English Literature (Hons) Northumbria University

Overview

From society and race in classics like Shakespeare or Austen to modern American culture, and from twenty-first century gothic to love and criminality in the eighteenth century, our literature degree is relevant, vibrant, and inspiring. Its unique selling point is the work we do through our cultural partners to give students the chance to apply their literary study outside the university.

Key facts

• Your Future after the English Literature (Hons) degree from Northumbria University
• Employability is embedded throughout our learning and teaching strategies. Core and optional modules cultivate your competence and self-confidence, enhancing transferable skills such as high-level analysis and independent thinking. Our second-year students are given the option to take a Student Tutoring module, in which you will gain valuable experience by volunteering to help and observe in local high schools.
• Our students are also given the option to take an interim year between their second and final year of study. This interim year allows you to gain valuable experience in the industry or study on a foreign exchange at a partnered university, ensuring that you stand out from the crowd when it’s time to apply for future jobs.
• Our second-year students can also gain valuable experience through the literature and the museum module. This module gives you the chance to gain experience at local partnered heritage sites and museums.
• With well-honed skills in communication and analysis, you will be ready to hit the ground running once you start a career. In recent years, our graduates have developed successful careers in journalism, the media, communications, publishing, librarianship, advertising, marketing, education (at various levels), and the civil service. Others have gone on to postgraduate study.
• Whatever you decide to do, you will have strong employability as a result of having acquired the characteristics of a Northumbria graduate. These include critical reflection and self-learning, collaboration and curiosity, and the ability to apply your knowledge to solve problems in ways that are sustainable and ethical.