English Language and Literature, BA (Hons)

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Key Course Details

UCAS Code: QQ31
Mode of Study: Campus Based
Typical Offer (view equivalents): ABB-BBC
Location: Singleton Park Campus

Start Date	Tuition Fees - Year 1
Sep 2025	£ 9,250

4 Year Full Time With a Year Abroad

UCAS Code: QQ33
Mode of Study: Campus Based
Typical Offer (view equivalents): ABB-BBC
Location: Singleton Park Campus

Start Date	Tuition Fees - Year 1
Sep 2025	£ 9,250

4 Year Full Time With a Year in Industry

UCAS Code: QQ3I
Mode of Study: Campus Based
Typical Offer (view equivalents): ABB-BBC
Location: Singleton Park Campus

Start Date	Tuition Fees - Year 1
Sep 2025	£ 9,250

3 Year Full Time

UCAS Code: QQ31
Mode of Study: Campus Based
Typical Offer: ABB-BBC - More Information
Location: Singleton Park Campus

Start Date	Tuition Fees - Year 1
Sep 2025	£ 18,400

4 Year Full Time With a Year Abroad

UCAS Code: QQ33
Mode of Study: Campus Based
Typical Offer: ABB-BBC - More Information
Location: Singleton Park Campus

Start Date	Tuition Fees - Year 1
Sep 2025	£ 18,400

4 Year Full Time With a Year in Industry

UCAS Code: QQ3I
Mode of Study: Campus Based
Typical Offer: ABB-BBC - More Information
Location: Singleton Park Campus

Start Date	Tuition Fees - Year 1
Sep 2025	£ 18,400

English Language and Literature, BA (Hons)

Study the Relationship between English Language and Literature

Photograph of students enjoying their studies in the library

Course Overview

As a student of English Language and Literature, you will discover the complex and fascinating relationships between literature, politics and history and study language analysis and language use across different contexts. This three-year degree opens up a range of exciting career possibilities by helping you to develop transferable skills which employers want.

The course covers how we acquire language, how language works, how societies communicate and over a thousand years of literature, from Beowulf to the present day. You will have the chance to study national and global literature, Renaissance literature, Gothic and genre fiction, 19th century literature, modernity and contemporary fiction, gender and culture, creative and professional writing.

You will have the option of taking the internationally recognised Cambridge Certificate in English Language Teaching to Adults (CELTA) during your second year, further improving your student experience and career prospects.

Why English Language and Literature at Swansea?

Based on our stunning Singleton Park campus, in parkland overlooking Swansea Bay on the edge of the Gower Peninsula.

English Language at Swansea is ranked:

3rd in the Uk for Student Satisfaction (Complete University Guide 2025)
Ranked 11th in UK for Research Impact (REF2021)

English Literature at Swansea is ranked:

Top 25 in the UK for Student Satisfaction (Complete University Guide 2025)
Top 101-150 in the World (QS World Rankings 2024)
Ranked 11th in UK for Research Impact (REF2021)
97% of graduates in employment &/or study, or doing other activities, such as travelling, 15 months after leaving Swansea University (HESA 2023)

You will learn from experienced, established writers whose work has been widely published, broadcast and performed and our academic staff are internationally recognised for their research.

Your English Language and Literature Experience

We offer varied and flexible course content, so you can shape your course to your own interests, whether in national and global literature, Renaissance literature, Gothic and genre fiction, 19th century literature, modernity and contemporary fiction, gender and culture, creative and professional writing, language analysis, sociolinguistics, the study of dialects or teaching English as a foreign language.

Wales has a rich lyric tradition and Swansea is the birthplace of Dylan Thomas. You can get involved with projects with the Dylan Thomas Centre and the National Theatre Wales.

In the second year, you will have the opportunity to take the highly respected CELTA qualification for teachers of English as a foreign language. You will also have the option of a semester in the USA, Canada, China, Hong Kong or Singapore.

Some of our students have been published in international journals and presented at international conferences.

You will also have a personal tutor for any pastoral and academic support you need, and the English Student Society at Swansea organises a range of lively literary, social and cultural events.

English Language and Literature Employment Opportunities

Our graduates enter careers in a wide range of sectors including:

Education
Marketing
Social Media
Project Administration

Modules

Your early studies will introduce you to how to become a successful scholar of English, critical reading, the principles and terminology used in the study and analysis of language and how to write essays.

You will then choose your pathways with modules to suit your own interests, before focusing in depth on your chosen research projects.

In your second year, you have the option of taking the internationally recognised CELTA qualification.

Final year modules typically include: dissertation (optional), a Linguistics research project, computer-assisted language learning, contemporary women’s writing and African American literature 1910-1940.

BA 3 Year Full-time

Year 1 (Level 4)

FHEQ 4 Undergraduate / HECert

Students choose 120 credits from the following:

Compulsory Modules

Module Name	Module Duration	Credits	Module Code
The sound system of English	September-January (TB1)	20	ALE121
Grammar and Meaning	January-June (TB2)	20	ALE100

Optional Modules

English Language optional modules

Choose Exactly 20 credits from the following Modules:

NOTE : Select One module from below. Please note that ALE108 is a prerequisite for the second year module ALE200 Language Teaching in Context.

Module Name	Module Duration	Credits	Module Code
A History of the English Language	September-January (TB1)	20	ALE116
Mythbusters: beliefs and truths about language	September-January (TB1)	20	ALE122
Language Teaching Methodology	January-June (TB2)	20	ALE108

AND

English Literature - Compulsory Selective

Choose Minimum Of 40 credits from the following Modules:

NOTE : Select at least two modules. Students must select three modules (in total) per teaching block

Module Name	Module Duration	Credits	Module Code
Monsters, Theories, Transformations	September-January (TB1)	20	EN-100
English Essentials	September-January (TB1)	20	EN-120
The Stage Play World	January-June (TB2)	20	EN-119

AND

English Literature - Optional Modules

Choose Maximum Of 20 credits from the following Modules:

NOTE : Select one module to fulfill three modules (in total) from English Literature. Ensure no more than three modules are selected in any one teaching block.

Module Name	Module Duration	Credits	Module Code
Approaches to Gender in English Literature	September-January (TB1)	20	EN-112
Creative Writing: Fiction Genres	September-January (TB1)	20	EN-117
Introduction to Visual Culture	September-January (TB1)	20	VC-101
Introduction to American Literature and Culture	January-June (TB2)	20	AM-113
Ovid's Metamorphoses: The Transformations of Mythology	January-June (TB2)	20	CLC102
Literature and Society in Medieval Europe.	January-June (TB2)	20	EN-113
Creative Writing: Styles of Fiction	January-June (TB2)	20	EN-118
Visuality and Embodiment	January-June (TB2)	20	VC-102

Year 2 (Level 5)

FHEQ 5 Undergraduate / HEDip

Students choose 120 credits from the following:

Compulsory Modules

None found.

Optional Modules

English Language - Compulsory Modules Selective

Choose Exactly 60 credits from the following Modules:

NOTE : • Select 3 x 20 credit modules. • Modules should be equally split across the teaching blocks. • ALE204 and ALE225 are subject to interview prior to module selection. • You cannot take both ALE204 and ALE225. • ALE202 has a prerequisite of ALE121 Sound System of English. • ALE226 has the prerequisites of ALE100 Grammar and Meaning and ALE123 Language in Mind. • ALE250 has a prerequisite of ALE121 Sound System of English.

Module Name	Module Duration	Credits	Module Code	Guidance
Language Teaching in Context	September-January (TB1)	20	ALE200
Sociolinguistics	September-January (TB1)	20	ALE202	ALE121 must have been passed in year 1
Teaching Practice (CELTA) A	September-January (TB1)	20	ALE204	Subject to interview. Not to be taken with ALE225
Child Language and Literacy	September-January (TB1)	20	ALE250
Discourse Analysis	January-June (TB2)	20	ALE218
Teaching Practice (CELTA) B	January-June (TB2)	20	ALE225	Subject to interview. Not to be taken with ALE204
Psycholinguistics of Bilingualism	January-June (TB2)	20	ALE226	ALE100 and ALE123 must have been passed in year 1
Research Methods and Tools for Applied Linguistics	January-June (TB2)	20	ALE227
Second Language Vocabulary Studies	January-June (TB2)	20	ALE233

AND

English Literature - Compulsory Selective

Choose Minimum Of 40 credits from the following Modules:

NOTE : Select at least two modules and a maximum of three modules. Select at least one module in each teaching block. Overall students must select three modules per semester and three modules per joint honours subject.

Module Name	Module Duration	Credits	Module Code
Debating Texts: Theory in Literature	September-January (TB1)	20	EN-206
Revolution of the Word: Modernism	September-January (TB1)	20	EN-207
Exploring the Bloody Chamber: Medieval to Postmodern	September-January (TB1)	20	EN-237
Fragments of Union: The Cultural Making and Breaking of Britain	January-June (TB2)	20	EN-241
Contentious Shakespeare	January-June (TB2)	20	EN-242
Medieval Encounters	January-June (TB2)	20	EN-266

AND

English Literature - Optional Modules

Choose Maximum Of 20 credits from the following Modules:

NOTE : Students may select one module from these options if required to make up 60 credits of English Literature for the year. Students must not exceed 60 credits in total (three modules) in any one teaching block

Module Name	Module Duration	Credits	Module Code
The Greek Romance: Sea, Sun and Sex	September-January (TB1)	20	CLC203
Introduction to Writing Poetry	September-January (TB1)	20	EN-232
Introduction to Writing Fiction	September-January (TB1)	20	EN-234
Race and Ethnicity: American Perspectives	September-January (TB1)	20	EN-243
Techniques of Seeing	September-January (TB1)	20	VC-200
Roman Love Poetry	January-June (TB2)	20	CLC200
Introduction to Writing Drama	January-June (TB2)	20	EN-236
American Word / American Image	January-June (TB2)	20	EN-244
Writing a Short Film	January-June (TB2)	20	EN-270

Year 3 (Level 6)

FHEQ 6 Undergraduate / Honours

Students choose 120 credits from the following:

Compulsory Modules

None found.

Optional Modules

English Language - Compulsory Modules Selective

Choose Exactly 60 credits from the following Modules:

NOTE : Students must select 60 credits in English Language. Overall, students should select 60 credits in each joint honours subject and modules should be split equally across both teaching blocks. ALE316 has a prerequisite of ALE218.

Module Name	Module Duration	Credits	Module Code	Guidance
Second Language Acquisition	September-January (TB1)	20	ALE306
Issues in current ELT	September-January (TB1)	20	ALE308
Language in the Media	September-January (TB1)	20	ALE316	To select this module, you must have taken ALE218 Discourse Analysis at year 2
Language Policy and Planning	September-January (TB1)	20	ALE322
Forensic Linguistics	January-June (TB2)	20	ALE321
Stylistics	January-June (TB2)	20	ALE323	Students taking this course should be aware that the module will draw on aspects taught in ALE218 Discourse Analysis (specifically pragmatics/SAT and CA). Any student wishing to take this module without having completed ALE218 will take responsibility for the required additional reading.

AND

English Literature Optional Modules

Choose Minimum Of 40 credits from the following Modules:

NOTE : Select at least 40 credits . One dissertation only is permitted. Students must select 60 credits in each joint honours subject and not exceed 60 credits in any one semester. NOTE .** please note that acceptance on the English Literature dissertation is subject to the submission of a suitable proposal towards the end of year 2

Module Name	Module Duration	Credits	Module Code	Guidance
Dissertation - English Literature	September-June (TB1+2)	40	EN-3031	** please note that acceptance on the English Literature dissertation is subject to the submission of a suitable proposal towards the end of year 2.
Welsh Gothic / Gothic Wales	September-January (TB1)	20	EN-3040
Written in Blood: Reading the Vampire	September-January (TB1)	20	EN-3050
Graphic Novel	September-January (TB1)	20	EN-3055
African American Literature 1910-1940: The Harlem Renaissance	September-January (TB1)	20	EN-3061
Chaucer	September-January (TB1)	20	EN-314
Reading/Writing Trauma	September-January (TB1)	20	EN-394
Plato's Republic	January-June (TB2)	20	CLC312
Crime Fiction since 1920	January-June (TB2)	20	EN-3045
Madness, Malady and Melancholia: Literature and Medicine from Genesis to Genomes	January-June (TB2)	20	EN-3051
The Swansea University International Dylan Thomas Prize Module	January-June (TB2)	20	EN-3053
Beyond Shakespeare	January-June (TB2)	20	EN-3058
Contemporary American Fiction	January-June (TB2)	20	EN-3062
Science Fiction and Media	January-June (TB2)	20	MS-345

AND

Optional Modules - Creative Writing

Choose Maximum Of 20 credits from the following Modules:

NOTE : If required, select ONE module to fulfil 60 credits in English Literature. Students must not select EN-3026 if they have selected EN-3031. Students must have previously studied a Creative Writing module to select EN-3026.

Module Name	Module Duration	Credits	Module Code
Further Fiction Writing	September-January (TB1)	20	EN-3014
Further Creative Non Fiction	September-January (TB1)	20	EN-309
Creative Writing Personal Project	January-June (TB2)	20	EN-3026
Further Poetry Writing	January-June (TB2)	20	EN-319

BA 4 Year Full-time (with a year abroad)

Year 1 (Level 4)

FHEQ 4 Undergraduate / HECert

Students choose 120 credits from the following:

Compulsory Modules

Module Name	Module Duration	Credits	Module Code
The sound system of English	September-January (TB1)	20	ALE121
Grammar and Meaning	January-June (TB2)	20	ALE100

Optional Modules

English Language optional modules

Choose Exactly 20 credits from the following Modules:

NOTE : Select One module. Please note that ALE108 is a prerequisite for second year module ALE200 Language Teaching in Context.

Module Name	Module Duration	Credits	Module Code
A History of the English Language	September-January (TB1)	20	ALE116
Mythbusters: beliefs and truths about language	September-January (TB1)	20	ALE122
Language Teaching Methodology	January-June (TB2)	20	ALE108

AND

English Literature - Compulsory Selective

Choose Minimum Of 40 credits from the following Modules:

NOTE : Select at least two modules. Students must select three modules (in total) per teaching block

Module Name	Module Duration	Credits	Module Code
Monsters, Theories, Transformations	September-January (TB1)	20	EN-100
English Essentials	September-January (TB1)	20	EN-120
The Stage Play World	January-June (TB2)	20	EN-119

AND

English Literature - Optional Modules

Choose Maximum Of 20 credits from the following Modules:

NOTE : Select one module to fulfill three modules (in total) from English Literature. Ensure no more than three modules are selected in any one teaching block.

Module Name	Module Duration	Credits	Module Code
Approaches to Gender in English Literature	September-January (TB1)	20	EN-112
Creative Writing: Fiction Genres	September-January (TB1)	20	EN-117
Introduction to Visual Culture	September-January (TB1)	20	VC-101
Introduction to American Literature and Culture	January-June (TB2)	20	AM-113
Ovid's Metamorphoses: The Transformations of Mythology	January-June (TB2)	20	CLC102
Literature and Society in Medieval Europe.	January-June (TB2)	20	EN-113
Creative Writing: Styles of Fiction	January-June (TB2)	20	EN-118
Visuality and Embodiment	January-June (TB2)	20	VC-102

Year 2 (Level 5)

FHEQ 5 Undergraduate / HEDip

Students choose 120 credits from the following:

Compulsory Modules

None found.

Optional Modules

English Language - Compulsory Modules Selective

Choose Exactly 60 credits from the following Modules:

Module Name	Module Duration	Credits	Module Code	Guidance
Language Teaching in Context	September-January (TB1)	20	ALE200
Sociolinguistics	September-January (TB1)	20	ALE202	ALE121 must have been passed in year 1
Teaching Practice (CELTA) A	September-January (TB1)	20	ALE204	Subject to interview. Not to be taken with ALE225
Child Language and Literacy	September-January (TB1)	20	ALE250
Discourse Analysis	January-June (TB2)	20	ALE218
Teaching Practice (CELTA) B	January-June (TB2)	20	ALE225	Subject to interview. Not to be taken with ALE204
Psycholinguistics of Bilingualism	January-June (TB2)	20	ALE226	ALE100 and ALE123 must have been passed in year 1
Research Methods and Tools for Applied Linguistics	January-June (TB2)	20	ALE227
Second Language Vocabulary Studies	January-June (TB2)	20	ALE233

AND

English Literature - Compulsory Selective

Choose Minimum Of 40 credits from the following Modules:

Module Name	Module Duration	Credits	Module Code
Debating Texts: Theory in Literature	September-January (TB1)	20	EN-206
Revolution of the Word: Modernism	September-January (TB1)	20	EN-207
Exploring the Bloody Chamber: Medieval to Postmodern	September-January (TB1)	20	EN-237
Fragments of Union: The Cultural Making and Breaking of Britain	January-June (TB2)	20	EN-241
Contentious Shakespeare	January-June (TB2)	20	EN-242
Medieval Encounters	January-June (TB2)	20	EN-266

AND

English Literature - Optional Modules

Choose Maximum Of 20 credits from the following Modules:

Module Name	Module Duration	Credits	Module Code
The Greek Romance: Sea, Sun and Sex	September-January (TB1)	20	CLC203
Introduction to Writing Poetry	September-January (TB1)	20	EN-232
Introduction to Writing Fiction	September-January (TB1)	20	EN-234
Race and Ethnicity: American Perspectives	September-January (TB1)	20	EN-243
Techniques of Seeing	September-January (TB1)	20	VC-200
Roman Love Poetry	January-June (TB2)	20	CLC200
Introduction to Writing Drama	January-June (TB2)	20	EN-236
American Word / American Image	January-June (TB2)	20	EN-244
Writing a Short Film	January-June (TB2)	20	EN-270

Year 3 (Level 5S)

FHEQ 5 Undergraduate Sandwich Year

Students choose 120 credits from the following:

Compulsory Modules

None found.

Optional Modules

Choose Exactly 120 credits from the following Modules:

NOTE : Students will have the opportunity to study abroad at one of our partner institutions and to experience different cultures, and depending on the country, have the opportunity to learn different languages

Module Name	Module Duration	Credits	Module Code	Guidance
Study Abroad (Applied Linguistics)	September-June (TB1+2)	120	ALE-R00

Year 4 (Level 6)

FHEQ 6 Undergraduate / Honours

Students choose 120 credits from the following:

Compulsory Modules

None found.

Optional Modules

English Language - Compulsory Modules Selective

Choose Exactly 60 credits from the following Modules:

Module Name	Module Duration	Credits	Module Code	Guidance
Second Language Acquisition	September-January (TB1)	20	ALE306
Issues in current ELT	September-January (TB1)	20	ALE308
Language in the Media	September-January (TB1)	20	ALE316	To select this module, you must have taken ALE218 Discourse Analysis at year 2
Language Policy and Planning	September-January (TB1)	20	ALE322
Forensic Linguistics	January-June (TB2)	20	ALE321
Stylistics	January-June (TB2)	20	ALE323	Students taking this course should be aware that the module will draw on aspects taught in ALE218 Discourse Analysis (specifically pragmatics/SAT and CA). Any student wishing to take this module without having completed ALE218 will take responsibility for the required additional reading.

AND

English Literature Optional Modules

Choose Minimum Of 40 credits from the following Modules:

Module Name	Module Duration	Credits	Module Code	Guidance
Dissertation - English Literature	September-June (TB1+2)	40	EN-3031	** please note that acceptance on the English Literature dissertation is subject to the submission of a suitable proposal towards the end of year 2.
Welsh Gothic / Gothic Wales	September-January (TB1)	20	EN-3040
Written in Blood: Reading the Vampire	September-January (TB1)	20	EN-3050
Graphic Novel	September-January (TB1)	20	EN-3055
African American Literature 1910-1940: The Harlem Renaissance	September-January (TB1)	20	EN-3061
Chaucer	September-January (TB1)	20	EN-314
Reading/Writing Trauma	September-January (TB1)	20	EN-394
Plato's Republic	January-June (TB2)	20	CLC312
Crime Fiction since 1920	January-June (TB2)	20	EN-3045
Madness, Malady and Melancholia: Literature and Medicine from Genesis to Genomes	January-June (TB2)	20	EN-3051
The Swansea University International Dylan Thomas Prize Module	January-June (TB2)	20	EN-3053
Beyond Shakespeare	January-June (TB2)	20	EN-3058
Contemporary American Fiction	January-June (TB2)	20	EN-3062
Science Fiction and Media	January-June (TB2)	20	MS-345

AND

Optional Modules - Creative Writing

Choose Maximum Of 20 credits from the following Modules:

Module Name	Module Duration	Credits	Module Code
Further Fiction Writing	September-January (TB1)	20	EN-3014
Further Creative Non Fiction	September-January (TB1)	20	EN-309
Creative Writing Personal Project	January-June (TB2)	20	EN-3026
Further Poetry Writing	January-June (TB2)	20	EN-319

BA 4 Year Full-time (with a year in Industry)

Year 1 (Level 4)

FHEQ 4 Undergraduate / HECert

Students choose 120 credits from the following:

Compulsory Modules

Module Name	Module Duration	Credits	Module Code
The sound system of English	September-January (TB1)	20	ALE121
Grammar and Meaning	January-June (TB2)	20	ALE100
Employability Skills for Culture and Communication	January-June (TB2)	0	CC-N150

Optional Modules

English Language optional modules

Choose Exactly 20 credits from the following Modules:

NOTE : Select One module. Please note that ALE108 is a prerequisite for second year module ALE200 Language Teaching in Context.

Module Name	Module Duration	Credits	Module Code
A History of the English Language	September-January (TB1)	20	ALE116
Mythbusters: beliefs and truths about language	September-January (TB1)	20	ALE122
Language Teaching Methodology	January-June (TB2)	20	ALE108

AND

English Literature - Compulsory Selective

Choose Minimum Of 40 credits from the following Modules:

NOTE : Select at least two modules. Students must select three modules (in total) per teaching block

Module Name	Module Duration	Credits	Module Code
Monsters, Theories, Transformations	September-January (TB1)	20	EN-100
English Essentials	September-January (TB1)	20	EN-120
The Stage Play World	January-June (TB2)	20	EN-119

AND

English Literature - Optional Modules

Choose Maximum Of 20 credits from the following Modules:

NOTE : Select one module to fulfill three modules (in total) from English Literature. Ensure no more than three modules are selected in any one teaching block.

Module Name	Module Duration	Credits	Module Code
Approaches to Gender in English Literature	September-January (TB1)	20	EN-112
Creative Writing: Fiction Genres	September-January (TB1)	20	EN-117
Introduction to Visual Culture	September-January (TB1)	20	VC-101
Introduction to American Literature and Culture	January-June (TB2)	20	AM-113
Ovid's Metamorphoses: The Transformations of Mythology	January-June (TB2)	20	CLC102
Literature and Society in Medieval Europe.	January-June (TB2)	20	EN-113
Creative Writing: Styles of Fiction	January-June (TB2)	20	EN-118
Visuality and Embodiment	January-June (TB2)	20	VC-102

Year 2 (Level 5)

FHEQ 5 Undergraduate / HEDip

Students choose 120 credits from the following:

Compulsory Modules

None found.

Optional Modules

English Language - Compulsory Modules Selective

Choose Exactly 60 credits from the following Modules:

Module Name	Module Duration	Credits	Module Code	Guidance
Language Teaching in Context	September-January (TB1)	20	ALE200
Sociolinguistics	September-January (TB1)	20	ALE202	ALE121 must have been passed in year 1
Teaching Practice (CELTA) A	September-January (TB1)	20	ALE204	Subject to interview. Not to be taken with ALE225
Child Language and Literacy	September-January (TB1)	20	ALE250
Discourse Analysis	January-June (TB2)	20	ALE218
Teaching Practice (CELTA) B	January-June (TB2)	20	ALE225	Subject to interview. Not to be taken with ALE204
Psycholinguistics of Bilingualism	January-June (TB2)	20	ALE226	ALE100 and ALE123 must have been passed in year 1
Research Methods and Tools for Applied Linguistics	January-June (TB2)	20	ALE227
Second Language Vocabulary Studies	January-June (TB2)	20	ALE233

AND

English Literature - Compulsory Selective

Choose Minimum Of 40 credits from the following Modules:

Module Name	Module Duration	Credits	Module Code
Debating Texts: Theory in Literature	September-January (TB1)	20	EN-206
Revolution of the Word: Modernism	September-January (TB1)	20	EN-207
Exploring the Bloody Chamber: Medieval to Postmodern	September-January (TB1)	20	EN-237
Fragments of Union: The Cultural Making and Breaking of Britain	January-June (TB2)	20	EN-241
Contentious Shakespeare	January-June (TB2)	20	EN-242
Medieval Encounters	January-June (TB2)	20	EN-266

AND

English Literature - Optional Modules

Choose Maximum Of 20 credits from the following Modules:

Module Name	Module Duration	Credits	Module Code
The Greek Romance: Sea, Sun and Sex	September-January (TB1)	20	CLC203
Introduction to Writing Poetry	September-January (TB1)	20	EN-232
Introduction to Writing Fiction	September-January (TB1)	20	EN-234
Race and Ethnicity: American Perspectives	September-January (TB1)	20	EN-243
Techniques of Seeing	September-January (TB1)	20	VC-200
Roman Love Poetry	January-June (TB2)	20	CLC200
Introduction to Writing Drama	January-June (TB2)	20	EN-236
American Word / American Image	January-June (TB2)	20	EN-244
Writing a Short Film	January-June (TB2)	20	EN-270

Year 3 (Level 5S)

FHEQ 5 Undergraduate Sandwich Year

Students choose 120 credits from the following:

Compulsory Modules

None found.

Optional Modules

Year in Industry

Choose Exactly 120 credits from the following Modules:

Module Name	Module Duration	Credits	Module Code	Guidance
Year in Industry - School of Culture and Communication	Academic Year	120	CC-S00

Year 4 (Level 6)

FHEQ 6 Undergraduate / Honours

Students choose 120 credits from the following:

Compulsory Modules

None found.

Optional Modules

English Language - Compulsory Modules Selective

Choose Exactly 60 credits from the following Modules:

Module Name	Module Duration	Credits	Module Code	Guidance
Second Language Acquisition	September-January (TB1)	20	ALE306
Issues in current ELT	September-January (TB1)	20	ALE308
Language in the Media	September-January (TB1)	20	ALE316	To select this module, you must have taken ALE218 Discourse Analysis at year 2
Language Policy and Planning	September-January (TB1)	20	ALE322
Forensic Linguistics	January-June (TB2)	20	ALE321
Stylistics	January-June (TB2)	20	ALE323	Students taking this course should be aware that the module will draw on aspects taught in ALE218 Discourse Analysis (specifically pragmatics/SAT and CA). Any student wishing to take this module without having completed ALE218 will take responsibility for the required additional reading.

AND

English Literature Optional Modules

Choose Minimum Of 40 credits from the following Modules:

Module Name	Module Duration	Credits	Module Code	Guidance
Dissertation - English Literature	September-June (TB1+2)	40	EN-3031	** please note that acceptance on the English Literature dissertation is subject to the submission of a suitable proposal towards the end of year 2.
Welsh Gothic / Gothic Wales	September-January (TB1)	20	EN-3040
Written in Blood: Reading the Vampire	September-January (TB1)	20	EN-3050
Graphic Novel	September-January (TB1)	20	EN-3055
African American Literature 1910-1940: The Harlem Renaissance	September-January (TB1)	20	EN-3061
Chaucer	September-January (TB1)	20	EN-314
Reading/Writing Trauma	September-January (TB1)	20	EN-394
Plato's Republic	January-June (TB2)	20	CLC312
Crime Fiction since 1920	January-June (TB2)	20	EN-3045
Madness, Malady and Melancholia: Literature and Medicine from Genesis to Genomes	January-June (TB2)	20	EN-3051
The Swansea University International Dylan Thomas Prize Module	January-June (TB2)	20	EN-3053
Beyond Shakespeare	January-June (TB2)	20	EN-3058
Contemporary American Fiction	January-June (TB2)	20	EN-3062
Science Fiction and Media	January-June (TB2)	20	MS-345

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Optional Modules

Choose Maximum Of 20 credits from the following Modules:

Module Name	Module Duration	Credits	Module Code
Further Fiction Writing	September-January (TB1)	20	EN-3014
Further Creative Non Fiction	September-January (TB1)	20	EN-309
Creative Writing Personal Project	January-June (TB2)	20	EN-3026
Further Poetry Writing	January-June (TB2)	20	EN-319

Entry Requirements

Our standard entry requirement is ABB-BBC (UCAS tariff points 112-128) or equivalent. All offers are made following a review of the application form, predicted/achieved grades and subjects, the reference and personal statement. We also accept a range of advanced level qualifications including: International Baccalaureate 32; Advanced Skills Baccalaureate Wales- grade equivalent to A-level; BTEC, Access to Higher Education and Open University qualifications, and Extended Project.

Here are the requirements for International students.

For applicants whose first language is not English, we require IELTS 6.0 overall (with a minimum of 5.5 in each component) or equivalent English test.

How You're Taught

We are proud to provide an outstanding educational experience, using the most effective learning and teaching approaches, carefully tailored to suit the specific needs of your course. Apart from a small number of online-only courses, most of our courses consist of in-person, on-campus teaching, enabling full engagement with your lecturers and fellow students.

Practical skills sessions, lab work seminars, and workshops predominantly take place in person, allowing for group working and demonstrations. We also operate virtual labs and Simulated Learning Environments which will facilitate greater access to training opportunities in the future. However, our approach also includes the use of some online learning to support and enhance traditional face-to-face teaching.

Online learning may take place ‘live’ using software such as Zoom, allowing you to interact with the lecturer and other students and to ask questions. Lecture recordings also allow for more flexibility to revisit material, to revise for assessments and to enhance learning outside of the classroom. Some modules have extra resources in Canvas, such as videos, slides and quizzes enabling further flexible study.

This course may offer some modules taught through the medium of Welsh or bilingually for students who consider themselves to be fluent Welsh speakers. For more details on the provision available see the Welsh Provision expander below.

Welsh Provision

Some provision

There are opportunities for Welsh speakers to study some elements of this course through the medium of Welsh but there is not yet enough provision to reach 40 credits in each year.

Academi Hywel Teifi is here to support you throughout your time at Swansea University. We can offer you:

Access to generous Welsh-language study scholarships or bursaries.
Access to modules taught wholly or partly in Welsh.
Access to the Arwain mobile app for the latest information about Welsh-medium courses and modules available to download free on the App Store and Google Play.
An interview through the medium of Welsh when applying for a place.
The option to receive your personal correspondence in Welsh, English or bilingually.
The option to write and submit your coursework or exams through the medium of Welsh (even if you have chosen to study in English), and your work will be marked in Welsh.
A Welsh-speaking Personal Tutor.
One-to-one support to improve your academic Welsh language skills.
An opportunity to gain an additional free qualification that serves as evidence of your Welsh language ability for future employers.
Opportunity to be a member of the Swansea University Branch of the Coleg Cymraeg Cenedlaethol.

To learn more about the above and all the opportunities available to you through the medium of Welsh, visit Academi Hywel Teifi's undergraduate pages.

Meet Your Lecturers

Our degrees are taught by experts, who have a wealth of knowledge to pass on to our students.

You can find out more about our academic expertise on our staff pages.

Tuition Fees

3 Year Full Time

Start Date	UK	International
September 2024	£ 9,000	£ 17,500
September 2025	£ 9,250	£ 18,400

4 Year Full Time With a Year Abroad

Start Date	UK	International
September 2024	£ 9,000	£ 17,500
September 2025	£ 9,250	£ 18,400

4 Year Full Time With a Year in Industry

Start Date	UK	International
September 2024	£ 9,000	£ 17,500
September 2025	£ 9,250	£ 18,400

Fees for full time Undergraduate UK students may be increased in subsequent years of study by an inflationary amount determined by Welsh Government.

Fees for full time Undergraduate EU/International students will increase by 3% for each subsequent year of study.

You can find further information of your fee costs on our tuition fees page.

You may be eligible for funding to help support your study. To find out about scholarships, bursaries and other funding opportunities that are available please visit the University's scholarships and bursaries page.

Current students: You can find further information of your fee costs on our tuition fees page.

Funding and Scholarships

You may be eligible for funding to help support your study.

To find out about scholarships, bursaries and other funding opportunities that are available please visit the University's scholarships and bursaries page.

Academi Hywel Teifi at Swansea University and the Coleg Cymraeg Cenedlaethol offer a number of generous scholarships and bursaries for students who wish to study through the medium of Welsh or bilingually. For further information about the opportunities available to you, visit the Academi Hywel Teifi Scholarships and Bursaries page.

Additional Costs

Access to your own digital device/the appropriate IT kit will be essential during your time studying at Swansea University. Access to wifi in your accommodation will also be essential to allow you to fully engage with your programme. See our dedicated webpages for further guidance on suitable devices to purchase, and for a full guide on getting your device set up.

You may face additional costs while at university, including (but not limited to):

Travel to and from campus
Printing, photocopying, binding, stationery and equipment costs (e.g. USB sticks)
Purchase of books or texts
Gowns for graduation ceremonies

Careers and Employability

Swansea Employability Academy (SEA) will support you at each stage of your career journey helping you build a bright future.

Our career support services include:

Employability workshops, employers’ talks, bespoke events and careers fairs
Individual advice and guidance from professionally qualified Careers Advisers
Help with finding jobs, internships, work placements and volunteering opportunities
Access to information resources on a wide range of career management topics
Advice and guidance on postgraduate study and funding
Funding to support student internship opportunities and Student Society/Club events.

We also provide help and advice for Swansea University Alumni up to two years after you graduate.

Academic Support

As well as subject specific support by college teaching staff and your personal tutor, the Centre for Academic Success provides courses, workshops and one-to-one support in areas such as:

Academic writing
Maths and statistics
Critical thinking
Time management
Digital skills
Presentation skills
Note taking
Revision, memory and exam techniques
English language skills (if English is not your first language).

In addition, if you have a Specific Learning Difficulty (SpLD), disability, mental health or medical condition, the Centre for Academic Success have Specialist Tutors to support your learning, working alongside the Disability Office and Wellbeing Service to support all your needs and requirements whilst studying at Swansea University.

We care about our students and our aim is to ensure that you achieve the best degree classification. We have a personal mentoring system where you will be allocated a personal tutor. We also have an “open door” policy where our academic teachers are available to talk to you at any time about any queries or academic concerns you may have.

Study Abroad and Global Opportunities

To learn more about study abroad, visit our Go Global webpages. Enrolment on a programme with a semester/year abroad does not guarantee you a semester/year abroad placement. Spaces are limited and subject to a competitive selection process. In the event you do not secure a semester/year abroad placement, you will be transferred to the standard variant of your degree scheme without a semester or year abroad.

International summer programmes are open to students from all schools. Programmes typically range from 2 to 6 weeks, across destinations such as China, Zambia, South Korea, Japan, Canada and across Europe. For more information about programmes and eligibility visit our Summer Abroad webpages.

How to Apply

Apply now – UK, EU and international students.

For further guidance please visit our how to apply pages.

EU students - visa and immigration information is available and will be regularly updated on our information for EU students page.

Application Deadlines

We recommend that you submit your application to our courses as early as you can in advance of our application deadlines. Courses will close earlier than the application deadlines listed if all available places are filled. You can find further information on our Application Deadlines webpage.

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Year in Industry

This course offers you the opportunity to spend a Year In Industry, in the UK or overseas*, giving valuable workplace experience. The University advocates for only paid placements which on average have a salary of over £20,000. Unpaid placements are considered on a case-by-case basis.

Although securing a placement is the responsibility of the student, we work with a number of organisations who provide a range of placement opportunities. Students are also supported throughout their application journey with advice, guidance and additional resources. If you are unable to secure a placement by the end of the second year of your studies, you will transfer onto the equivalent degree programme.

*overseas locations are dependent on VISA restrictions per country

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