English Literature BA (Hons)

Course Overview - English Literature BA (Hons)

This degree provides you with an excellent education in literature, drama and film, combining a flexible approach and wide range of option choices with extensive historical coverage. You will deepen your knowledge of literary texts and gain a firm foundation in the critical and theoretical skills needed to analyse them. There are also opportunities to practise creative writing and theatre, to make films or take a work placement in one of the regions cultural industries.

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Course Information

Study Mode

Full-time

Duration

3 Years

Start Date

15/09/2025

Campus

Main Site (Newcastle)

Course Address
King's Gate
Newcastle upon Tyne
NE1 7RU

Application Details

Course Code

Q306

Institution Code

N21

Points of Entry

Year 1

Entry Requirements

UCAS Tariff

Not Accepted

Scottish Higher

A,A,A,B,B

Including English. Advanced Higher English at grade A is preferred. Combinations of Highers and Advanced Highers accepted. Scottish qualifications can be taken in more than one sitting.

Access to HE Diploma

D:36,M:9

To include at least 9 Level 3 credits in English Literature at Distinction.

International Baccalaureate Diploma Programme

34

either including English Literature or English Language at Higher Level, grade 5, or including evidence of readiness to begin university-level study in literature (such as study in other arts and humanities subjects).

Pearson BTEC Level 3 National Extended Diploma (first teaching from September 2016)

Not Accepted

Leaving Certificate - Higher Level (Ireland) (first awarded in 2017)

H1,H1,H2,H2,H3

With minimum Grade H2 in English.

Cambridge International Pre-U Certificate - Principal

D3,D3,M2

Including English or including evidence of readiness to begin university-level study in literature (such as principal subjects in other arts and humanities subjects).

Extended Project

If you offer the Level 3 Extended Project Qualification in a topic relevant to the degree programme, we may take this into account in our consideration of your application.

A level

A,A,B

Either including English Literature or English Language and Literature, or including evidence of readiness to begin university-level study in literature (such as A-levels in other arts and humanities subjects).

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