English Literature/Tourism Studies BA (Hons)/BSc (Hons)

Our selection of Combined Honours courses, one of the most extensive in the United Kingdom, enables you to diversify your learning and employability skills. Study for a degree that combines two different subjects; beneficial to those who have particular cross-discipline interests or those who are not yet sure what they want to specialise in. Visit our website to find out more about Combined Honours courses and what benefits they can offer you.

ENGLISH LITERATURE

If you have a passion for reading books and for thinking about the ideas they engage with and the debates they inspire, then you will enjoy studying English Literature with us. Our modules encompass a wide range of authors and genres, from well-known figures to marginalized voices and texts, ripe for re-discovery. You’ll learn to analyse and write about works of literature in their cultural and historical contexts, through lectures, seminars, workshops, and tutorials, here in Canterbury, a UNESCO World Heritage Site.

You will explore areas including:

• modern and contemporary literature

• the Brontës, Dickens and other Victorian writers

• the works and literary afterlives of Austen, Shelley and other Romantic authors

• Shakespeare, Marlowe and their contemporaries on the page and in performance

• Chaucer and the literature of the Middle Ages

• women’s writing

• black and minority ethnic literature

TOURISM STUDIES

The tourism industry supports over 260 million jobs worldwide and offers a multitude of exciting opportunities for graduates.

You will gain specialist knowledge in tourism from experienced staff who are passionate about their teaching and research. Lectures and seminars are supported by a wealth of industry speakers, site visits and an international field trip. During your time with us, you will be offered work experience/ internships and be able to take advantage of our exciting Tourism and Events Research Hub, which has a reputation for winning successful research grants.

Whatever degree you choose to study within Tourism, Events and Hospitality, you will enjoy a fun and stimulating field trip abroad in year one, already included in your fees.

You will explore areas including:

• introduction to tourism
• managing tourism organisations
• tourism and events policy and development.