UCAS Code: Q301

Course Length: 3 Years Full-Time

Start Dates: September 2020, September 2021

Department: English, History and Creative Writing

Location: Edge Hill University

Example Offers: BBC-BBB (A Level) or DMM (BTEC)

From Brontë classics to the origins of dialects, if you have

a passion for literature and language and want to extendyour knowledge and broaden your horizons, then you willwant to consider this degree. You will be joining adepartment which prides itself on its dynamic and flexibleprogrammes, covering a range of literary periods andgenres and a range of linguistic options such associolinguistics, gender and sexuality, bilingualism, andchild language acquisition. You will developcommunication skills, independent thinking andself-expression, and be stimulated and educated inlanguage and literature by studying an impressive arrayof specialist modules. The programme develops writtenand oral fluency, both prized by potential employers, andalso embodies the latest scholarship and research.

Explore the major aspects of English language, including its relationship with society,while also immersing yourself in literature covering a range of periods, topics and genres.

Studying Abroad Option Available Sandwich Year Option Available International Students Can Apply

BA (Hons) English

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Course in Depth

What will I study?

In Year 1 you will study a balanced programme oflanguage and literature modules. In Years 2 and 3, youwill continue to study a combination of language andliterature modules, however there will be the opportunityto specialise in one discipline more than the other if youwish.

In literature your course will range between the study ofkey critical concepts and theories, important genres andgreat literary periods, including the Renaissance,Romanticism, Victorian literature, and the literature ofthe Modernist period. You will also be able to choosefrom a range of modules reflecting particular staffinterests and research specialisms. These may includesubjects such as postcolonial literature, children'sliterature, and special authors such as Angela Carter,Charles Dickens and the Brontës. Further specialism ispossible in a dissertation in the final year of the degree.

In language you will cover major aspects of Englishlanguage, including its structure, sound system, historyand ongoing development, as well as its geographical,social and historical variations and the role of language inthe construction of individual and group identities. Youwill be able to choose from a range of options which mayinclude subjects such as sociolinguistics, language, genderand sexuality, bilingualism, forensic linguistics and childlanguage acquisition. Other specialisms in language maybe pursued in dissertation work.

You will also have the opportunity to work independentlyon employability projects supporting your future careerdevelopment.

How will I study?

Teaching and learning is by lectures and seminars,workshops, group activities, independent researchprojects and through our online Virtual LearningEnvironment (VLE). We have tutors and personal tutorson hand to provide support when it is needed.

How will I be assessed?

Assessment involves coursework and formal tests orexaminations. Emphasis is placed on work produced inyour own time or formally presented in class. You canexpect to be assessed by critical essays, short analyses,individual/group oral presentations, posterpresentations, research projects, blogs and group work.In your final year you may opt to write a dissertation on aspecialised linguistic or literature theme, which you willresearch independently with one-to-one support from anexpert supervisor.

Who will be teaching me?

You will study in a large department with well qualifiedtutors who are recognised experts in their field. You willbe carefully guided, no matter what area of English youdecide to study. When you choose an option module, yourtutor will be an active specialist in this area, producingand publishing current research. Our staff are active inresearch in all taught subject areas, publishing books andarticles on a regular basis. Several have been successful inwinning national research awards from bodies such as theBritish Academy, the Arts and Humanities ResearchCouncil and the Leverhulme Trust.

A Great Study Environment

The Department of English, History and Creative Writingis based in the Main Building at the centre of the campus,near the £26m Catalyst building which includes the

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University library.

A prime example of 1930s architecture, the MainBuilding has undergone extensive refurbishment tocombine a traditional setting with modern facilities,including the £15m Student Hub.

The building includes lecture theatres, seminar andtutorial rooms, which are ideal for group discussions andone-to-one tuition, as well as IT resources and sociallearning spaces.

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Modules

Year 1

LIT1020: Ways of Reading (20 credits)Ways of Reading provides an overview of the skills and approaches necessary for the interpretation and evaluation ofpoetry, prose and drama. You will be introduced to a range of influential critical theories to literary texts from the earlyand mid 20th century. The module also encourages you to make practical applications of these approaches to theprimary literary texts.

LIT1021: Critical Theories (20 credits)Critical Theories is based around the study of critical essays which have had a lasting impact on literary studies. Themodule introduces you to significant and contemporaneous ideas in literary criticism which scholars still implement inthe 21st century. The content of the module has been selected to highlight the difference in literary studies betweenreading for understanding and interpretive readings.

LIT1024: Literary History (20 credits)Literary History introduces the development of English Literature. Beginning with the classical and biblicalbackground which inspired examples of English Literature, the module will first focus upon internationalliterature(which might include, but is not limited to, books of the Bible, classical epic and drama, and significant poetryand prose. You will then turn to the development of English literature from early examples to the eighteenth century/Romantic period, such as Old and Middle English, Renaissance drama, and significant poetry and prose.

LNG1015: The Sounds of English (20 credits)The Sounds of English introduces you to the sound systems of English and enables you to gain a basic understandingand knowledge of the description and classification of speech sounds. You will also enhance your knowledge andunderstanding of the ways in which phonetics and phonology are directly relevant to several fields, such as speech andlanguage therapy, second language learning, education, literary stylistics, forensic phonetics and artificial intelligence.

LNG1016: The Structure of English (20 credits)The Structure of English introduces you to the structure of the English language. You will learn to use grammaticalterminology to label words, clauses, sentences and structures.

LNG1017: Studying English Language (20 credits)Studying English Language provides a foundation for the exploration of the English language. The module enables youto acquire and consolidate key skills for degree-level study of the English language, such as locating relevant sources,critical reading, taking and organising notes, constructing an annotated bibliography, collecting and analysing data,reporting results via tables and graphs, summarising and quoting, preparing presentation slides, structuring an essay,and citing and listing sources.

Language modules, delivered at the Edge Hill Language Centre, are available to study as an integral part of this degree.A single Language module can be studied instead of either LIT1024 Literary History or LNG1015 The Sounds ofEnglish.

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Year 2

LNG2130: History and Development of English (20 credits)History and Development of English examines the history and development of the English language from its earliestbeginnings to the present-day. The module covers the influence of Chaucer and Shakespeare on the English language,as well as the role of dictionaries and the King James Bible in the making of what English has become today. There aresessions focusing on the rise of standard English, the nature and spread of dialect over time, the effect of linguisticborrowing, recent changes in the language, and the growth of regional standards of English around the world.

You will select five of the following modules. You must study a minimum of 40 credits of English Language modules anda minimum of 40 credits of English Literature modules as part of the 120 credits studied in total in Year 2 to ensureeach discipline is covered in sufficient depth.

LIT2041: Literature Dissertation Project (20 credits)Literature Dissertation Project provides an opportunity to study a topic of your choice in depth and develop your ownideas through individual research, culminating in the production of a 5,000-word long essay or 'mini-dissertation'. Thetopic may develop a particular, pre-established interest or arise from a desire to study an issue or subject in moredepth.

LIT2046: Pilgrims Progress: British Children's Literature from the 18th Century to the Present Day(20 credits)Pilgrims Progress: British Children's Literature from the 18th Century to the Present Day explores British children'sliterature from its origins in the eighteenth century. The module progresses through the Romantic period's celebrationof childhood and Victorian ambiguities about the angelic versus the feral child, to the Golden Age of the Edwardianperiod and beyond into territory darkened by war, overshadowed by the implications of empire, and the oncoming ofadolescence. The module will analyse the relationships between children and adults, nature, animals, class, gender,race and sexuality, underpinned by theoretical and methodological approaches to the history and representation ofchildhood in literature.

LIT2048: Renaissance Drama (20 credits)Renaissance Drama explores the drama of the English Renaissance, a period of extraordinary civil and cultural change.The module evaluates the dramatic literary output of the reigns of up to ten monarchs beginning with the Tudors. Thediversity of Renaissance drama will be acknowledged and the period problematised as much as it is defined. You willexplore canonical and non-canonical drama by male and female authors. Central themes and concepts under studymay include monarchy, rebellion, class, nationalism, religion, heresy, superstition, witchcraft, gender and sexuality,power and self-fashioning.

LIT2050: Romanticism (20 credits)Romanticism provides an introduction to texts, authors, genres and central themes from the first stirrings of what hasbeen traditionally conceived of as the Romantic age in the 1760s, until the dawn of the Victorian age seventy yearslater. Poetry, the prose essay and the novel are all studied on this module.

LIT2051: Special Author 1 (20 credits)Special Author 1 focuses on a single author (such as Hardy or Dickens) or a related group of authors (such as theBrontës) whose works are sufficiently extensive to merit a whole semester's study. You will examine the author's workin the light of recent critical and theoretical approaches to authorship and canonicity and develop an ability to theorisethe relationship between an author and his/her literary work. You will acquire a specialist knowledge of a literaryperiod and a major writer through examination of the author’s development in relation to relevant historical, cultural

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and literary contexts.

LIT2057: Contemporary American Literature (20 credits)Contemporary American Literature enables you to study a range of significant contemporary American literaturefrom post World War 2 onwards. The module enables you to examine a variety of ways in which America is imaginedand constructed within fiction. You will explore how persistent figures, landscapes, and mythic concepts are engrainedin American culture and embedded in the wider world's imagination. Such concepts retain imaginative power becauseof frequent re-enactments in popular cultural productions. This module will trace the complex histories and fictionalappropriations and discursive shifts that form these literary productions. The aim is to concentrate specific study onAmerican fiction within its historical, social, cultural, political, critical and theoretical contexts.

LIT2059: Special Topic 1 (20 credits)Special Topic 1 enables you to begin to develop your independent research skills within a structure which provides aclear and continuing framework of support. The module will take you through weekly subject-based sessions tostructured study of your chosen extended special subject research. You will have considerable choice of subject matterwithin three broad pathways which draw on current staff research specialisms. You will work towards producing aguided but independent research project, with specialist staff support.

LNG2128: English Language Long Essay (20 credits)English Language Long Essay provides the opportunity to undertake a small scale project and engage in a fairly longpiece of extended writing on a relevant topic of your own choice.

LNG2131: Introduction to Sociolinguistic Variation (20 credits)Introduction to Sociolinguistic Variation immerses you in sociolinguistics, the study of language and society. At theheart of the discipline is the knowledge and understanding that there is no one 'type' of language used by everyspeaker within a given community but that it differs between social groups and contexts. Language use may vary basedon factors such as age, gender, class, ethnicity and geography and this module will examine the relationship betweenlanguage and these categories. Variationist sociolinguistics examines how language is used across society and explainswhy this variation exists. It relies on quantitative methodologies to draw results from large pools of data, and on abroader, interdisciplinary understanding of society and culture to interpret those results.

LNG2132: Language of Shakespeare and His Time (20 credits)Language of Shakespeare and His Time enables you to explore distinctive Early Modern English linguistic features(including morphology, syntax and pronunciation) of Shakespeare's work in great detail, and to compare them withcorresponding features in present-day Standard British English. You will identify linguistic distinctions inShakespeare's language which are no longer active today, analyse the differences between Early Modern English andcontemporary English in terms of vocabulary, grammatical structure and usage, and distinguish between the languageof Shakespeare's time and Shakespeare's own creative use of the language.

LNG2133: Analysing Discourse (20 credits)Analysing Discourse takes a linguistic approach to the examination of discourse, both written and spoken. Youwill explore how discourse is structured and consider how meaning in discourse is created and negotiated betweenaddressors and addressees. Furthermore, the module presents a linguistic approach to the study of thecommunication, creation, maintenance and contestation of ideologies via discourse.

LNG2134: Early English (600-1500) (20 credits)Early English (600-1500) provides an opportunity to gain greater familiarity with linguistic features of Old and MiddleEnglish and to undertake in-depth analysis of the language of writers such as Chaucer and Gower and the writers ofBeowulf, Piers Plowman and other major texts of the period. The module will enable you to understand the

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complexities of describing the English of an age before the rise of standard forms of the language were widely adopted.Your awareness of major literary texts written in English will also be increased.

LNG2135: Phonetics and Phonology (20 credits)Phonetics and Phonology provides you with the opportunity to acquire practical and theoretical knowledge and skillsin the description and classification of speech sounds. Using English as its focus, the module begins with the study ofarticulatory phonetics, focusing on segmental and suprasegmental features of accent. You will then use this knowledgeas a foundation to begin the study of basic phonology. Concepts, such as phonemes, allophones and the syllable arediscussed in some detail.

LNG2136: Modern English Structure and Usage (20 credits)Modern English Structure and Usage teaches aspects of modern English grammar (morphology and syntax) orstructure, and examines their interaction with variational aspects of modern English usage. You will acquire anextensive basis of expertise in the key area of grammatical description, becoming familiar with an appropriate level ofgrammatical terminology and developing important practical skills in detailed grammatical analysis.

LNG2138: Methodology (20 credits)Methodology provides an overview of contemporary approaches to working with linguistic data. You will explorecurrent methodological approaches used by linguists according to the kinds of features, and levels of, language beingexplored. Different specialists in the English Language team will introduce their approaches to linguistic data duringthe course of the module and present, critiquing recent research in their field that employs different kinds ofmethodologies.

LNG2139: Child Language Development (20 credits)Child Language Development offers an overview of the processes involved in first language development. The moduleconsiders how children develop language in terms of perception and comprehension, phonetics and phonology, lexisand grammar. You will also be introduced to, and examine, theoretical accounts of how we acquire our first language.This will include consideration of themes around nativism and evidence-based approaches.

If you studied a Language module in Year 1, you may wish to study a further Language module in Year 2. This wouldform an integral part of your degree in place of one of the optional modules above.

Year 3

You will select a total of 120 credits from the following modules. You must study a minimum of 40 credits of EnglishLanguage modules and a minimum of 40 credits of English Literature modules as part of the 120 credits studied in totalin Year 3 to ensure each discipline is covered in sufficient depth.

LIT3039: Literature Dissertation (40 credits)Literature Dissertation provides you with the opportunity to study any topic of your choice in depth, developing yourown ideas through individual research. The topic may be a particular interest of yours or arise from a desire to study anissue or subject relevant to English Literature in greater detail. You will plan, develop and write an individuallyconceived and researched independent critical investigation culminating in the production of an extendeddissertation.

LIT3040: The Victorians at Work (20 credits)The Victorians at Work recognises that Victorians saw literature as a form of social commentary. This period surveymodule explores Victorian prose and poetry that addressed the pressing social and cultural questions of the period,

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such as the impacts of industrialisation, urbanisation, scientific advance and secularisation. You will examine the workof a range of canonical and popular Victorian authors and place their writing in the relevant literary, cultural andhistorical contexts.

LIT3042: Modernisms (20 credits)Modernisms develops your understanding and appreciation of the key features of early 20th century movements inthe literary arts. The module will examine a range of different forms, styles and practices in order to focus on theheterogeneous interpretations of the term modernism and engage with ongoing debates in modernist studies.

LIT3043: Contemporary Literature in English (20 credits)Contemporary Literature in English develops your understanding and appreciation of the key features oflate 20th century and early 21st century movements in the literary arts. The module examines aesthetic paradigmsrelevant to the period including realism, the postmodern, late modernism and metafiction. The aim is to understandthe continuations and reactions to the earlier Modernist period.

LIT3045: Hosting a Literary Festival (20 credits)Hosting a Literary Festival enables you to make a direct connection between the subject matter of your degree andyour plans for a graduate career by engaging with workplace practice via a group project. You will work collaborativelyto research, plan and initiate an in-house literary festival while reflecting on and evaluating your ability to do so.

LIT3049: Special Author 2 (20 credits)Special Author 2 focuses on a single author (such as Christopher Marlowe, Jane Austen or Angela Carter) or relatedgroup of authors (such as the Brontës) whose works are sufficiently extensive to justify a whole semester's study. Themodule will examine the author's work in the light of recent critical and theoretical approaches to authorship andcanonicity, and develop an ability to theorise the relationship between an author and his or her literary work. You willacquire a specialist knowledge of a literary period and a major writer through examination of the author'sdevelopment in relation to relevant historical, cultural and literary contexts.

LIT3050: Sexuality and Subversion (20 credits)Sexuality and Subversion is devoted to the critical analysis of textual representations of sexuality and especially ofsame-sex desire and sexual dissidence in British prose. The module focuses mainly on the novel, but also on keyautobiographical prose texts, from the 19th century to now (with particular focus on the 20th century). Itproblematises perceptions that sexual radicalism originated in the late 20th century by interrogating its earlier textualrepresentation(s). Texts, their contexts, and relevant literary and cultural theories combine to reveal the changes andcontinuities in the textual representation of subversive and dissident sexualities and sexual identities over time.

LIT3054: Special Topic 2 (20 credits)Special Topic 2 enables you to pursue independent research within a structure which provides a clear framework ofsupport. The module will take you through weekly subject-based sessions to more independent study of your chosenextended special subject research. You will have considerable choice of subject matter within three broad pathwayswhich draw on current staff research specialisms. You will work towards producing a significant independent researchproject, with specialist staff support.

LNG3133: Psycholinguistics (20 credits)Psycholinguistics explores the ways that we understand and produce language, from a cognitive perspective. With aprimary focus on the English language, the module questions whether there is evidence for a developmental trajectoryof child language comprehension and production and considers whether we can distinguish between linguisticcompetence and performance in either oral or written communication. You will also discover a variety ofpsycholinguistic methodologies, analyse how we teach and evaluate particular linguistic skills and abilities, and

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examine whether we can identify individuals early in life who are at risk of a slower rate of language development andgive them appropriate support.

LNG3142: Bilingualism (20 credits)Bilingualism investigates bilingualism as a socially and culturally contextualised phenomenon. The module begins byidentifying processes involved in the acquisition of more than one language in different contexts, such as within thefamily and community and within various formal educational settings. At the level of individual language use, you willexamine conversational code-switching in the light of current research findings. At the level of communities andsocieties, you will explore different models for the functional distribution of languages and attempts for languageplanning. The focus of the module is on bilingualism as a worldwide phenomenon but attention is given to languagediversity and the use of languages other than English in the UK.

LNG3143: An Introduction to Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages (TESOL) (20 credits)An Introduction to Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages (TESOL) examines the principles and practice ofgood English language teaching. Issues dealt with during the module include the history of language teaching andlearning, individual learner differences, grammatical terminology, materials development and planning English forSpeakers of Other Languages' programmes and lessons.

LNG3144: Beyond English (20 credits)Beyond English takes a typological approach to language. The module enables you to understand the major features ofthe structure of English at a more universal level, in terms of the ways in which the features of English phonetics,phonology, morphosyntax, semantics and its writing system compare with the same features in other numericallysignificant or otherwise relevant languages.

LNG3145: Language and Identity (20 credits)Language and Identity explores a variety of past and present approaches to the study of language and identity.You will examine how different identities are constructed and look at their intrinsic relationship to language and othersocio-cultural phenomena. Placing a strong emphasis on the symbolic social value of language differentiation, the aimof the module is to make you aware of the importance of promoting more tolerant attitudes to language variation insociety and reducing linguistic prejudices, a perspective that will be essential for those intending to develop a career ineducational contexts.

LNG3148: Language Dissertation (40 credits)Language Dissertation involves the completion of an 8,000-9000 word independent (but supervised) study of an areaof language of interest to you. You will learn how to research and write about a topic agreed with your supervisor, andproduce a well organised and well-structured piece of research. Potential topics which could be explored in adissertation include, for example, phonetics, phonology, morphology, syntax, sociolinguistics, historical linguistics, childlanguage acquisition, spoken discourse analysis, psycholinguistics, language in relation to gender and sexuality,language pathology, language and pedagogy, dialectology, language contact, creolisation, place-name studies,bilingualism, or contrastive grammar.

LNG3151: Historical Linguistics (20 credits)Historical Linguistics centres around the questions of how and why language changes. This will be a platform throughwhich to explore not only language and its structure, but also human (pre)history, society, cognition and psychology.Historical linguistics is one of the most dynamic fields in linguistics. It deals with many of the same issues and questionsas other areas of the field, such as sociolinguistics, but takes a diachronic approach to them, looking at change overtime. In order to understand how language works in the present day, it is crucial to achieve an understanding of how ithas worked in the past and what the continuities are between past and present.

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LNG3152: Forensic Linguistics (20 credits)Forensic Linguistics recognises that the law is overwhelmingly a linguistic institution. Laws are coded in language andthe concepts that are used to construct law are accessible only through language. Legal processes, such as court cases,police investigations, and the management of prisoners take place almost exclusively though language. Forensiclinguistics concerns the application of linguistics to describe and analyse language and discourse in the legal process.This module takes a broad view of the subject in order to examine a wide interface between language and the law.

LNG3153: Language, Gender and Sexuality (20 credits)Language, Gender and Sexuality enables you to analyse and account for the ways in which gender and sexuality areconstructed and represented through language use. Butler's influential theory that gender is performative and that itemerges through discourse is key to the approach taken in this module. You will explore the diverse linguistic means bywhich gender and sexual identities are linguistically constructed and performed. The module will also encourage you toexamine a variety of discourse types, such as spontaneous conversation, magazines, children's literature, and film, inorder to interrogate the ways in which gender and sexual identities are linguistically represented, regulated andconstrained. In addition to this, the intersectionality of language, gender and sexuality with other aspects of socialidentity, such as ethnicity, age, and social class, will be explored.

If you studied Language modules in Years 1 and 2, you may wish to study a further Language module in Year 3. Thiswould form an integral part of your degree in place of one of the optional modules above.

Optional modules provide an element of choice within the programme curriculum. The availability of optional modulesmay vary from year to year and will be subject to minimum student numbers being achieved. This means that theavailability of specific optional modules cannot be guaranteed. Optional module selection may also be affected bytimetabling requirements.

In addition to the optional module choices listed above, it may be possible to apply to take an alternative 20 creditmodule in Year 2 and/or an alternative 20 credit module in Year 3 from outside the programme curriculum. Somerestrictions on this elective module choice may apply.

Timetables

Timetables for your first week are normally available at the end of August prior to enrolment in September. You canexpect to receive your timetable for the rest of the academic year during your first week. Please note that while wemake every effort to ensure that timetables are as student-friendly as possible, scheduled teaching can take place onany day of the week. Wednesday afternoons are normally reserved for sports and cultural activities.

Disclaimer

Every effort has been made to ensure the accuracy of our published course information, however our programmes aresubject to ongoing review and development. Changing circumstances may necessitate alteration to, or the cancellationof, courses.

Changes may be necessary to comply with the requirements of accrediting bodies, revisions to subject benchmarksstatements, to keep courses updated and contemporary, or as a result of student feedback. We reserve the right tomake variations if we consider such action to be necessary or in the best interests of students.

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Entry Criteria

Entry Requirements

Typical offer 112-120 UCAS Tariff points, preferably toinclude A Level English or equivalent.

Example Offers

Some examples of how you can achieve 112-120 UCASTariff points are detailed below.

• A Level: BBC-BBB;

• BTEC Extended Diploma (or combination of BTECQCF qualifications): Distinction, Merit, Merit(DMM);

• International Baccalaureate (IB): We are happy toaccept IB qualifications which achieve the requirednumber of UCAS Tariff points. Subject-specificrequirements at Higher Level (HL) Grade 5 mayapply;

• Access to Higher Education Diploma: 45 credits atLevel 3, for example 15 credits at Distinction and30 credits at Merit or 24 credits at Distinction and21 credits at Merit. The required total can beattained from various credit combinations.

Please note, the above examples may differ from actualoffers made. A combination of A Level and BTEC awardsmay also be accepted.

As long as you have a minimum of two A Levels (orequivalent), there is no maximum number ofqualifications that we will accept UCAS points from. Thisincludes additional qualifications such as the WelshBaccalaureate and Extended Project Qualification (EPQ),AS Levels that haven't been continued to A Level, andGeneral Studies AS or A Level awards.

For further information on how you can meet the entryrequirements, including details ofalternative qualifications, please visitwww.edgehill.ac.uk/offers.

EU students can get country-specific information aboutthe University's entry requirements and equivalent

national qualifications at www.edgehill.ac.uk/eu.

International students should visit www.edgehill.ac.uk/international for information on the entry criteria foroverseas applicants.

English Language Requirements

International students require IELTS 6.0, with a score nolower than 5.5 in each individual component, or anequivalent English language qualification.

If your current level of English is half a band lower, eitheroverall or in one or two elements, you may want toconsider our Pre-Sessional English course.

Are there any alternative ways to meet theentry requirements?

If you have the ability to study for a degree but lack thenecessary qualifications or confidence, our Fastrack:Preparation for Higher Education course could be foryou. This free, seven-week programme provides a greatopportunity to enhance your study skills and subjectknowledge and demonstrate that you are ready to studya particular subject with us, in lieu of achieving the UCASTariff points in the entry criteria.

Upon successful completion of a Fastrack course, you willbe well placed to progress onto a corresponding Edge HillUniversity degree, although additional entryrequirements may apply and the availability of specificprogrammes cannot be guaranteed. For moreinformation, visit www.edgehill.ac.uk/fastrack.

Recognition of Prior Learning

Edge Hill University recognises learning gainedelsewhere, whether through academic credit andqualifications acquired from other relevant courses ofstudy or through recognition of an individual'sprofessional and employment experience (also referredto as 'experiential learning'). This may include credit orlearning undertaken at another university.

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Previous learning that is recognised in this way may beused towards meeting the entry requirements for aprogramme and/or for exemption from part of aprogramme. It is your responsibility to make a claim for

recognition of prior learning. For guidance, please consultthe University's academic regulations (sections C7 andF3.1) or contact the faculty in which you are interested instudying.

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Career Prospects

What are my career prospects?

Typical career routes for English graduates includeteaching (further training required), speech therapy(further training required), library work, media,journalism, arts administration, publishing, managerialwork, public and voluntary sectors. Some graduates alsoprogress onto further study and pursue an academiccareer.

How can I enhance my employability?

It is useful to consider, even before you apply, how youwill spend your time while studying and make the most ofyour university experience.

Optional, additional activities may be available on thisdegree which could help to prepare you for a stimulatingand rewarding career. These include:

• Sandwich Years - you may have the opportunity toapply to complete a sandwich year placement,usually as the third year of a four year degree, andgain highly relevant work experience;

• Erasmus+ and Study Abroad - you may have the

opportunity to apply to spend time studying orworking abroad, usually as the third year of a fouryear degree, enabling you to immerse yourself in adifferent culture;

• Learning a Language - you may be able to selectlanguage modules, delivered at the Edge HillLanguage Centre, as an integral part of your degree(for which you will gain academic credits).Alternatively, it may be possible to participate inLanguage Steps classes as additional study;

• Elective Modules – you may be able to apply tosubstitute one optional module in Year 2 and/orone optional module in Year 3 with alternativeelective modules from outside the programmecurriculum.

Please note, the availability of these additional activitiescannot be guaranteed for all students. Depending onavailability and the number of students wanting toparticipate, there may be a competitive applicationprocess for sandwich year placements or studying abroadopportunities or you may be required to secure a relevantplacement yourself.

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Finance

Tuition Fees

If you are a prospective UK or EU student who will bejoining this undergraduate degree in academic year2020/21, the tuition fee will be £9,250 per annum.Tuition fees for international students enrolling on theprogramme in academic year 2020/21 are £12,250 perannum.

The University may administer a small inflationary rise intuition fees, in line with Government policy, insubsequent academic years as you progress through thecourse.

Financial Support

Subject to eligibility, UK and EU students joining thisundergraduate degree can apply for a Tuition Fee Loanfrom the Government to cover the full cost of tuition fees.UK and EU students enrolling on the programme mayalso be eligible to apply for additional funding to helpwith living costs.

For comprehensive information about the financialsupport available to eligible UK and EU students joiningthis programme in academic year 2020/21, together withdetails of how to apply for potential funding, please viewour Money Matters 2020/21 guide atwww.edgehill.ac.uk/undergradfinance2020.

Financial support information for international studentscan be found at www.edgehill.ac.uk/international/fees.

Scholarships

Edge Hill University offers a range of scholarships with acompetitive application process for prospective full-timeundergraduate students.

These scholarships aren't linked to academic success andcelebrate determination, talent and achievement beyondyour coursework, for instance in creativity, enterprise,ICT, performance, sport or volunteering.

To find out more about scholarships, to assess youreligibility, and to meet some of our dedicated scholarshipwinners, visit www.edgehill.ac.uk/scholarships.

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Apply

How to Apply

Apply online through UCAS at www.ucas.com.

Visit www.edgehill.ac.uk/applyucas to find out moreabout the application process.

Further information for international students about howto apply is available at www.edgehill.ac.uk/applyinternational.

Should you accept an offer of a place to study with us andformally enrol as a student, you will be subject to theprovisions of the regulations, rules, codes, conditions andpolicies which apply to our students. These are availableat www.edgehill.ac.uk/studentterms.

Visit Us

If you are considering applying to study at Edge Hill

University, the best way to gain an insight into studentlife is to discover our stunning campus for yourself byattending an open day. You can view dates and book yourplace at www.edgehill.ac.uk/opendays.

Alternatively, if you are unable to attend an open day, youcan find out more about all of our events for prospectivestudents, including monthly campus tours, atwww.edgehill.ac.uk/visitus.

Request a Prospectus

If you would like to explore our full range of degreesbefore you apply, you can order an undergraduateprospectus at www.edgehill.ac.uk/undergradprospectus.

Get in Touch

If you have any questions about this programme or whatit's like to study at Edge Hill University, please contact:

• Course Enquiries

• Tel: 01695 657000

• Email: study@edgehill.ac.uk

International students should visit www.edgehill.ac.uk/international or email international@edgehill.ac.uk withany queries about overseas study.

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