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English Literature and History BA (Hons)

Oxford Brookes University

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  • Qualification

    Bachelor of Arts (with Honours) - BA (Hons)

  • Location

    Main Site

  • Study mode

    Full time

  • Start date

    15-SEP-25

  • Duration

    3 Years

Course summary

Overview

Our joint honours course allows students to pursue their own areas of interest within English Literature and History whilst also providing them with a solid foundation in both disciplines and a range of personal and professional skills which will serve as a springboard for their future career development. The programme is carefully designed to enable students to gradually develop their knowledge and skills and become autonomous, effective and independent learners.

English Literature offers students the opportunity to study British and world literatures through a model of progressive specialisation that teaches advanced literary critical skills in the context of periodised, thematised, formal and theoretical modules. History is about far more than studying the past. It enables students to discover why people act the way they do and to explore how societies develop.

Learning and assessment

In year 1, you’ll build the skills and understanding you need for undergraduate literary studies with modules in critical theory and global literatures. You’ll develop historiographical skills whilst studying a range of materials from the beginnings of Europe’s colonisation of the rest of the world, to more recent discussions of race and the environment.

In year 2, you’ll broaden and deepen your knowledge of literature in relation to movements and cultures past and present. You’ll explore more specialist historical issues like what the Jack the Ripper case tells us about Victorian society or how thinkers like Charles Darwin have influenced our culture.

In year 3, you’ll have the freedom to focus on what you care about most, including your dissertation subject. You can explore literary topics like urbanisation, utopian societies, artificial intelligence, sustainability or even witchcraft. You might explore city life in Renaissance Italy, or examine the downfall of the Russian monarchy.

Application deadline

29 January

Tuition fees

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£ 15,950per year

Tuition fees shown are for indicative purposes and may vary. Please check with the institution for most up to date details.

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UCAS Points : 104

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Oxford Brookes University

  • University League Table

    46th

  • Campus address

    Oxford Brookes University, Gipsy Lane, Headington, Oxford, Oxfordshire, OX3 0BP, England

Oxford is a city full of history and renowned for academic excellence and culture. Just over 1 hour from London, with 24-hour bus links to major airports.
Oxford Brookes courses give students the fundamental skills and experience needed to succeed in their chosen career and become internationally employable.
Starting university is exciting but also a time of great change, so Oxford Brookes does all it can to help you settle in, feel at home and make new friends.

Subject rankings

  • Subject ranking

    50th out of 96 1

    66th out of 91 4

  • Entry standards

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    118 58%

    59th

  • Graduate prospects

    / Max 100
    69.0 69%

    60th

    14
  • Student satisfaction

    / Max 4
    3.20 80%

    39th

    14
  • Entry standards

    / Max 204
    109 53%

    77th

  • Graduate prospects

    / Max 100
    66.0 66%

    53rd

    3
  • Student satisfaction

    / Max 4
    3.07 77%

    73rd

    6

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