BA (Hons) English and Media Studies focuses on the analysis of the media alongside the academic study of English literature. There is an emphasis, in the English component of the degree, on literary criticism and theory. Much of the theory is shared between the two subject areas and our teaching will encourage you to understand how the two subjects complement one another, sharing both critical and theoretical approaches to written and visual texts, and an emphasis on analysis and close reading. The English component of the degree includes the study of drama as text and performance, and allows you to take advantage of the wealth of live literary performances and relevant plays in London. The Media Studies element encourages you to reflect on how the media operate and to develop a critical understanding of the production of media in a contemporary global context. In the first semester of your first year you’ll take a course that combines study skills with literary criticism. This module guides your understanding of the academic, theoretical and creative aspects of criticism. The second and third year modules focus on specific literary periods, or on an aspect of literary production such as Modernist Literature or Literature in the Romantic Period.

BA (Hons) English and Media Studies is ideal if you want to work in publishing, journalism, other media-related professions, administration, teaching or research. It's also a useful degree for careers in business, local government and voluntary organisations where the skills of analysis, clear communication and reasoned persuasion are valued. Recent graduates from this course have gone onto to work in market research, in media companies, in teaching and other aspects of education, and in public relations. If you graduate from this course, you will be able to apply for further study at postgraduate level, including for a place on our part-time MA Cultural and Media Studies and our part-time MA Media Writing or MA Creative Media Industries - Journalism. LSBU is committed to supporting you develop your employability and succeed in getting a job after you have graduated. Your qualification will certainly help, but in a competitive market you also need to work on your employability, and on your career search. Our Employability Service will support you in developing your skills, finding a job, interview techniques, work experience or an internship, and will help you assess what you need to do to get the job you want at the end of your course. LSBU offers a comprehensive Employability Service, with a range of initiatives to complement your studies, including: direct engagement from employers who come in to interview and talk to students Job Shop and on-campus recruitment agencies to help your job search mentoring and work shadowing schemes.