English Language and Literature (with a study abroad year) BA (Hons)

**100% for overall satisfaction in English Language (National Student Survey – NSS 2022)** <br/><br/>**94% of our research overall in English Language and Literature was assessed to be world leading or internationally excellent (REF 2021)**<br/><br/>**Top 100 in the world for English Language and Literature (QS World University Rankings by Subject 2023)**<br/><br/>**About the course**<br/><br/>Combine your passion for linguistics with your love of literature. <br/><br/>Our English Language and Literature BA enables you to explore the relationship between linguistic structure and its literary heritage – and how language operates in both society and literature. <br/><br/>We offer a bold, forward-thinking curriculum that allows you to study a thousand years of literature in new and progressive ways. Thats what makes us one of the UKs most respected and exciting departments for the study of English, offering a distinctive approach to a radical breadth of literary texts. We encourage you to experiment with writing and understand its ability to transform the world we live in. You will be taught by engaged and passionate tutors who will guide you through each year of your degree. <br/><br/>Youll be part of a close-knit community of staff and students who all support each other. Youll work across a range of disciplines, tailoring your degree to your interests.<br/><br/>**About Sussex**<br/><br/>Sussex graduates change the world. Our students become the leaders of the future, making discoveries, improving lives and changing things for the better.<br/><br/>Study with us to join a welcoming and inspiring community of staff and students from more than 140 countries.<br/><br/>**Location**<br/><br/>We shape the world from a fantastic campus on the UK’s beautiful south coast.<br/><br/>We are the only UK university surrounded by a national park, so you can step off campus to explore the hills and woodlands of the South Downs. The vibrant, colourful and creative seaside city of Brighton & Hove is just nine minutes away.<br/><br/>With Brighton voted the happiest city in England for students, (Student Living Survey, Sodexo, 2018) there can be few better places to study.

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