BA (Hons) English at Birkbeck, University of London

If you are passionate about literature, culture, ideas and writing, our BA English offers you a varied and flexible course with teaching that builds on the rich literary and cultural history of the local area, once home to the Bloomsbury Group, including Virginia Woolf. You will study some of the most cutting-edge authors, deepen your analytical capacity, expand your knowledge and understanding, and become a skilled reader, writer and communicator. You will be taught by internationally renowned academics, researchers and writers.

Faculty: School of Creative Arts, Culture and Communication  |  Duration: Three years full-time, on campus; Four years part-time, on campus  |  Study mode: full-time, part-time  |  Intake: October 2027  |  Location: London, England, United Kingdom

What you will study

We focus on three main approaches to studying English: storytelling, making stories and understanding texts. This allows you to learn how stories are communicated, how they are created and how texts produce meaning in the world. You must complete modules worth a total of 360 credits. Compulsory modules include Production of the Human, Rewriting our World, Storytelling: Narrative Archetypes, Forms and Techniques, Writing London.

Career pathways

On successfully graduating from this BA English, you will have gained an array of important transferable skills, including: collaboration and group work skills, cultural understanding and communication skills, a sophisticated use of written and spoken English, an ability to understand, critique and defend complex and important ideas, planning and organisation skills.

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