BA (Hons) History and English Literature at Liverpool John Moores University

Studying BA (Hons) History and English Literature at Liverpool John Moores University is designed to enable you to understand the past and present, and how that is captured in literature. This degree is inspired by and is firmly rooted in the city of Liverpool. It draws on the cultural, social, historical and literary context of the city across a range of modules, including 'Liverpool Legacies and Exploring History where students work with cultural partners and institutions across the city region, including the Museum of Liverpool, the Museum of Popular Music, the Tate, the Maritime Museum and Granby Winter Gardens.

Faculty: Faculty of Society and Culture  |  Department: School of Humanities and Social Science  |  Duration: 3 years  |  Study mode: full-time  |  Intake: September (2027/28 entry)  |  Location: Liverpool, England, United Kingdom

What you will study

Year 1 core modules: Making History, Exploring History, Literary and Cultural Theory, The American Age: People, Politics and Power, Critical Keywords for English, Liverpool Legacies. Year 2 core modules: Debates in History, AI and the Humanities, Body, Mind and Soul: Seventeenth-century Literature and Culture, Research Paper, The Social and Cultural History of the Soviet Union, Colonial Africa, 1880-1994, Modernism and Modernity, Poetry Matters. Year 3 core modules: Dissertation, Living with Defeat: France and the Second World War, History and Legacies, Feminist Fictions: Contemporary Women’s Writing and the Politics of Feminism, Brummies, Geordies, Scousers and others, We would not know there was a war on. Life on the British Home Front During the Second World War., Laws of War, English Independent Study, Healthcare in the Soviet Union.

Career pathways

Our former students are to be found working in occupations including advertising, marketing, museums, arts administration and publishing to industrial, retail, leisure and charitable organisation management, educational administration, accountancy, law, the social and Civil Services and teaching.

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