Courses and structure Credits and levels of learning An undergraduate honours degree is made up of 360 credits – 120 at Level 4, 120 at Level 5 and 120 at Level 6. If you are a full-time student, you will usually take Level 4 courses in the first year, Level 5 in the second, and Level 6 courses in your final year. A standard course is worth 30 credits. Some programmes also contain 15-credit half courses or can be made up of higher-value parts, such as a dissertation or a Major Project. Level 4 You take four courses (120 credits in total): Code Course title Credits tbc Explorations in Literature tbc tbc Approaches to Text tbc tbc The Short Story tbc tbc Engaging Poetry tbc Level 5 You choose four courses (120 credits) from a range characterised by wide literary, historical and contextual scope, of which at least 60 credits must encompass pre-1800 literature. Courses may vary from year to year, but recent courses have included: Code Course title Credits tbc Drama and Transgression: From Prometheus to Faust tbc tbc Inventing the Nation: American Literature in the mid-19th Century tbc tbc Literature of the English Renaissance tbc tbc Literature of the Later Middle-Ages: Society and the Individual tbc tbc Moderns tbc tbc Old English tbc tbc Post-Victorian English Literature tbc tbc Restoration and 18th-century Literature tbc tbc Sensibility and Romanticism: Revolutions in Writing and Society tbc tbc Shakespeare tbc tbc Varieties of English tbc tbc The Victorians tbc Level 6 You choose courses to the value of 90 credits. One course may, with permission, be chosen from those taught in another department. You also complete a 6,000-8,000-word Dissertation (30 credits) on a topic of your choice. A pass in this unit is compulsory for the award of the degree. A rotation of single-term 15-credit courses is also available at Level 6. Courses may vary from year to year, but recent examples have included: Code Course title Credits tbc Caribbean Women Writers tbc tbc Creating the Text tbc tbc Decadence tbc tbc The Emergence of Modern America: American Literature 1890-1940 tbc tbc Language and the Media tbc tbc Literature in Question: Writing since World War II tbc tbc Modern American Fiction tbc tbc Modern Poetry tbc tbc Modernism & Drama (1880-1930) tbc tbc The Art of the Novel tbc tbc Oedipus: Myths, Tragedies and Theories tbc tbc Postcolonial Literatures in English tbc

Skills and careers The skills you'll develop Our degrees open up a wide range of careers by developing critical and analytical skills, proficiency in assessing evidence, the clear expression of ideas, and the ability to bring together insights from a range of subjects – all of which are attractive to a variety of employers. You will learn to solve problems, to think critically and creatively, and to communicate with clarity. Careers According to data collated by Unistats, the definitive UK university guide and part of the Higher Education Funding Council for England (HEFCE), Goldsmiths’ English undergraduate students attain the highest-paid jobs upon graduation. Our graduates have a good employment record: professions include publishing, journalism, PR, teaching, advertising, civil service, business and industry, European Union private sector management and personnel work, and the media. Find out more about employability at Goldsmiths