Key information
- Duration:
- 4 years full time
- Typical A-level offer:
- AAB-ABB
- UCAS code:
- Q305
- Start date:
- September 2019

- 1st in the UK for career prospects for English (The Guardian University Guide 2018 and The Complete University Guide 2018)
- 9th in the UK for research quality in English (The Complete University Guide 2018)
- 100% of Department of Art History students were in work or further study six months after graduation (HESA EPI, Destinations of Leavers from Higher Education Survey 2016)
Explore how literature and the visual arts shape our culture and society. You also have the opportunity to apply for a year studying abroad.
You investigate literature in diverse historical, political and cultural contexts while exploring a wide range of visual material – from painting and architecture to sculpture and dress. You interrogate what we read, how we read, and why we read, in order to produce your own critical and creative response to the world we live in today.
You benefit from our fantastic campus facilities including the Art History Lab and the Attenborough Centre for the Creative Arts, and exceptional links with galleries and museums including Tate Modern and the V&A.
The two subjects complement and enhance each other, and the tutors encourage you to explore beyond boundaries.”Amanda Cooper-Grundy
English and Art History BA
Entry requirements
A-level
Typical offer | AAB-ABB |
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Subjects | A-levels must include English Literature or the combined A-level in English Language and Literature, normally at grade A. |
GCSEs | You should have a broad range of GCSEs 9-4 (A*-C), including good grades in relevant subjects. |
Extended Project Qualification | We take the EPQ into account when considering your application and it can be useful in the summer when your results are released if you have narrowly missed the conditions of your offer. We do not routinely include the EPQ in the conditions of your offer but we sometimes offer alternative conditions that include the EPQ. If you wish to discuss this further please contact Admissions at ug.enquiries@sussex.ac.uk |
Other UK qualifications
Access to HE Diploma
Typical offer | Pass with 45 level 3 credits at Merit or above of which 24 - 30 credits must be at Distinction. |
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Subjects | Access to HE Diploma must contain substantial Level 3 credits in Literature. Alternatively, applicants will need A-levels in English Literature or the combined A-level in English Language and Literature, normally at grade A in addition to the Access Diploma. |
Cambridge Pre-U Principle Subjects (including A-level mixes)
Typical offer | D3, M1 and M2 in the Pre-U If you have one A-level and two Cambridge Pre-U Principle Subjects, we would expect you to have a grade A in the A-level and D3 and M2 in the two Pre-Us. If you have two A-levels and Cambridge Pre-U Principle Subjects, we would normally expect you to have grades AB in the two A-levels and D3 in the Pre-U. |
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Subjects | You must either have A-level English or English as one of the Cambridge Pre-U Principal Subjects. |
GCSEs | You should also have a range of GCSEs at grade 9 to 4 (A* to C), including good grades in relevant subjects. |
International Baccalaureate
Typical offer | 32-34 points overall from the full IB Diploma. |
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Subjects | Higher Level subjects must include English, with a final grade of 6. |
Pearson BTEC Level 3 National Diploma and one A-level
Typical offer | Grade A in A-level, plus DM in Pearson BTEC Level 3 National Diploma. |
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Subjects | A-levels must include English Literature or the combined A-level in English Language and Literature, normally at grade A. |
GCSEs | You should also have a broad range of GCSEs 9-4 (A*-C), including good grades in relevant subjects. |
Pearson BTEC Level 3 National Extended Certificate and two A-levels
Typical offer | Grades AB in A-levels plus Distinction in BTEC Level 3 National Extended Certificate. |
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Subjects | A-levels must include English Literature or the combined A-level in English Language and Literature, normally at grade A. |
GCSEs | You should also have a broad range of GCSEs 9-4 (A*-C), including good grades in relevant subjects. |
Pearson BTEC Level 3 National Extended Diploma (formerly BTEC Level 3 Extended Diploma)
Typical offer | DDD |
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Subjects | In addition to the BTEC Level 3 National Extended Diploma, you will also need A-level English Literature or the combined A-level in English Language and Literature normally at grade A. |
GCSEs | You should have a broad range of GCSEs 9-4 (A*-C), including good grades in relevant subjects. |
Scottish Highers
Typical offer | AAABB-AABBB |
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Subjects | Highers must include English at grade A. You would also normally be expected to have an Advanced Higher in English (also at grade A). |
Welsh Baccalaureate Advanced
Typical offer | Advanced Welsh Baccalaureate Skills Challenge Certificate and two A-level grades AAB – ABB |
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Subjects | A-levels in either English Literature or the combined A-level in English Language and Literature, normally at grade A. |
GCSEs | You should have a broad range of GCSEs A*-C (9-4), including good grades in relevant subjects. |
International Baccalaureate
Typical offer | 32-34 points overall from the full IB Diploma. |
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Subjects | Higher Level subjects must include English, with a final grade of 6. |
European Baccalaureate
Typical offer | Overall result of at least 77% to 80%. |
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Additional requirements | Successful applicants will need to achieve a final mark of at least 8/10 in English. |
Other international qualifications
Australia
Typical offer | Relevant state (Year 12) High School Certificate, and between 92% to 88% in the ATAR or UAI/TER/ENTER. Or a Queensland OP of 3 to 4 or below.
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Additional requirements | You will need to demonstrate high levels of ability in literature. |
Austria
Typical offer | Reifeprüfung or Matura with an overall result of between 1.8 to 2.0 or better for first-year entry. |
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Additional requirements | You will need to demonstrate high levels of ability in literature. |
Belgium
Typical offer | Certificat d'Enseignement Secondaire Supérieur (CESS) or Diploma van Hoger Secundair Onderwijs with a good overall average. |
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Subject-specific knowledge | You will need to demonstrate high levels of ability in literature. |
Please note | Our entry requirements are guidelines and we assess all applications on a case-by-case basis. |
Bulgaria
Typical offer | Diploma za Sredno Obrazovanie with excellent final-year scores (normally 5.5 overall with 6 in key subjects). |
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Subject-specific knowledge | You will need to demonstrate high levels of ability in literature. |
Please note | Our entry requirements are guidelines and we assess all applications on a case-by-case basis. |
Canada
Typical offer | Ontario Secondary School Diploma (OSSD) 75% from 6 grade 12 U, U/C or M courses. British Columbia Certificate of Graduation AAABB-AABBB from 5 grade 12 courses. We also recognise the High School Diploma from other provinces -including Alberta, Manitoba, New Brunswick- where we look for strong performance in grade 12 subjects, and the Diplome d'Etudes Collegiales (DEC) from Quebec. |
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Additional requirements | You will need to demonstrate high levels of ability in literature. |
China
Typical offer | We usually do not accept Senior High School Graduation for direct entry to our undergraduate courses. However, we may consider you if you have studied one year or more of Higher Education in China at a recognised degree awarding institution, or if you are following a recognised International Foundation Year. If you want to apply for a business-related course which requires an academic ability in Mathematics, you normally also need a grade B in Mathematics from the Huikao or a score of 90 in Mathematics from the Gaokao. If you have the Senior High School Graduation, you may be eligible to apply for our International Foundation Year. If you successfully complete an International Foundation Year, you can progress on to a relevant undergraduate course at Sussex. Check which qualifications the International Study Centre accepts for the International Foundation Year. |
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Subject-specific knowledge | You will need to demonstrate high levels of ability in literature. |
Please note | Our entry requirements are guidelines and we assess all applications on a case-by-case basis. |
Croatia
Typical offer | Maturatna Svjedodžba with an overall score of between 4.5 and 4.2 |
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Additional requirements | You will need to demonstrate high levels of ability in literature. |
Cyprus
Typical offer | Apolytirion of Lykeion with an overall average of between 19 /20 and 18.5 /20 will be considered for first-year entry. |
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Additional requirements | You will need to demonstrate high levels of ability in literature. |
Czech Republic
Typical offer | Maturita with a good overall average. |
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Subject-specific knowledge | You will need to demonstrate high levels of ability in literature. |
Please note | Our entry requirements are guidelines and we assess all applications on a case-by-case basis. |
Denmark
Typical offer | Højere Forberedelseseksamen (HF) or Studentereksamen with an overall average of at least 7 on the new grading scale. |
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Additional requirements | You will need to demonstrate high levels of ability in literature. |
Finland
Typical offer | Finnish Ylioppilastutkinto with overall final result of at least 5.5 -5.75 in the final matriculation examinations. |
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Additional requirements | You will need Laudatur in English. |
France
Typical offer | French Baccalauréat with overall final result of at least 13/20 to 14/20. |
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Additional requirements | In the French Baccalauréat you will need at least 14/20 in English. |
Germany
Typical offer | German Abitur with an overall result of 1.8 to 2.0 or better. |
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Additional requirements | You will need a final result in your German Abitur of at least 14/15 in English. |
Greece
Typical offer | Apolytirion with an overall average of at least 18 or 19/20 will be considered for first-year entry. |
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Additional requirements | You will need to demonstrate high levels of ability in literature. |
Hong Kong
Typical offer | Hong Kong Diploma of Secondary Education (HKDSE) with grades of 5, 5, 4 to 5, 4, 4 from three subjects including two electives |
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Additional requirements | You will need to demonstrate high levels of ability in literature. |
Hungary
Typical offer | Erettsegi/Matura with a good average of at least 55544. |
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Additional requirements | You will need to demonstrate high levels of ability in literature. |
India
Typical offer | Standard XII results
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Additional requirements | You will need to demonstrate high levels of ability in literature. (80%) |
Iran
Typical offer | High School Diploma and Pre-University Certificate. |
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Subject-specific knowledge | You will need to demonstrate high levels of ability in literature. |
Please note | Our entry requirements are guidelines and we assess all applications on a case-by-case basis. |
Ireland
Typical offer | Irish Leaving Certificate (Higher Level) at H1,H1,H2,H2,H3 to H1,H2,H2,H3,H3. |
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Additional requirements | Irish Leaving Certificate Higher Level subjects must include English at grade H1. |
Israel
Typical offer | Bagrut, with at least 8/10 in at least six subjects, including one five-unit subject. |
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Subject-specific knowledge | You will need to demonstrate high levels of ability in literature. |
Please note | Our entry requirements are guidelines and we assess all applications on a case-by-case basis. |
Italy
Typical offer | Italian Diploma Di Maturità or Diploma Pass Di Esame Di Stato with a final Diploma mark of between 81/100 and 85/100. |
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Additional requirements | You will need to demonstrate high levels of ability in literature. |
Japan
Typical offer | Upper Secondary Leaving Certificate is suitable for entry to our Foundation Years. Find out more about Foundation Years. |
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Subject-specific knowledge | You will need to demonstrate high levels of ability in literature. |
Please note | Our entry requirements are guidelines and we assess all applications on a case-by-case basis. |
Latvia
Typical offer | Atestats par Visparejo videjo Izglitibu with very good grades in state exams. |
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Subject-specific knowledge | You will need to demonstrate high levels of ability in literature. |
Please note | Our entry requirements are guidelines and we assess all applications on a case-by-case basis. |
Lithuania
Typical offer | Brandos Atestatas including scores of 80-90% in at least three state examinations (other than English). |
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Subject-specific knowledge | You will need to demonstrate high levels of ability in literature. |
Please note | Our entry requirements are guidelines and we assess all applications on a case-by-case basis. |
Luxembourg
Typical offer | Diplôme de Fin d'Etudes Secondaires. |
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Subject-specific knowledge | You will need to demonstrate high levels of ability in literature. |
Please note | Our entry requirements are guidelines and we assess all applications on a case-by-case basis. |
Malaysia
Typical offer | Sijil Tinggi Persekolahan Malaysia (STPM) with grades of AAB-ABB, Matriculation with a least a grade of 3.5 or UEC with an overall average grade B3 (75%). |
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Additional requirements | You will need to demonstrate high levels of ability in literature. |
Netherlands
Typical offer | Voorereidend Wetenschappelijk Onderwijs (VWO), normally with an average of at least 7. |
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Subject-specific knowledge | You will need to demonstrate high levels of ability in literature. |
Please note | Our entry requirements are guidelines and we assess all applications on a case-by-case basis. |
Nigeria
Typical offer | You are expected to have one of the following:
You must also have a score of C6 or above in WAEC/SSC English. |
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Subject-specific knowledge | You will need to demonstrate high levels of ability in literature. |
Please note | Our entry requirements are guidelines and we assess all applications on a case-by-case basis. |
Norway
Typical offer | Norwegian Vitnemal Fra Den Videregaende Opplaering - Pass with an overall average of between 4 to 4.5 |
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Additional requirements | You will need to demonstrate high levels of ability in literature. |
Pakistan
Typical offer | Bachelor (Pass) degree in arts, commerce or science. |
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Subject-specific knowledge | You will need to demonstrate high levels of ability in literature. |
Please note | Our entry requirements are guidelines and we assess all applications on a case-by-case basis. |
Poland
Typical offer | Matura with three extended-level written examinations, normally scored within the 7th stanine. |
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Subject-specific knowledge | You will need to demonstrate high levels of ability in literature. |
Please note | Our entry requirements are guidelines and we assess all applications on a case-by-case basis. |
Portugal
Typical offer | Diploma de Ensino Secundario normally with an overall mark of between 17/20 and 18/20. |
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Additional requirements | You will need to demonstrate high levels of ability in literature. |
Romania
Typical offer | Diploma de Bacalaureat with an overall average of between 8.7 and 9. |
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Additional requirements | You will need to demonstrate high levels of ability in literature. |
Singapore
Typical offer | A-levels, as well as certain certificates and diplomas. |
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Subject-specific knowledge | You will need to demonstrate high levels of ability in literature. |
Please note | Our entry requirements are guidelines and we assess all applications on a case-by-case basis. |
Slovakia
Typical offer | Maturitna Skuska or Maturita with honours, normally including scores of 1 in at least three subjects. |
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Subject-specific knowledge | You will need to demonstrate high levels of ability in literature. |
Please note | Our entry requirements are guidelines and we assess all applications on a case-by-case basis. |
Slovenia
Typical offer | Secondary School Leaving Diploma or Matura with at least 25 points overall. |
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Additional requirements | You will need to demonstrate high levels of ability in literature. |
South Africa
Typical offer | National Senior Certificate with very good grades. |
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Subject-specific knowledge | You will need to demonstrate high levels of ability in literature. |
Please note | Our entry requirements are guidelines and we assess all applications on a case-by-case basis. |
Spain
Typical offer | Spanish Título de Bachillerato (LOGSE) with an overall average result of at least 8.0. |
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Additional requirements | You will need at least 8/10 in English. |
Sri Lanka
Typical offer | Sri Lankan A-levels. |
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Subject-specific knowledge | You will need to demonstrate high levels of ability in literature. |
Please note | Our entry requirements are guidelines and we assess all applications on a case-by-case basis. |
Sweden
Typical offer | Fullstandigt Slutbetyg with good grades. |
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Subject-specific knowledge | You will need to demonstrate high levels of ability in literature. |
Please note | Our entry requirements are guidelines and we assess all applications on a case-by-case basis. |
Switzerland
Typical offer | Federal Maturity Certificate. |
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Subject-specific knowledge | You will need to demonstrate high levels of ability in literature. |
Please note | Our entry requirements are guidelines and we assess all applications on a case-by-case basis. |
Turkey
Typical offer | Devlet Lise Diplomasi or Lise Bitirme is normally only suitable for Foundation Years, but very strong applicants may be considered for first year entry. Find out more about Foundation Years. |
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Subject-specific knowledge | You will need to demonstrate high levels of ability in literature. |
Please note | Our entry requirements are guidelines and we assess all applications on a case-by-case basis. |
USA
Typical offer | We look at your full profile taking into account everything you are studying, including the high school graduation diploma, Grade 12 GPA, SAT tests and subject tests and/or ACT grades We are particularly interested in AP tests and would ideally like to see 3 good AP scores Advanced Placement Tests with scores of between 5,5,4 to 5,4,4 in three subjects. If you have taken the SAT reasoning tests we'd normally expect a combined score of at least 1300 and will look for around 600 in relevant subject tests. If you've taken the ACT we'd expect to see a composite score of at least 26.
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Additional requirements | You will need to demonstrate high levels of ability in literature. |
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If your qualifications aren’t listed or you have a question about entry requirements, email ug.enquiries@sussex.ac.uk
English language requirements
IELTS (Academic)
6.5 overall, including at least 6.0 in each component
IELTS scores are valid for two years from the test date. Your score must be valid when you begin your Sussex course. You cannot combine scores from more than one sitting of the test.
If you are applying for degree-level study we can consider your IELTS test from any test centre, but if you require a Confirmation of Acceptance for Studies (CAS) for an English language or pre-sessional English course (not combined with a degree) the test must be taken at a UK Visas and Immigration (UKVI)-approved IELTS test centre.
Other English language requirements
Proficiency tests
Cambridge Advanced Certificate in English (CAE)
For tests taken before January 2015: Grade B or above
For tests taken after January 2015: 176 overall, including at least 169 in each skill
We would normally expect the CAE test to have been taken within two years before the start of your course.
You cannot combine scores from more than one sitting of the test. Find out more about Cambridge English: Advanced.
Cambridge Certificate of Proficiency in English (CPE)
For tests taken before January 2015: grade C or above
For tests taken after January 2015: 176 overall, including at least 169 in each skill
We would normally expect the CPE test to have been taken within two years before the start of your course.
You cannot combine scores from more than one sitting of the test. Find out more about Cambridge English: Proficiency.
Pearson (PTE Academic)
62 overall, including at least 56 in all four skills.
PTE (Academic) scores are valid for two years from the test date. Your score must be valid when you begin your Sussex course. You cannot combine scores from more than one sitting of the test. Find out more about Pearson (PTE Academic).
TOEFL (iBT)
88 overall, including at least 20 in Listening, 19 in Reading, 21 in Speaking, 23 in Writing.
TOEFL (iBT) scores are valid for two years from the test date. Your score must be valid when you begin your Sussex course. You cannot combine scores from more than one sitting of the test. Find out more about TOEFL (iBT).
The TOEFL Institution Code for the University of Sussex is 9166.
English language qualifications
AS/A-level (GCE)
Grade C or above in English Language.
Hong Kong Advanced Level Examination (HKALE)/ AS or A Level: grade C or above in Use of English
French Baccalaureat
A score of 12 or above in English.
GCE O-level
Grade C or above in English.
Brunei/Cambridge GCE O-level in English: grades 1-6.
Singapore/Cambridge GCE O-level in English: grades 1-6.
GCSE or IGCSE
Grade C or above in English as a First Language.
Grade B or above in English as a Second Language
German Abitur
A score of 12 or above in English.
Ghana Senior Secondary School Certificate
If awarded before 1993: grades 1-6 in English language.
If awarded between 1993 and 2005: grades A-D in English language.
Hong Kong Diploma of Secondary Education (HKDSE)
Level 4, including at least 3 in each component in English Language.
Indian School Certificate (Standard XII)
The Indian School Certificate is accepted at the grades below when awarded by the following examination boards:
Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) – English Core only: 70%
Council for Indian School Certificate Examinations (CISCE) - English: 70%
International Baccalaureate Diploma (IB)
English A or English B at grade 5 or above.
Malaysian Certificate of Education (SPM) 119/GCE O-level
If taken before the end of 2008: grades 1-5 in English Language.
If taken from 2009 onwards: grade C or above in English Language.
The qualification must be jointly awarded by the University of Cambridge Local Examinations Syndicate (UCLES).
West African Senior School Certificate
Grades 1-6 in English language when awarded by the West African Examinations Council (WAEC) or the National Examinations Council (NECO).
Country exceptions
Select to see the list of exempt English-speaking countries
If you are a national of one of the countries below, or if you have recently completed a qualification equivalent to a UK Bachelors degree or higher in one of these countries, you will normally meet our English requirements. Note that qualifications obtained by distance learning or awarded by studying outside these countries cannot be accepted for English language purposes.
You will normally be expected to have completed the qualification within two years before starting your course at Sussex. If the qualification was obtained earlier than this we would expect you to be able to demonstrate that you have maintained a good level of English, for example by living in an English-speaking country or working in an occupation that required you to use English regularly and to a high level.
Please note that this list is determined by the UK’s Home Office, not by the University of Sussex.
List of exempt countries
- Antigua and Barbuda
- Australia
- Bahamas
- Barbados
- Belize
- Canada**
- Dominica
- Grenada
- Guyana
- Ireland
- Jamaica
- New Zealand
- St Kitts and Nevis
- St Lucia
- St Vincent and the Grenadines
- Trinidad and Tobago
- United Kingdom
- USA
** Canada: you must be a national of Canada; other nationals not on this list who have a degree from a Canadian institution will not normally be exempt from needing to provide evidence of English.
Admissions information for applicants
Transfers into Year 2 | Yes. Find out more about transferring into Year 2 of this course. We don’t accept transfers into the third or final year. |
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If your qualifications aren’t listed or you have a question about entry requirements, email ug.enquiries@sussex.ac.uk
Don’t meet our entry requirements?
If you don't meet our entry requirements, we offer Foundation Year courses to prepare you for Year 1 of your chosen degree course:
The International Study Centre offers a range of foundation courses to help you prepare for an undergraduate degree at the University of Sussex.
Modules
Find out about our types of undergraduate degrees, their structure, modules and credits
Core modules
Autumn teaching
Spring teaching
These modules are running in the academic year 2018/19. We also plan to offer them in future academic years. They may become unavailable due to staff availability, student demand or updates to our curriculum. We’ll make sure to let our applicants know of such changes to modules at the earliest opportunity.
Core modules
Autumn teaching
Autumn and spring teaching
Options
Autumn teaching
- For Love: Taste, Evaluation, and Aesthetics in Criticism and Culture
- Humans and Animals
- Living Through Art: Art and Society in Renaissance Italy
- Lyric Poetry
- Modernism and Childhood
- Period of Literature: 1500-1625
- Period of Literature: 1625-1750
- Period of Literature: 1750-1880
- Period of Literature: 1860-1945
- Picasso to Kahlo: Transatlantic Dialogues
- Reading Post-Colonial Texts
- Science and Literature
- Selling yourself: 18th Century Art and Society
- Statues to Saints: The Art of Late Antiquity
- The Art of Short Fiction
- The Languages of Racisms in Literature and Art
Spring teaching
- Picasso to Kahlo: Transatlantic Dialogues
- Pop Life: After Modern Art
- Primitivism at the Turn of the Nineteenth Century
- Romance
- Selling yourself: 18th Century Art and Society
- Sense and Sexuality: Women and Writing in the Eighteenth Century
- Staging the Renaissance: Shakespeare
- Statues to Saints: The Art of Late Antiquity
- The Arts and Literature of Satire
- The Nineteenth-Century American Short Story
- The Novel
- Transatlantic Rhetoric: Public Speech and Anglo-American Writing 1750-1900
- Victorian Things
- Victorian Visions: Art, Industry, Modernity
- Word & Image
- Writing Poetry
These modules are running in the academic year 2018/19. We also plan to offer them in future academic years. They may become unavailable due to staff availability, student demand or updates to our curriculum. We’ll make sure to let our applicants know of such changes to modules at the earliest opportunity.
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Options
Autumn teaching
- A Great and Golden Age:Byzantium 843-1204
- Capital Culture: Money, Commerce and Writing
- Experimental Writing
- Global Subjects: Caribbean and Diaspora Fictions
- Inhuman Bondage: the Image of Slavery 1750-1850
- Islam, Literature and the 'West'
- Queer Literatures
- Sex and the City: The Origins of Modernism in Britain 1870-1910
- Special Author(s): Jean Rhys, Jamaica Kincaid and the Postcolonial Caribbean
- Special Author: Christopher Marlowe
- Special Author: Edgar Allan Poe
- Special Author: Geoffrey Chaucer
- Special Author: Mary Wollstonecraft
- Special Author: Salman Rushdie
- Special Author: Thomas Hardy
- Special Author: Virginia Woolf
- Special Author: Vladimir Nabokov
- Special Author: William Blake
- Spectacular Imaginings: Renaissance Drama and the Stage 1580-1640
- Technologies of Capture: Photography and Nineteenth Century Literature
- The Literatures of Africa
- The Order of Things: The Museum and its Objects
- The Uncanny
- Utopias and Dystopias
- Ways of Seeing: Early Modern Drama and Visual Culture
Spring teaching
- Album to Algorithm: Photography in Context
- Art and Letters: Visual Culture in its Literary Contexts
- Commemorative Art: Images, Monuments, Memory
- Representing Women
- Research Dissertation (English)
- School Placement Project
- The World Encompassed: Art and Empire
- Writing Lives before 1800
These modules are running in the academic year 2018/19. We also plan to offer them in future academic years. They may become unavailable due to staff availability, student demand or updates to our curriculum. We’ll make sure to let our applicants know of such changes to modules at the earliest opportunity.
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Senior Lecturer in English
Research interests
Adam Smith, Eighteenth-century culture, Erasmus Darwin, Gender and Sexuality, History of political economy, History of science, Mary Wollstonecraft, Political economy, Scottish Enlightenment, Vitalism
Fees
Fees are not yet set for entry in the academic year 2019. Note that your fees, once they’re set, may be subject to an increase on an annual basis.
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Scholarships
Our goal is to ensure that every student who wants to study with us is able to regardless of financial barriers, so that we continue to attract talented and unique people.
Details of our scholarships are not yet set for entry in the academic year 2019.
Careers
Graduate destinations
Recent School of English graduates have found jobs as:
- publishing administrator, Little Brown Book Group
- intern, Royal Society of Literature
- marketing trainee, BBC.
(Destinations of Leavers from Higher Education Survey 2016)
Your future career
English is multidisciplinary and flexible. Art History is a practical humanities subject. Studying them together gives you transferable skills in critical analysis, research, communication, independent thinking and problem-solving. You’ll also understand how visual culture works – an essential skill in an image-saturated society.
You can use your English and Art History degree to go on to postgraduate study, or for careers in fields such as:
- the arts, libraries and archives
- PR, media and journalism
- teaching and higher education.
Working while you study
Our Careers and Employability Centre can help you find part-time work while you study. Find out more about career development and part-time work