BA English Literature

Objectives As an English Literature student at the University of Surrey you will join an innovative, forward-thinking Department which benefits from staff expertise in delivering excellent degree programmes in the arts, culture, communication and humanities.
Entry requirements Typical entry requirements A level grades ABB-BBB (320-300 points) Grade B in A level English, English Literature or English Literature and Language for all programmes. Grade B in the appropriate language at A level or equivalent is required for English Literature and French/Spanish. Please contact us for the requirements for ab initio Spanish.
Academic title BA English Literature
Course description Programme Structure

Level 1

English Literature: History and Genre
World Literatures
Literature and Contemporary Culture
Introduction to Written Communication
English in a Global Context
Film History
Applied Translation

Level 2

Concepts and Methods of Literary Study 1
Renaissance to Romanticism
Writing in the 19th and 20th Centuries
Contemporary Literature
Literature in Translation
Comparative Literature
Film and Literature

Level 3

Concepts and Methods of Literary Study 2
Writing and Gender
Shakespeare on Film
Culture and Consumption
Gothic Fiction
Dissertation