English Literature and History BA (Hons) at Northumbria University

Programme overview

If you have a love of both literature and history, this course is for you. There are enormous benefits to studying the two disciplines in tandem. You will use poems, novels, and other works of literature to interpret and understand past societies and cultures, and, at the same time, you will bring textual analysis to historical sources.

Faculty: School of Humanities and Social Sciences | Duration: 3 years Full Time or 4 years with a placement (sandwich)/study abroad | Study mode: full-time (optional placement/sandwich year) | Intake: September 2027 | Location: Newcastle upon Tyne, England, United Kingdom

What you will study

Year 1 core modules: Introduction to Literary Studies, Talking Texts, Gothic Stories: Nineteenth Century to the Present, The Making of Contemporary Europe, Late Medieval and Early Modern Europe 1200-1720, Making History; Year 2 core modules: Early Modern Cultures, Modernism and Modernity, Literary Revolutions, Eighteenth Century to Romanticism. Optional modules include Affluence and Anxiety: The US from 1920 to 1960, America in the 1960s, Your Graduate Future, Into the Dark Valley: Europe, 1919-1939, The Holocaust, Enlightenment to Empire: France in an Age of Revolution, 1715-1815.

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Application information

Entry requirements

Standard Offer 112 UCAS Tariff Points. From a combination of acceptable Level 3 qualifications which may include: A-level, T Level, BTEC Diplomas/Extended Diplomas, Scottish and Irish Highers, Access to HE Diplomas, or the International Baccalaureate. Contextual Admissions 96 UCAS Tariff points. GCSE Requirements: Applicants will need Maths, Statistics, or Physics and English Language at minimum grade 4/C, or equivalents. International Qualifications: English Language Requirements: International applicants should have a minimum overall IELTS (Academic) score of 6.0 with 5.5 in each component (or an approved equivalent*). UCAS code: QV31.

Domestic applicants: GBP 10,050 a year (2027/28). UK tuition fee for year 1 of 2027/28 entry; later years may rise in line with the fee cap. Source

International applicants: GBP 19,850 a year (2027/28). International tuition fee for year 1 of 2027/28 entry; fees apply to every year of study. Source

Intake: September 2027

Duration: 3 years Full Time or 4 years with a placement (sandwich)/study abroad

Apply through the official page: https://sits.northumbria.ac.uk/live/sits.urd/run/siw_ipp_lgn.login?process=siw_ipp_app&code1=UUSEGL2HTR&code2=0015

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