Goldsmiths College

Course Details

BA (Hons) English Language and Literature

Course Description

Level 4 You take four core courses: Code Course title Credits tbc Explorations in Literature tbc tbc Approaches to Text tbc tbc The Victorians tbc tbc Introduction to English Language & Linguistics tbc Level 5 One compulsory course in linguistics: Varieties of English And three literature courses from the range of options available within the Department. 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 Level 6 You take between the 60 credits and 90 credits in linguistics, choosing from a range of options in literary studies and linguistics. Your Dissertation may focus on either discipline. 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

Course Duration

NumberDuration
3year

Career outcomes

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




BA (Hons) English Language and Literature Goldsmiths College