This is a joint honours programme where you study English Literature alongside History. It offers the opportunity to study an exciting range of modules, blending the study of classic texts and literary traditions with current theoretical models for understanding literature as a dynamic, global phenomenon. Our course is renowned for its inspirational teaching and research excellence. In the 2013 National Student Survey, 93% of students agreed that staff had made the subject interesting; overall student satisfaction with the quality of the course was 98% (Source: Unistats).
Course Details - Modules
In Year 1 modules include Culture, Criticism and Literature, World Literature, Critical Theory, Shakespeare, Making History: Theory, Methods and Sources, and Rise of the Modern World. In Year 2 core modules include American Literature and Culture, The Literature of Space, The Novel and Modernity, and Culture, Crime and Transgression. In History you will follow a module in History and Documents, plus optional modules around a theme such as imperialism, crime, medicine, poverty and welfare, ideas and ideology, family and gender, and nationalism and statehood. Final year specialist optional modules offer intensive, small-group teaching; you will also choose either the Contemporary Literature (Synoptic) module or the Dissertation Module. Again in History you will build a theme, such as the History of Britain, Ireland and the Empire, Early Modern History, History of Ideas, History of Medicine, Modern Political History, Social and Cultural History, History of America, or History of Crime.
Course Details – Assessment Method
Assessment Methods are not listed for this Course.
Course Details – Professional Bodies
Professional Bodies are not listed for this Course.
How to Apply
26 January This is the deadline for applications to be completed and sent for this course. If the university or college still has places available you can apply after this date, but your application is not guaranteed to be considered.
Application Codes
Course code:
V100
Institution code:
O66
Campus Name:
Main Site
Campus code:
Points of Entry
The following entry points are available for this course:
Year 1
Entry Requirements for Advanced Entry (Year 2 and Beyond)
Entry Requirements for Advanced Entry are not listed for this Course.
International applicants
Standard Qualification Requirements
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Minimum Qualification Requirements
Minimum Further Information are not listed for this Course.
Employment after 15 months (Most common jobs):
65%
Go onto work and study:
90%
Fees and funding
England
1155.0
Module
Northern Ireland
1155.0
Module
Scotland
1155.0
Module
Wales
1155.0
Module
Channel Islands
1155.0
Module
EU
1825.0
Module
International
1825.0
Module
Additional Fee Information
Please note tuition fees for Home students may increase in subsequent years both for new and continuing students in line with an inflationary amount determined by government. Tuition fees for International students may increase in subsequent years both for new and continuing students.
Oxford Brookes University intends to maintain its fees for new and returning Home students at the maximum permitted level.
Provider information
Gipsy Lane
Headington
Address3 are not listed for this Course.
Oxford
OX3 0BP
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