English Literature

The University of Essex

Qualification

Degree

Length

4 yrs

UK fees / yr

£9,535

Study

Full-time

Worth knowing: about 25% of students don't make it past first year here - ask the uni what support they offer.

Robin · your guide

Here's the honest picture on this course - what you'd study, whether you'd likely get in, what it pays, and where it leads. Everything's real data.

About this course

Our BA English Literature is truly global and politically engaged, offering a wide range of module choices from different places, cultures & historical periods. Our BA English Literature (including Foundation Year) could be suitable for you if your academic qualifications do not yet meet our entry requirements for a three-year version of our arts and humanities courses and you want a programme that improves your skills to support your academic performance. Open to UK and EU applicants, this four-year course includes a Foundation Year (known as Year Zero) which is delivered by our Essex Pathways Department followed by a further three years of study in our Department of Literature, Film and Theatre Studies.

During Year Zero you will study on our Arts and Humanities Pathway which will cover topics such as Analysing Film, Text and Image; and Theory of Knowledge. At the end of Year Zero all students who pass the Arts and Humanities Pathway will have a choice of which course to progress with. As well as BA English Literature students on the Arts and Humanities Pathway could also study BA Film Studies or BA History, amongst other courses.

You are an Essex student from day one, a member of our global community based at the most internationally diverse campus university in the UK.

Could you get in?

The grades students arrived with

48-63 pts10%

64-79 pts5%

80-95 pts5%

96-111 pts10%

112-127 pts15%

128-143 pts15%

144-159 pts5%

160-175 pts5%

176-191 pts5%