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. Assessment Coursework portfolios, long essays, examinations (various timescales and formats) and dissertation. The dissertation must be passed for the degree to be awarded. PLEASE NOTE: At Level 5 at least 30 credits must be chosen from those designated by the Department as encompassing pre-1800 literature, and a pass in the Level 6 Dissertation is compulsory for award of the degree. Level 4 You take four courses (120 credits in total): Code Course title Credits tbc Introduction to American Literature and Culture tbc tbc Explorations in Literature tbc tbc Approaches to Text tbc tbc CHOICE: Engaging Poetry or The Short Story tbc Level 5 You take two core courses: Code Course title Credits tbc Inventing the Nation: American Literature in the Mid-19th Century tbc tbc Further Studies in American Literature and Culture tbc PLUS TWO COURSES chosen from the range of options available within the Department. The courses on offer may differ from year to year, but some examples of courses recently on offer include: Code Course title Credits tbc Drama and Transgression: From Prometheus to Faust tbc tbc Literature of the English Renaissance tbc tbc Moderns tbc tbc Post-Victorian English Literature tbc tbc Sensibility and Romanticism: Revolutions in Writing and Society tbc tbc Shakespeare tbc tbc Varieties of English tbc Level 6 You complete the following: Code Course title Credits tbc The Emergence of Modern America: American Literature 1890–1940 tbc tbc Dissertation 30 credits PLUS COURSES WORTH A TOTAL OF 60 CREDITS chosen from the range of Level 6 options available within the Department (a rotation of single-term half-units is available at Level 6). The courses on offer may differ from year to year, but some examples of courses recently on offer include: Code Course title Credits tbc Caribbean Women Writers tbc tbc Creating the Text tbc tbc Decadence tbc tbc Language and the Media tbc tbc Modern American Fiction tbc tbc Modern Poetry tbc tbc Modernism & Drama (1880-1930) tbc tbc The Art of the Novel tbc tbc Postcolonial Literatures in English tbc tbc Studies in Literature and Film 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