English and History BA (Hons)

Course Overview - English and History BA (Hons)

History and English share a deep and powerful kinship. After all, we can only understand texts by studying the past – a past we can only access by reading and analysing texts. On this degree, you will explore how writers have been – and continue to be – shaped by the world and culture they inhabit, and what their work can in turn tell us about the past.

The disciplines of English and History are inseparable. Major historical events affect authors, works, literary and cultural movements, even language itself, in important and complex ways, from the Norman Conquest to the Ref...

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Course Information

Study Mode

Full-time

Duration

Unknown

Start Date

23/09/2024

Campus

Main Site

Course Address
University Road
Leicester
LE1 7RH
United Kingdom

Application Details

Course Code

VQ13

Institution Code

L34

Points of Entry

Year 1, Year 2

Entry Requirements

A level

A,B,B

To include English (Language, Literature or combined).

Scottish Higher

A,B,B,B,B

Including English

Access to HE Diploma

D:30

Pass relevant diploma with 45 credits at level 3. To include 12 credits at Distinction in English Level 3 Modules. Please contact the Admissions Team for further information: study@le.ac.uk

International Baccalaureate Diploma Programme

30

Including 6 in Higher Level English A or B.

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

D*DD

Plus grade B in A-level English (Language, Literature or combined).

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

H2,H2,H2,H2,H3

Including English. Qualification accepted. Please contact the Admissions Team for further information: study@le.ac.uk

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

Considered alongside other qualifications.

Scottish Advanced Higher

A,B,B

To include English.

Cambridge International Pre-U Certificate - Principal

D3,M2,M2

To include English (Language, Literature or combined).

Extended Project

Considered alongside other qualifications.

Welsh Baccalaureate - Advanced Skills Challenge Certificate (first teaching September 2015)

Considered alongside other qualifications.

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

Considered alongside other qualifications.

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England, Northern Ireland, Scotland, Wales, Channel Islands, Republic of Ireland £9,250

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