BA (Hons) English Language and Literature with Integrated Placement Year
Course Overview
This BA (Hons) English Language and Literature degree at Aston University provides a comprehensive exploration of how language and literature function within society and their global relevance. You will develop advanced communication and analytical skills through the study of diverse texts, from classic novels to contemporary digital media like blogs and social commentary.
Key Program Highlights
- Learn from world-leading academics specializing in cutting-edge fields such as forensic linguistics, global change, and gender studies.
- Gain invaluable professional experience with a compulsory third-year placement, working for a company, as a teaching assistant, or studying abroad.
- Study literature as a dynamic social practice, examining a wide range of genres and periods from the 17th century to the present day.
- Develop practical skills through a dedicated creative writing module and critical analysis of various textual forms.
- Enhance your global employability with Aston's strong industry links and the UK's Graduate Immigration Route for international students.
Course Overview
This BA (Hons) English Language and Literature degree at Aston University provides a comprehensive exploration of how language and literature function within society and their global relevance. You will develop advanced communication and analytical skills through the study of diverse texts, from classic novels to contemporary digital media like blogs and social commentary.
Key Program Highlights
- Learn from world-leading academics specializing in cutting-edge fields such as forensic linguistics, global change, and gender studies.
- Gain invaluable professional experience with a compulsory third-year placement, working for a company, as a teaching assistant, or studying abroad.
- Study literature as a dynamic social practice, examining a wide range of genres and periods from the 17th century to the present day.
- Develop practical skills through a dedicated creative writing module and critical analysis of various textual forms.
- Enhance your global employability with Aston's strong industry links and the UK's Graduate Immigration Route for international students.
Requirements
Modules
- Introduction to Language Study
- Introduction to Discourse Analysis
- Language and Society
- The Novel Through Time
- Reading Poetry
- Rewriting Shakespeare
- Stylistics
- Reading and Society
- Writing and Ideology
- Written Text Analysis
- Spoken Discourse Analysis
- Post-apocalyptic Fiction
- Introduction to Corpus Linguistics
- Literature in Film
- English Language Teaching
- Language at Work
- Language in the News Media
- Language and Style
- Sociolinguistics
- Crime Fiction
- Working with Language Data
- Integrated Placement Year
- Dissertation (English)
- Cognition and Style
- Marriage and Literature: Class, Race, Gender and Money
- Language and Literature in Education
- Ghouls, Goths and Vampires
- Creative Writing
- Learning English
- Multimodal Analysis
- Language as Evidence
- Leadership and Management Communication
- Advanced Leadership and Management Communication
