English Literature and Language with Foundation BA (Hons)

Our degree courses with Foundation year offer the opportunity to prepare you for advanced study before you progress onto a full honours degree at the University of Westminster. Whether you do not feel ready for degree-level study, don’t have the right qualifications, want to change your subject specialism or return to study after an absence from education, we aim to encourage a broad range of students to undertake our Foundation year in order to progress onto their full honours degree with us.The Foundation year is designed to give you the opportunity to explore new ideas, opening up new perspectives on the key debates within your chosen field. Core modules accelerate your academic and professional development and you will also take modules from areas closely related to your chosen field, giving you the chance to develop a cross-disciplinary perspective on your course. On successful completion of the Foundation year, you will be able to move on to study for the English Literature and Language BA Honours degree which, over a further three years study, provides you withthe chance to fully explore the reciprocity between language study and the reading of literary texts. Preparing you for detailed textual reading from both an analytical and aesthetic point of view, this course provides you with a strong understanding of stylistic and grammatical issues, and of the principles of textual analysis, as well as developing your key transferable skills in communication.