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PGDip English Studies
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Academic title
PGDip English Studies
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Course description
Course Content
You will be required to take two core skills modules chosen from two of the three subject areas: Modern Literature; Modern English Language; Medieval Language and Literature.
You will also take a further generic ‘Research Management’ module, designed to give you the necessary skills to undertake a major piece of independent research.
In addition, you will select a further 15 credits from the list of modules in each of your chosen subject areas. The remaining 60 credits may be taken from any area of the course programme.
Modules currently offered on this course include:
• Victorian Literature
• Contemporary Fiction
• Old Norse
• Modernism
• Corpus Analysis
• Language, Culture and Society
• Creative Reading
Please note that all module details are subject to change.
Course Structure
This course can be taken over 1 year, full-time (September to September) or part-time over 2 to 3 years.
The PG Diploma consists of taught modules totalling 120 credits (which are taken during the autumn and spring semesters).
Full-time students normally take 60 credits of taught modules in each semester; part-time students normally take 30 credits.
All taught modules are assessed by written work of between 3,000 words (for a 15 credit module) and 6,000 words (for a 30 credit module), which is set towards the end of the semester in which the module is taught.
The research management module is assessed by portfolio and presentation.
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