English and History BA (Hons)
- Level(s) of Study: Undergraduate
- UCAS Code(s): QV31
- Start Date(s): September 2023
- Duration: Three years full-time
- Study Mode(s): Full-time
- Campus: Clifton Campus
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Introduction:
Understand the challenges of the present by studying the complexities and contradictions of literature and history.
Explore the relationship between literature and historical forces across space and time. You will learn to expertly analyse diverse literary texts from a range of periods and places, alongside exploring the value and meaning of extensive sources including letters, oral testimonies, images, archaeological evidence, and material objects. Combining English and History will give you the opportunity to uniquely understand the creative aspects of historical writing and the importance of locating human expression across chronological, geographical, and cultural contexts.
The course content is contemporary, exploring the today’s relevance and legacies of contested pasts alongside deep understanding of human communication and ideas. Content on sustainability, civil and human rights, identity, postcolonialism, gender and nuclear literature ensures that this course is relevant to current global challenges.
Our teaching is inclusive, innovative and accessible and our assessments, some of which are set by employers, are diverse and creative including podcasts, videos, blogs, curating a literary magazine, essays, reviews, oral and visual presentations, and digital storytelling.
Training ensures that you develop the skills you need to succeed as a student and as a graduate and placements provide the opportunity to enhance your skills and deploy them beyond the classroom. This course will equip you to pursue careers in a wide range of careers including the creative industries, human resources, public relations, journalism, the civil service, management, education, museums, libraries and the third sector.
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You will get the best preparation for your future career through work-like experiences that are embedded throughout the length of the course. -
You will have the opportunity to create your own pathway through the course, with a study abroad and extended placement modules available in the second year. -
Develop a wide range of industry-ready future-proof skills that are highly valued by today’s employers - including excellent communication and critical thinking. -
We are a key partner in the city’s Creative Quarter, a hotbed of culture, and home to many of the city’s independent retailers, bars, restaurants, and small creative companies.
What you’ll study
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Celebrating Literature
Careers and employability
Your career development
This is a major part of the curriculum, recognising the importance of University study as a route into graduate level careers. We don’t expect you to have a target career from the outset, but we will support you to develop your career aspirations, and provide multiple opportunities for you to work towards this, during your degree.
The structure of your degree, the assessments that you will undertake, and the opportunities we provide are designed to help you develop key transferable skills and competencies demanded by employers. We work very closely with a range of employers, and many employers helped shape our degrees. Our courses provide lots of opportunities for you to develop your own links with organisations and potential employers.
Joint honours humanities students develop a wide range of complementary skills. These include key skills of communication, project management, analysis, creativity, digital skills, collaboration and leadership, with a strong emphasis on sustainability and inclusivity. Through this course you’ll become more confident and self-motivated, be able to work independently and in teams, and develop excellent time management skills.
This course will equip you to pursue careers in a wide range of careers including the creative industries, human resources, public relations, journalism, the civil service, management, education, museums, libraries and the third sector.
Many graduates also choose to undertake further study on one of our Masters-level courses or MPhil and PhD research degrees.
Campus and facilities
How to apply
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Full-time courses
For the full-time route just click the Apply button at the top of the page and follow our step-by-step guide.
UCAS CODE: QV31
NTU Code: N91
Part-time courses
If you're applying for the part-time route please apply online using the NTU Applicant Portal.
Make sure you check the entry requirements above carefully before you do.
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