BA Hons English Literature and History

The English Literature and History BA (Hons) at Northumbria University offers an interdisciplinary integration of the two subject areas, providing students with a unique opportunity to study both English literature and history within the same degree. The course allows students to deepen their understanding of the connections between the cultural, historical and social contexts in which literature is written and read.Course Content: The course provides a solid grounding in understanding culture and history, how they are intrinsically linked and the factors that shape them. Courses introduce students to a wide range of texts from various periods and locales, and they will study many kinds of history including political, social, economic and cultural history.Key Modules: The modules are organized around central themes such as ‘Antiquity and Modernity’, ‘Becoming Victorian’, ‘American Voices’ and ‘Modern and Contemporary Literature’. In the final years, options may include ‘The American Century’ and ‘Shakespeare and Early Modern Literature’. The Independent Project and the literature-based English Dissertation will provide opportunities to pursue individual literary interests in depth.Accreditations: The course is accredited by the British Computer Society (BCS), The Chartered Institute for IT for the purposes of fully meeting the academic requirement for registration as an Incorporated Engineer and partially meeting the academic requirement for registration as a Chartered Engineer.Future Careers: Graduates of this course have successfully entered roles in teaching, publishing, journalism, PR, marketing, human resources, the heritage industry and further areas, with others pursuing further academic study.For more information on this course, please visit the official course page.