Study location	United Kingdom, Bedford campus
Type	Bachelor courses, full-time
Nominal duration	3 Years
Study language	English
Awards	BA Hons
Course code	Q310

Tuition fee	To be confirmed

Entry qualification

High school / secondary education (or higher) The entry qualification documents are accepted in the following languages: English. Often you can get a suitable transcript from your school. If this is not the case, you will need official translations along with verified copies of the original. Upload documents in original language and translations. You must take verified copies of the entry qualification documents along with you when you finally go to the university.

Language requirements	English Accepted proof of proficiency: Cambridge English, IELTS, TOEFL, Certificate in Advanced English (CAE) or other equivalent IELTS: 6.0 (with no skill level below 5.5) CAE: C

Other requirements	At least 1 reference(s) must be provided. A motivation letter must be added to your application.

More information	Expenses, accommodation, working etc. beds.ac.uk/..ate/next-year/english-studies

Overview

COURSE SUMMARY

The skills and knowledge you acquire on this course will be relevant
for careers in media, publishing, marketing, public relations and arts
administration. Many of our previous students have also gone on to do
a PGCE in either Primary or Secondary Education, both of which are
offered at Bedfordshire.

During the course you will:

• Benefit from being enrolled on a course that consistently achieves
  outstanding scores in the National Student Survey, with 96% of our
  students expressing overall satisfaction with the course in the most
  recent survey (2010)
• Enjoy access to our new campus, with excellent teaching and
  library facilities
• Develop from year to year with a coherent and cumulative learning
  process
• Shape your studies according to your own interests with an
  extensive range of subject choices
• Take advantage of access to the Hockliffe Collection, one of the
  most important collections of 18th and 19th century children’s books
  in Britain, consisting of almost 1000 works of fiction and nonfiction
• Participate in small tutorials with supportive and enthusiastic
  teachers who have a strong record of research and publication in their
  specialist areas

Areas of study you may cover on this course include:

• Language and linguistics
• Film studies
• Creative writing
• American, Irish and African literature
• Children’s fiction
• The Middle Ages and the Renaissance
• Practical writing
• Elizabethan and Jacobean drama

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Career opportunities

CAREER MANAGEMENT SKILLS

During the Introductory Programme at the start of your first year of
studies, you will meet staff from the Centre for Personal and Career
Development, who will talk to you about how best to prepare for your
chosen career and the services they have to offer to help you with
that preparation over the next three years.

Towards the end of Year One, a session will be organized for your
year group to discuss your choice of units for Years Two and Three,
taking your occupational goals very much into consideration. For those
students intending to teach, a tutor from the PGCE course will attend
this session to offer specific advice on how best to prepare for a
PGCE. In Year Three, your personal tutor will act as a source of
information on life after university and write references for job
applications.

CAREER/FURTHER STUDY OPPORTUNITIES

Career:

On completing this course, you are likely to progress to one of the
following professions:

• Education, either as a primary or a secondary school teacher

• Academic librarian

• Advertising copywriter

• Arts administrator

• Editorial assistant

• Newspaper journalist

• Programme researcher

• Public relationships officer

Further study, most on offer at Bedford:

• PGCE Secondary Education English

• PGCE Education Key Stage 2/3 Middle Years

• PGCE Primary Education

• MA in Childrens Literature and Culture

• MPhil or PhD in English Studies

• Certificate in TEFL