BA (Hons) English at Nottingham Trent University

A literature degree at NTU's City Campus covering texts from the Renaissance to the present, taught through traditional and digital methods. Students build their own pathway through optional modules and finish with a dissertation or an industry-focused capstone project, within the Nottingham UNESCO City of Literature.

Duration: Three years full-time; four to seven years part-time  |  Intake: September 2027  |  Study mode: full-time  |  Location: Nottingham, England, United Kingdom

What you will study

Year One has six 20-credit core modules including Literary Pasts, Presents and Futures, Reading the Future, Writing in a UNESCO City of Literature, Ways of Reading and The Book Group. Year Two combines core modules with three optional modules and a possible exchange semester. The final year includes a 40-credit dissertation, a 20-credit English Graduate Portfolio (work placement or external brief) and three options.

Career pathways

Graduates work as teachers, copywriters, editorial assistants, library advisors, marketing executives, police officers and journalists; some progress to postgraduate study in journalism, teaching, law or social work.

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