English

Study mode:On campus Study type:Full-time Languages: English
Local:$ 2.06 k / Year(s) Foreign:$ 10.4 k / Year(s) Deadline: Jan 15, 2025
201–250 place StudyQA ranking:3620 Duration:48 months

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Description

UCAS Code: Q300

If you enjoy reading and writing, want to develop skills in independent and imaginative critical thinking and have a lively interest in culture and creativity, then English at Dundee is for you.

Dundee is both traditional and innovative. We develop our courses with a consciousness of today's student needs and preferences, while reflecting our commitment to the cutting-edge ideas in our field. We not only teach the traditional topics of English Literature but also the literatures of America (North and South), of Scotland, and of many other parts of the English-speaking world as well as looking at digital poetry and graphic novels.

Detailed Course Facts

Application deadline January 15 Tuition fee
  • EUR 2060 Year (EEA)
  • EUR 10420 Year (Non-EEA)

Tuition fees are approximate and dependent upon currency exchange rates.

Start date September 2015 Duration full-time 48 months Languages Take an IELTS test
  • English
Delivery mode On Campus Educational variant Full-time

Course Content

Level 1

Level 1 modules give you a basic critical and theoretical understanding by analysing a wide range of examples of literature (or literature and film), from the earliest available texts to the present day.

You study a total of 6 modules, including:

- Introduction to Literary Study

- Early Modern to Early Romantic Literature 1564-1789

Level 2

Level 2 applies the knowledge gained at Level 1 to particular aspects of literary or film history, surveying texts from key genres and periods.

You study a total of 6 modules, including:

- Romantic to Victorian Literature 1789 - 1901

- Modernist to Contemporary Literature, 1901 - Present

Level 3

At Level 3, you begin your detailed study of specific genres, styles and themes and periods choosing from a wide range of options.

You study a total of 4 modules (2 modules for joint Honours), chosen from:

- American Literature

- Contemporary Literature

- Introduction to Creative Writing Practice

- Literature in Scotland after the Union of 1707

- Mediaeval Literature

- Modernism & Modernity

- Other Americas: Contemporary Multi-Ethnic Fiction

- Post-Colonial Texts

- Romantic & Gothic Literature 1760-1830

- Victorian Literature

- Vision in Film, Literature and Culture

Level 4

At Level 4, the modules on offer reflect the research specialisms of members of staff. These modules will continue your in-depth studies and you will also have the option to carry out a personal research project in the form of a dissertation.

You study a total of 4 modules (2 modules for joint Honours), chosen from:

- American Modernist Poetry

- Contemporary British Writers of Comics and Graphic Novels

- Crime and Detection in American Fiction

- Dissertation

- History of the Book

- Image, Text and Performance

- Literature of the Twentieth-Century Scottish Renaissance

- Making Writing Matter

- Old English Literature

- Re-imagining Britain: Literature after the End of Empire

- The Literature of Terror: British & American Gothic Writing

- Writing Scepticism

Requirements

- Minimum Requirements:

SQA Higher: ABBB

GCE A-Level: BCC

ILC Higher: ABBB

IB Diploma: 30 points with 5, 5, 5 at HL

- Essential Subjects:

English/English Literature (H, A-L, HL)

- Advanced Entry (to level 2):

SQA Advanced Higher: BB+BB (H) in different subjects

GCE A-Level: ABB

IB Diploma: 34 points with 6, 6, 5 at HL

- Essential Subjects:

English/English Literature (AH, A-L, HL)

Work Experience

No work experience is required.

Related Scholarships*

  • Academic Excellence Scholarship

    "The Academic Excellence Scholarship can provide up to a 50 % reduction in tuition per semester. These scholarships will be renewed if the student maintains superior academic performance during each semester of their 3-year Bachelor programme. The scholarship will be directly applied to the student’s tuition fees."

  • Access Bursary

    Bursary for UK students all subjects where the variable tuition fee rate is payable.

  • Alumni Bursary

    Alumni Bursary for UK Undergraduate students

* The scholarships shown on this page are suggestions first and foremost. They could be offered by other organisations than University of Dundee.

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