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English Literature
BA (Hons)
Key facts
UCAS code
Q320
Start dates
September 2022 / September 2023
Location
Course length
Full time: 3 years
Part time: 6 years
Department
UCAS Tariff Points
104
Overview
Would you like to explore the biggest questions and ideas that have inspired writers and thinkers across the centuries?
When you study English Literature at Oxford Brookes, you'll examine critical moments and movements in culture and society. You’ll learn how works of literature explore issues such as
- inequalities in ethnicity, sexuality, gender and class
- how values, ethics and ideologies can change
- relationships between identities, communities and environments
- how society can face its past, and its future
Our expert teaching staff are active researchers and are widely published. This means that your teaching is informed by cutting edge insights.
As you progress through your course, you’ll develop attributes and capabilities to prepare you for your future. You’ll enhance your skills in communication, critical thinking, and creative problem solving. You’ll develop intercultural and interpersonal understanding. You’ll also have the opportunity to undertake a work placement, internship or entrepreneurial project.

Joint honours options
You can also study this course as part of a joint honours degree. This course can be joined with:
How to apply
Wherever possible we make our conditional offers using the UCAS Tariff. The combination of A-level grades listed here would be just one way of achieving the UCAS Tariff points for this course.
Standard offer
UCAS Tariff Points: 104
A Level: BCC
IB Points: 29
BTEC: DMM
Contextual offer
UCAS Tariff Points: 88
A Level: CCD
IB Points: 27
BTEC: MMM
Further offer details
For combined honours, normally the offer will lie between the offers quoted for each subject.
Applications are also welcomed for consideration from applicants with European qualifications, international qualifications or recognised foundation courses. For advice on eligibility please contact Admissions: admissions@brookes.ac.uk
Entry requirements
Specific entry requirements
Please also see the University's general entry requirements.
English requirements for visas
If you need a student visa to enter the UK you will need to meet the UK Visas and Immigration minimum language requirements as well as the University's requirements. Find out more about English language requirements.
Pathways courses for international and EU students
If you do not meet the entry requirements for this degree, or if you would like more preparation before you start, you can take an international foundation course. Once you enrol, you will have a guaranteed pathway to this degree if you pass your foundation course with the required grades.
If you only need to meet the language requirements, you can take our pre-sessional English course. You will develop key language and study skills for academic success and you will not need to take an external language test to progress to your degree.
Terms and Conditions of Enrolment
When you accept our offer, you agree to the Terms and Conditions of Enrolment. You should therefore read those conditions before accepting the offer.
Credit transfer
Many of our courses consider applications for entry part-way through the course for students who have credit from previous learning or relevant professional experience.
Find out more about transferring to Brookes. If you'd like to talk through your options, please contact our Admissions team.
Application process
Full time Home (UK) applicants
Apply through UCASPart time Home (UK) applicants
Apply direct to the UniversityInternational applicants
Apply direct to the UniversityFull time international applicants can also apply through UCAS
Tuition fees
Questions about fees?
Contact Student Finance on:
Tuition fees
Please note tuition fees for Home students may increase in subsequent years both for new and continuing students in line with an inflationary amount determined by government. Tuition fees for International students may increase in subsequent years both for new and continuing students.
Oxford Brookes University intends to maintain its fees for new and returning Home students at the maximum permitted level.
Financial support and scholarships
Additional costs
Please be aware that some courses will involve some additional costs that are not covered by your fees. Specific additional costs for this course, if any, are detailed below.
You will have the opportunity to undertake an internship or work placement and will be responsible for any travel costs. It is advised that you choose from local, regional and virtual options bearing this in mind.
Learning and assessment
Sharing ideas is central to how you’ll learn on this course. You’ll explore your opinions, and those of your peers. You’ll question. You’ll challenge and you’ll be challenged. And you’ll examine perspectives that are different to your own.
You’ll study literary voices from the well-known to the avant-garde. Through these voices, you’ll explore some of the critical concerns of your era, and responses to them - like Extinction Rebellion and Black Lives Matter.
In your first year you’ll build the core skills and understanding you need for your degree. In year 2 you’ll broaden these skills and deepen your knowledge of literature in relation to movements and cultures past and present. You’ll participate in seminar discussions and develop confidence expressing your ideas. You’ll begin to specialise, following your own interests.
In year 3 you’ll specialise further. You can explore topics like urbanisation, utopian societies, artificial intelligence, sustainability or even witchcraft. You’ll also develop your talent as a presenter, team-worker, writer and thinker.

Study modules
All modules are subject to availability in any given academic year.
Please note: As our courses are reviewed regularly as part of our quality assurance framework, the modules you can choose from may vary from that shown here. The structure of the course may also mean some modules are not available to you.
Learning and teaching
Your teaching and learning will include a mix of lectures, seminars and tutorials:
- Lectures - offer rich insights into texts and topics as well as guidance for further study.
- Seminars - give you the opportunity to develop your abilities to think and debate within the flow of discussion.
- Tutorials – give you the chance to discuss course content, and your coursework planning and assignment feedback, usually one-to-one, with your tutors.
Assessment
Assessment methods used on this course
Your assessments will allow you to develop your skills - wherever your strengths lie and whatever your learning style.
Assessments will involve independent written work such as essays, literature reviews, blogs and position papers. You will also have opportunities to produce short presentations, your own literary tour, and creative visual assessments such as craftwork, posters and games.
The assessments are designed to help you develop your confidence in using a wide range of skills, preparing you well for your future career.
Study Abroad
Our English programme has links with many universities across the world, allowing you the opportunity to spend a semester experiencing another country and culture. Previous students have studied in Australia, the US, Canada, Norway and Denmark.
Tuition fees are paid as they would be if you remained in the UK. You will be responsible for all other costs such as accommodation, purchasing your airfares, travel and health insurance and visas.
After you graduate
Career prospects
As you study, you’ll develop highly transferable skills and competencies in the areas that employers care about. These include:
- critical thinking
- creative problem solving
- written, spoken and visual communication, in a variety of media and styles
- intercultural and interpersonal understanding
- research and analysis
- working independently and collaboratively
You’ll graduate able to analyse issues, express your ideas, inform and influence others, and respond to challenges – critical skills for the 21st century workplace.
Our graduates go on to work in diverse areas like
- NGOs and charities
- Research
- Publishing
- Public relations
- Sustainable start-ups
- Media and journalism
And many pursue postgraduate study, often here at Oxford Brookes.
Further study
Once you have successfully completed your degree, you can stay with us to continue on to more in-depth postgraduate study.
We currently offer taught courses for MA Creative Writing and MA English Literature, and also welcome those who would like to join us to undertake further research such as an MA by Research, an MPhil, or a PhD.
Student profiles
Our Staff
Dr Andrea Macrae
I teach, research and publish in the areas of stylistics, narratology and world literature.
Read more about AndreaDr Niall Munro
I mainly work in the field of American literature, especially modernist writings. I have a particular interest in the poetry of Hart Crane (the subject of my first monograph), as well as in queer modernism and queer theory more generally.
Read more about NiallFree language courses
Free language courses are available to full-time undergraduate and postgraduate students on many of our courses, and can be taken as a credit on some courses.
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On rare occasions we may need to make changes to our course programmes after they have been published on the website.For more information, please visit our Changes to programmes page.