BA (Hons) History and English

History and English are fascinating subjects but studying them together is excellent training for analysing and expressing complex ideas generally. In other words, you'll be developing abilities that will be useful in a vast range of careers and which employers especially value. This degree is accredited by Anglia Ruskin University.

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Course Description

First, you'll develop an overview of the subject areas via the modules History of English Literature. The first year also focuses on developing your academic writing skills. History's practical applications are explored through the module Creating the Past. In Year 2 you will then progress to more specialised study, on modules such as Romantic Conflicts, Victorian Literature and Culture, Modernism and the City, Britain in the Nineteenth Century and the United States in the twentieth century. In Year 3 you specialise further and select an English or History subject of your choice for more in-depth study, culminating in a dissertation.

This course is as much about knowledge as it is about developing important advanced skills. The course prides itself on its supportive ethos that recognises the challenges inherent in studying two subjects simultaneously. Our goal is to help you become an independent, critically alert, competent thinker, and a confident, stylish writer and speaker.

You will learn primarily through a combination of lectures, seminars and group work. You are welcome to approach your module lecturer with questions but are also allocated an academic personal tutor to provide guidance on general study issues. You are supported through assignment workshops and personal development plans which help you reflect on your studies and plan for future progress.

As a BA (Hons) History and English student, you will be able to present independent opinions in arguments, support them effectively by relevant evidence and learn to organise and express these well in writing. Your vocabulary will be sophisticated and your thoughts well-judged. You will have shown the ability to plan and carry out individual and group presentations to deadlines and to handle word-processing and presentation packages. Your IT skills will further involve the ability to extract information from and effectively evaluate electronic resources such as academic online databases, blogs, or wikis. Your research skills will involve the ability to collect and select judiciously from a wide range of written material and evaluate its significance.

A substantial proportion of our graduates have gone on to postgraduate study, mainly postgraduate certificates in education. Graduates seeking a career in primary and secondary school teaching have very quickly been offered full-time jobs with on-the-job teacher training in either English or History or both subjects. Our graduates are now in leadership positions in their respective schools and colleges or local authorities. Others have progressed from teaching into education management and special needs support. Graduates also seek careers in journalism, publishing, marketing and PR, in public administration, social work, the caring professions, and in library or museum work.

Modules

These are the modules for the last academic year. These are currently under revalidation so some of these modules can be subject to change

Year 1

Module name	Credits	Compulsory or optional?
A History of English Literature from the Present to 1789	15	Compulsory
A History of English Literature from Equiano to Chaucer	15	Compulsory
Writing Matters	15	Compulsory
Reading Literature and Theory	15	Compulsory
Creating the Past	30	Compulsory
The Growth of the USA: Race, Politics and Conflict, 1776-1900	30	Compulsory

Year 2

Module name	Credits	Compulsory or optional?
Romantic Conflicts	15	Compulsory
Dialogue and Debate: From more to Milton	15	Compulsory
Modernism and the City	15	Compulsory
Victorian Literature and Culture	15	Compulsory
The United States in the Twentieth Century	15	Compulsory
The British Empire	15	Compulsory
Britain in the Nineteenth Century	15	Compulsory
From Welfare State to European State? British politics and society, 1906-1975	15	Compulsory

Year 3

Module name	Credits	Compulsory or optional?
From Communism to Consumerism: Russia since 1917	15	Compulsory
A Global History of Government and Society, 1945 - 1999	15	Compulsory
Adaptations and Afterlives: Art of Rewriting Stories	15	Compulsory
Contemporary Fiction	15	Compulsory
The Era of Thatcher and Blair	15	Compulsory
Spectacle and Representation in Renaissance Drama	15	Compulsory
Undergraduate Major Project: In History OR in English	30	Compulsory

Entry Requirements
You will need:
- 72 UCAS tariff points from a minimum of 2 A-levels or equivalent level 3 qualification e.g. Extended Diploma or Access course (30 level 3 credits at merit grades are required for progression from Access)
- GCSE English at grade 4 (C) or above.
International (EEA) applicants

International applicants from the European Economic Area (EEA) may be asked to complete IELTS and achieve a level 7 if there are significant doubts about an applicant's level to communicate. A NARIC statement of comparability will be required to translate grades into their UK equivalents.
Course Length

How long is this course?

3 Years

When does this course start?

02/09/2026

How many hours / days per week is this course?

This course is delivered face-to-face on the university centre campus.

Course Fees

Academic Year	Fee for the year
26/27	£9000

We set our course fees annually. As students pay a fee for each year of their course, the fees set for future academic years may be higher than those set in this academic year.

For each future academic year of your course of study, your fees may be subject to review and increase on a basis in line with the Retail Prices Index (RPI) plus 3%. RPI is a measure of inflation published monthly by the Office for National Statistics which measures the changes from month to month in the cost of a representative sample of retail goods and services bought by consumers within the UK. This means that your course fees will not be increased each year by more than RPI + 3% from the previous year's fees and will not ever exceed the maximum amount that the government allows higher education institutions to charge students in the related academic year.

Fee information

Information about course fees and student finance can be found below.

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Additional Information

What qualification will I achieve?

BA (Hons) History and English Literature

How is my course assessed?

Assessment will vary from module to module and is designed to help students develop and demonstrate a range of skills. The most common form of assessment is through an essay, though there will be a few presentations and exams too.

Terms and changes to programmes

Every effort to ensure the information on this page is accurate, however there may be scenarios where the college is required to make amend or alter aspects of the programme, college provision or delivery. Should this occur after you have accepted a place at the college, you will be consulted and agreement sought. You will be entitled to withdraw from any obligations to the college, and where relevant receive any refund or compensation, as per your Terms and Conditions and the Student Protection Plan of the relevant validating awarding organisation. More information is available on our Terms page.