MA English Literature at University of Liverpool

Studying for an English Literature MA at Liverpool allows you to advance your literary scholarship and pursue areas of interest across a wide variety of genres and historical periods. You will have the opportunity to study a wide range of literary disciplines, genres and themes. Our general pathway offers a flexible and bespoke route of study, allowing you to take modules from across our specialist routes in:

Faculty: Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences  |  Duration: 12 months full-time; 24 months part-time  |  Study mode: full-time; part-time also available  |  Intake: September 2027  |  Location: Liverpool, England, United Kingdom

What you will study

Students wishing to graduate with the MA in English Literature (General Pathway) are expected to take, alongside the required English research modules above, at least 60 credits of English modules from the English module list below, and must take any two core modules from across one of the other named pathways (either Renaissance and Eighteenth Century, Victorian, Modern and Contemporary or Science Fiction Studies). If a student wishes, and with the agreement of the programme director, up to 30 credits of modules may be taken from the wider Faculty list (normally no more than 15 credits in any given semester). Compulsory modules in semester one include Research Skills and Practice.

Career pathways

The MA in English Literature provides students with rigorous academic training in the broad interdisciplinary field of literary history, theory and culture. The professional skills that students will develop upon completion of the programme will prepare them well for a wide range of potential employment areas.

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