📖Program Curriculum

Modules by Year
Foundation Year
Core modules (students are required to take):

Academic Skills and Studying with Confidence
We'll help you develop core academic skills such as using electronic resources, planning and note-taking, communication skills related to essay and report writing and delivering presentations. You'll learn how to manage your time, how to prioritise and how to manage stress, and you’ll become more confident in engaging with collaborative learning, debates, discussions and critical reflection.
Project
You’ll study an area of interest related to your chosen degree. You’ll work individually on your project, whether that's a written report, a presentation and oral examination, a film or a series of blog posts. You’ll undertake problem-solving learning, and formative feedback and support will be provided throughout, helping develop your self-confidence.
Communication: Introduction to Modern Media
This module will introduce you to various types of media, both in theory and practice. You’ll explore the role of 'story' in film and television, radio and the web that engages with audiences. You’ll develop an understanding of narrative structure, character development and idea generation, as well as understanding the skills and concepts required by the creative industries through lectures, workshops and practical exercises.
Image: Introduction to the Humanities
This module explores a range of historical approaches towards images and the social power they embody. From religious icons to celebrity glamour, fine art to selfies, you will develop an understanding of what humans have done and can do with images to shape attitudes and beliefs. As well as seminars, short lectures and workshops, you'll undertake an individual or group project to produce work that reflects the culture of 'image'.
Year 1
Core modules (students are required to take):

English Skills and Employability
Read and analyse stories and poems, and then reflect on how academic skills are applied to employability, for example preparation, attention to detail, clear and precise communication.
Writing and Expression
Based on writing in prose and poetry, and reading different types of writing, you will develop into skilled manipulators of style, voice, structure, editing and presentation.
Writing, Performance and Persuasion
Students will acquire skills in how to create a character’s voice; in speaking; articulating argument; making a case; and the importance of language and style in persuasion.
Understanding Literary Genres
Develop awareness of genre (e.g. detective fiction, fantasy, vampire novels, school stories) and analyse contemporary fiction in terms of particular genres and their historical development.
Year 2
Core modules (students are required to take):

Literature, Empowerment and Employment
Study a range of literary theories that address issues of empowerment, e.g. feminist theory, masculinities, postcolonial theory, intersectionality, and encourages you to apply these to a range of texts and to how this prepares you for graduate employment.
Life Writing
Explore ‘writing the self’ with a portfolio of original autobiographical writing, learn about writing the lives of others. All students, including BAME students, international students, students of different sexualities, students with disabilities, and students from different class backgrounds, will bring your experiences to autobiography and perspectives to biography.
Writing and Theme
Students will study, discuss and respond by writing creatively to a range of poetry and prose dealing with myth, childhood, love and loss.
Students are required to choose up to two option modules from:

Language: Gender and Sexuality
Study language, gender and sexuality, key theories and approaches, applying this to e.g. education and the media, taking an informed and critical stance towards current issues.
Medieval and Victorian Literature
Examine Chaucer, Beowulf, Jane Eyre and Sherlock Holmes, in relation to socio-cultural and political debates, and the continuity and appropriation of specific narratives.
Postcolonial Literature
Develop an understanding of postcolonialism as a political, critical, theoretical and literary concept, with literature from postcolonial countries after WW2 in relation to cultural identity and nationhood, political resistance, hybridity, liminality, diaspora, migration and exile, intertextuality.
America: Voices from the Counterculture
Explore the beatniks, hippies, and the influence of the civil rights movement, thinking about diversity in American writing in the treatment of big social themes, literature as a means of countercultural, social protest.
Year 3
Core modules (students are required to take):

Writing Project
Drawing on your learning in other modules, work with tutor and peers on your own writing project, prose fiction, poetry, drama, a short film, a serious article or a blog post.
Writing: Breaking the Rules
Experiment with innovations in prose and poetry and explores such techniques as chance, substitution, and fractured narrative and time structures, drawing on diverse writers outside the cultural mainstream.
Experiments: Modernism and Postmodernism
Explore the modernist preoccupation with ‘newness’ and the development of literary forms that ‘break’ with earlier artistic conventions. Find out about experimentation and innovation found in postmodern literature, in relation to social, political and cultural upheavals of the twentieth century.

Students are required to choose one or two option modules from:

Austen, the Brontës and Woolf
Develop your research skills by studying a substantial body and range of writings by Austen, the Brontës and Woolf, putting these into historical and biographical contexts, engaging with critical responses and theoretical approaches, and international reception.
Literature of Enchantment
Read fairy tales from around the globe, and then study contemporary novels drawing on the fairy tale.
Multilingualism and Identity
Explore bilingualism and multilingualism as an individual and a social phenomenon by examining different situations around the world and related social and political issues, using key theoretical and methodological approaches.
Sexuality Studies
Using an interdisciplinary approach, the course conducts a critical inquiry into the historical precedents and theoretical frameworks necessary to understand the role of sexuality in shaping personal, social, economic, and political life.
Fantasy and Gender
This interdisciplinary module uses texts, films and graphic novels to explore the genres of medieval fantasy and utopian/dystopian literature. Analysing fantasy texts alongside psychoanalytic and cultural theories will enable you to engage with questions in relation to ideological, cultural, and historical contexts.

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🏠 Accommodation

You will need to book the accommodation after you have been accepted.

You can choose to live on campus or off campus in private accommodation.

How to book:

  • Make a booking online after you have been accepted (in this case please let us know your choice when you apply).
  • Register when you arrive - its not possible to reserve a room before arriving. You can arrive a few days before and book it
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💰 Fees

Application Fee:

237 RMB

Tuition fee:

12,000 GBP per year

48,000 GBP in total

Entry Requirements

You are not eligible to apply to this program because:

The minimum age is 18.

English fluency is required.
You need to be either:
- A native English speaker
- Studied a degree in English before
- Can demonstrate a high level of English
- Having an English certificate such as IELTS level 6 or TOEFL 95 and above is an advantage.

Minimum education level: High School.

The program is competitive, you need to have a high grades of Average A, 70%, or a high GPA.

All students from all countries are eligible to apply to this program.

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📬 Admissions Process

3 Steps to Apply to a University

Application step 1

Application step 2

Application step 3

Please choose the programs here , "You are advised to select 2-3 programs to increase your chances of getting accepted.

Required Documents:

  • Passport
  • Graduation certificate
  • Passport size photo
  • Official transcript
  • Personal statement
  • English certificate (You can take the English test online)
  • Guarantor letter

Preparing documents:

You can start your application now and send the application documents during your application. Some documents you can send later if you don’t have them right away. Some more info about preparing application documents is here

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Application process:

Applying Online is simple in just a few steps. More information is available here.

The first steps are to choose the programs, pay the application fee and upload the application documents.

Once submitted to Global Admissions, we will review your application within 2-3 days and proceed to the university or ask you for further clarification

After it has been processed to the university you will receive your unique application ID from each university.

The university may contact you directly for further questions.

We will then follow up each week with the university for updates. As soon as there is any update we will let you know. If you have made other plans, decide to withdraw / change address at any time please let us know.

After you have been accepted you will receive your admissions letter electronically and asked to pay the non-refundable deposit to the university.

Once you have paid the deposit the university will issue you the admissions letter and visa form to your home country.

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