
- Landmarks in Literature (Semester 2)
- Children's Fiction (Semester 2)
- Language, Literature & Culture (Semester 2)
Year 2
Compulsory Modules
- Practical Digital Journalism (Semester 1)
- Digital Journalism & Society (Semester 2)
Optional Modules
- Jonson to Johnson (Semester 2)
- Victorian Literature (Semester 2)
- Renaissance and Reformation (Semester 1)
- Modern & Contemporary Writing (Semester 1)
- The Romantic Period in Britain (Semester 1)
- Alfred Hitchcock (Semester 2)
- Beowulf to Malory (Semester 2)
Year 3
Compulsory Modules
- Practical Digital Journalism (Semester 1)
- Digital Journalism & Society (Semester 2)
Optional Modules
- Detective Fiction (Semester 1)
- Jane Austen (Semester 2)
- Shakespeare and EM Literature (Semester 2)
- Arthur: legend and super hero (Semester 1)
- Medieval Women's Literature (Semester 2)
- The English Dissertation (Semester 1 + 2)
- EM Lit: Sex, Sects and Scandal (Semester 1)
- Neo-Victorian Fiction (Semester 2)
- Dystopian Fiction (Semester 1)
Students may NOT take a Dissertation in both English Literature and the other WITH discipline.
*Module listings are for guide purposes only and are subject to change.
Scholarships & funding
Several scholarship options are available. Please check the university website for more information.
Tuition fees
Qualification
Upon successful completion of the program, students will earn a BA (Hons) degree.
Career opportunities
In a recent Salaries and Vacancies Survey the Association of Graduate Recruiters lisited the top ten skill areas that employers seek right now:
- Motivation and enthusiasm
- Interpersonal skills
- Team working
- Oral communication
- Flexibility and adaptability
- Initiative/productivity
- Problem solving
- Planning and organisation
- Managing own development
- Written communication
All these skills are central to an English degree. Employers repeatedly say that they do not want ‘trained’ recruits. They want intelligent, rounded people who have a depth of understanding, can apply themselves, take responsibility and develop their role in the organisation, demonstrating the traditional high-level academic abilities of analysis, reflection, critique and synthesis. What they do not want is graduates trained for a job, not least because jobs change rapidly.
When graduates in English reflect on the skills they developed through their degree which they have found most useful in their new jobs, they speak of advanced literary and communication skills, writing for project-based work, independent thought and judgement, and good time-management.
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Bangor University
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Why study at Bangor University
Gold rated teaching
Bangor University has achieved a Gold Award, the highest rating possible, in the national Teaching Excellence Framework (TEF). The TEF assessment took into account teaching quality, learning environment and student outcomes and learning gain. We were judged to deliver consistently outstanding teaching, learning and outcomes for our students and our teaching is of the highest quality found in the UK.
A top 10 university
The National Student Survey (NSS) results place Bangor amongst the UK’s top 10 universities for student satisfaction (excluding specialist institutions). This reflects the University’s focus on overall student experience.
Wide range of courses
We offer hundreds of courses across the arts and the sciences. We pride ourselves on the quality of our teaching and our courses and lecturers have been rated in the top 10 in the country.
World class teaching & research
Study at a world-class university, which is recognised for the quality of teaching and research. Bangor University is in the top 40 in the UK for research according to the Research Excellence Framework 2014.
Work experience and placements
We offer a variety of options to gain valuable employability skills, which includes supporting you in work placements and internships that you may wish to undertake.
Guaranteed accommodation
We guarantee accommodation for first year students who apply by the deadline and select us as their Firm Choice. Our accommodation was rated as the best in the UK at the What Uni Student Choice Awards 2018.
Free membership of all clubs and societies
Take advantage of the Bangor Student Experience with free membership of student clubs and societies. There are over 150 different ones to choose from, so you can try something new, get involved with sports, meet new friends and get out and explore the local area.
UNRIVALlED location
Choose to study in one of the best places in the UK to be a student. Bangor’s location – close to the mountains and the sea – has been described as ‘the best university setting in the UK’.
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