The MA in English Language and Literary Studies is ideal for you if you would like to combine your studies of English Language with the study of literature and literary theory. This MA is taught jointly by the Department of Linguistics and English Language and the Department of English and Creative Writing, allowing a great deal of flexibility to follow your own interests.

The scheme consists of six credit-bearing modules of coursework, of which at least two must be from each department, at least one research methods course and a dissertation  Support for your studies is provided by the non-credit Postgraduate Academic Study Skills module, which runs in terms 1, 2 and 3.

 

Aims

The programme seeks to provide extensive and up-to-date knowledge and understanding of:

Structure

The MA in English Language and Literary Studies consists of six credit-bearing modules of coursework, at least one research methods course and a dissertation.  Support for your studies is provided by the non-credit Postgraduate Academic Study Skills module, which runs in terms 1, 2 and 3.

The six credit-bearing modules can be selected out of the choices offered by the Department of Linguistics and English Language and the Department of English and Creative Writing . You will have to include at least two English Language modules and two Literary Studies modules. The modules choices offered will vary from year to year, for 2012/13 the available modules will be:

English Language modules:	Literary studies modules:
Bilingualism Corpus Linguistics Critical Discourse Analysis English Grammar Gender and Language Introduction to Discourse Studies Investigating Spoken English Language, Literacies and Digital Communication Learning and Teaching in Digitally Mediated Spaces Pragmatics Sociolinguistics Stylistics	Bodies and Spirits in Early Modern Literature Contemporary British Fiction Contemporary Literature and Technology Post-colonial Women’s Writing and Film Romance and Realism Contemporary Gothic: Text and Screen Fusions Politics and Place in Early Modern Literature Victorian Extremes: the Coming of Modernity

 

 

Key Facts

Director of Studies:	Julia Gillen
Programme length:	full-time (12 months), part-time (24 months)
Audience:	This MA is aimed at students interested in interdisciplinary frameworks for the investigation of the interface between English language and English and American literature of various historical periods.
Assessment:	Coursework and dissertation
Deadline for applications:	30th June
Enquiries:	Marjorie Wood
Employment prospects:	We have recently broadened the scope of this programme so that it equips you for work in teaching and publishing, and also lays the foundation for further studies at PhD level.

Entry Requirements

Academic: at least upper second class degree (or equivalent) in relevant specialisms

English language level: (for applicants whose native language is not English)

Our official requirement for IELTS is a score of at least 6.5 overall with at least 6.5 in the reading and writing elements and 6.0 in the listening and speaking elements.

The University also accepts internet-based (iBT) TOEFL scores of at least 93 overall (with at least 24 in the reading and writing elements and 22 in the listening and speaking elements), and Pearson Test of English Academic scores of at least 62 overall (with at least 62 in the reading and writing elements and 55 in the listening and speaking elements). Please see the TOEFL.org and Pearson PTE Academic pages for more information.

If applicants have taken any of these exams in the last two years we can accept their test scores; otherwise we ask that they take the exam again. If, however, they have done their undergraduate studies in Britain, the US or another English-medium educational system and have successfully completed their degree within the past two years they may not need to submit a test score.

 

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