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English Literature and Philosophy BA (Hons)

Oxford Brookes University

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  • Qualification

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

  • Location

    Headington Campus - Gipsy Lane Site

  • Study mode

    Full time

  • Start date

    SEP

  • Duration

    3 Years

Course summary

Overview

Our joint honours course allows students to pursue their own areas of interest within English Literature and Philosophy whilst also providing them with a solid foundation in the discipline 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 to 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. In Philosophy, our modules explore how the work of historical philosophers impacts upon debates that are central to contemporary philosophy.

Learning and assessment

In your first year, you’ll build the core skills and understanding you need for undergraduate literary studies through modules on critical theory and global literatures. You’ll be introduced to Reason and what makes an action ‘good’ or ‘bad’. You’ll ask how humans are different from animals and you’ll learn how to evaluate arguments and use logic.

In your second year, you’ll broaden and deepen your knowledge of literature in relation to movements and cultures past and present. You’ll start to focus on your philosophical interests. This might be religion and the concept of gods; or evolution, gender, identity or art.

In your final year, 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’ll look more deeply at the concepts of freedom, morality and judgment. You might question whether we have free will. Or you might test the idea of evil.

Tuition fees

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(International fees)

£ 15,950per year

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

University information

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Oxford Brookes University

Oxford Brookes University

  • University League Table

    46th

  • Campus address

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

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Subject rankings

  • Subject ranking

    English

    50th out of 96 1

    30th out of 47 1

  • Entry standards

    / Max 202
    118 58%

    59th

  • Graduate prospects

    / Max 100
    69.0 69%

    60th

    14

  • Student satisfaction

    / Max 4
    3.20 80%

    39th

    14

  • Entry standards

    / Max 210
    106 51%

    45th

  • Graduate prospects

    / Max 100
    82.0 82%

    9th

    1

  • Student satisfaction

    / Max 4
    3.53 88%

    1st

    3

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