English and History
Course Overview - English and History
Study English and History at Ulster University in the United Kingdom.
Built around a core of significant authors writing in English from Elizabethan times to the end of the Twentieth Century, from Shakespeare to Seamus Heaney, this programme also provides the opportunity for you to follow your own interests through a wide range of optional modules. Two thirds of the course is made up these: you can, for example, follow strands on creative and professional writing, women’s writing and gender studies, and American literature; or select from modules on historical fiction, cont...
Study English and History at Ulster University in the United Kingdom.<br/><br/>Built around a core of significant authors writing in English from Elizabethan times to the end of the Twentieth Century, from Shakespeare to Seamus Heaney, this programme also provides the opportunity for you to follow your own interests through a wide range of optional modules. Two thirds of the course is made up these: you can, for example, follow strands on creative and professional writing, women’s writing and gender studies, and American literature; or select from modules on historical fiction, contemporary fiction, modern drama, love poetry, the Victorian novel, or Beat culture, to name just a few. In your final year, you will – guided by a member of the teaching team – write a dissertation on a topic of your own choice. This combination of one-third compulsory historical core and two-thirds specialist optional modules will allow you to develop your own areas of expertise whilst still attaining a solid grounding in the history of English literature.<br/><br/>History supplements your English subject by enabling you to progress from a broad awareness into a more critically-informed appreciation of the past. History as a minor allows you to study a range of periods and geographies and enables you to critically assess relevant sources.<br/><br/>In each of the three years of study students take modules to the value of 120 credit points. By taking History as a joint you will develop a critically-informed knowledge of the history of a variety of time periods, themes and geographies. You will develop a critical awareness of historians’ arguments and an ability to construct you own arguments based on the informed use of sources, both primary and secondary
Course Information
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Course Details
Information
Study Mode
Full-time
Duration
3 Years
Start Date
09/2026
Campus
Coleraine
Application Details
14 January
Application deadline
Provider Details
Codes/info
Course Code
QV31
Institution Code
U20
Points of Entry
Year 1
Entry Requirements
Scottish Higher
C,C,C,C,C
Applicants may satisfy the requirement for an element of the offer grade profiles (equating to the final A-level grade stated in the standard 3A level offer profile - Grade C) by substituting a combination of alternative qualifications to the same standard as defined by the University. Preference may be given to candidates with an A level Grade C or higher in English.
Access to HE Diploma
M:45
Overall profile of 45 credits at Merit (60 credit Access course) (GB Access course) Overall profile of 55% (120 credit Access Course) (NI Access course)
International Baccalaureate Diploma Programme
24
Including 12 at HL
Pearson BTEC Level 3 National Extended Diploma (first teaching from September 2016)
MMM
If completing a QCF National Extended Diploma (2012) the requirements are DMM.
Leaving Certificate - Higher Level (Ireland) (first awarded in 2017)
96 UCAS tariff points to include a minimum of five subjects (four of which must be at higher level) to include English at H6 if studied at Higher level or O4 if studied at Ordinary Level. Preference may be given to candidates with a H4 at higher level in History and/or English.
GCSE/National 4/National 5
For full-time study, you must satisfy the General Entrance Requirements for admission to a first degree course and hold a GCSE pass at Grade C/4 or above English Language. Level 2 Certificate in Essential Skills - Communication will be accepted as equiva
Scottish Advanced Higher
D,D,D
Applicants may satisfy the requirement for an element of the offer grade profiles (equating to the final A-level grade stated in the standard 3A level offer profile - Grade C) by substituting a combination of alternative qualifications to the same standard as defined by the University. Preference may be given to candidates with an A level Grade D or higher in English.
A level
C,C,C
Applicants may satisfy the requirement for the final A level grade in the above grade profiles by substituting a combination of alternative qualifications to the same standard as defined by the University. Preference may be given to applicants holding Grade C in English Literature and/or History at A2.
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Fees and funding
| Region | Costs | Academic Year | Year |
|---|---|---|---|
| Northern Ireland, Republic of Ireland | £4,750 | 2025/26 | Year 1 |
| England, Scotland, Wales | £9,250 | 2025/26 | Year 1 |
| EU, International | £17,010 | 2025/26 | Year 1 |
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