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Duration
3 Years
Language
English
Start date
Sep 2025
Affordable tuition fees for EU students
EU students can study at the University of Portsmouth at the same affordable rate as UK students, thanks to the EU Scholarship.
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On the Bachelor in English Literature (BA) at Portsmouth, students will explore history and politics, society and culture, human relationships and identities, and how we choose to live. And they are doing it in a city steeped in lively literature, from Charles Dickens to Sir Arthur Conan Doyle.
94% of graduates in work or further study 15 months after this course
Learners will explore complex, challenging issues – from masculinity to the Holocaust. They will learn the skills to critically analyse the purpose, truth and impact of any written text. They will also develop the skills to produce their own writing and presentations, so they can communicate original ideas in ways that engage and influence readers.
The combination of creative thinking and rigorous analysis they develop will make them compelling candidates for all kinds of jobs – from marketing to museums, and journalism to publishing.
94% of graduates in work or further study 15 months after this course
Learners will explore complex, challenging issues – from masculinity to the Holocaust. They will learn the skills to critically analyse the purpose, truth and impact of any written text. They will also develop the skills to produce their own writing and presentations, so they can communicate original ideas in ways that engage and influence readers.
The combination of creative thinking and rigorous analysis they develop will make them compelling candidates for all kinds of jobs – from marketing to museums, and journalism to publishing.
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Program Highlights
- Discover our literary city with the constantly evolving Portsmouth Literary Map – your course begins with a tour of literary Portsea and the Dockyards area, introducing significant places in the lives of Charles Dickens, Jane Austen, Simon Armitage, today's local writers, and plenty more
- Enjoy the freedom to interpret assignments creatively, and develop employable skills in presentation and teamwork, on a course without exams
- Learn directly from staff who produce world-leading research into areas as diverse as magical realism and representations of food
- Build specialist knowledge by choosing the topics that match your interests – from global literature to dystopian and apocalyptic environments, from women’s writing to crime writing
- Develop your own style and build up your writer’s portfolio by becoming a contributor to our Writing Literary Portsmouth blog
- Learn what makes a winning book, from the Man-Booker to the Nobel Prize
- Curate your own literary prize or produce a prize pitch, to experience what happens when writing meets the commercial marketplace
- Build a professional network with high-profile figures including authors, agents, publishers, booksellers, prize judges and critics through our contacts and partnerships
- Have the opportunity to do a work placement year after your second or third year on this Connected Degree - we're the only UK university to offer flexible sandwich placements for undergraduates
- Choose to learn a foreign language for free as part of your degree, from a selection of Arabic, British Sign Language, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Mandarin or Spanish
- Opt to do a foundation year with ICP to get uni-ready ahead of this course, then take up a guaranteed place on this full Bachelor's degree when you successfully finish your foundation year
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