English Language and Literature (Hons) Lancaster University

Overview

Key facts

The core modules in your first year at Lancaster University's will give you a good foundation in English Language and Literature (Hons). They’ll cover plays, films, short stories, novels and poetry from the sixteenth century to the modern day. You’ll study lexis, grammar and phonetics as well as descriptive concepts such as accents and dialects.

In your second year you’ll study core modules of Stylistics and The Theory and Practice of Criticism. You’ll also be able to choose from modules ranging from British Romanticism to The Language of Advertising. In your final year you are free to specialise in genres and periods that especially interest you such as Advanced English Phonetics, Victorian Gothic or Forensic Linguistics.

The English Language and Literature degree helps you develop an analytical approach to working. It teaches the skills of data analysis, academic writing, and argumentation, and they are confident that teaching, combined with your willingness to learn, will put you in a strong position to move forward in your career.

Career

Language study is not just about facts, but learning a range of skills in data management and analysis, the evaluation of evidence, and the synthesis and presentation of results. These are the kinds of skills that today’s employers value.

Typically, graduates are interested in jobs in:

• Speech and Language Therapy
• Teaching (primary, secondary, and English as a foreign Language abroad)
• Journalism, Media and Publishing
• Speech Technology
• Public Relations
• Publishing
• Management