BA (Hons) English Literature at University of Gloucestershire

Join a highly ranked course where you’ll analyse, debate, and critique literary texts and contexts in a small-group environment, led by a supportive team of teaching staff. Our English courses are ranked in the top 10 in the UK by the Guardian University Guide 2026.

Department: English and Creative Writing  |  Duration: 3 years full-time; part-time no fixed duration  |  Study mode: full-time, part-time  |  Intake: September 2027; September 2028  |  Location: Cheltenham, England, United Kingdom

What you will study

Compulsory modules. Level 4 (Year 1): Words in Action: Study Skills for English Literature and Creative Writing, Shaping Stories, Shaping Worlds, Children's and YA Literature: Writing Back to History, Sacred and Profane Stories: Myth and Culture, Tongues of Flame: Poetry from the Dark Ages to Dylan Thomas, Contemporary Fiction: Society and the Self; Level 5 (Year 2): Connecting Words and Worlds: Community and Career Skills, Stories to Live By, Whose Liberty? Exploring North American Writing, Victorian Dreams, Victorian Nightmares, Crime Fiction: from Sherlock Holmes to True Crime, Writing Nature/Nature Writing: British Romantic Literature; Level 6 (final year): Beyond the Page: Careers in English Literature and Writing, Dissertation, On the Trail: Travel Writing, Decolonisation: Postcolonial and World Writing, Imagining New Worlds: Eighteenth-Century Literature, Banned Books: Gender and Sexuality in Literature.

Career pathways

Our graduates go into teaching, publishing, teaching, arts and events management, creative industries and postgraduate study. By the time you graduate, you’ll have the confidence to move into a range of careers – from publishing and teaching to editing, writing, and the wider creative industries.

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