Changes to English Language and Literature BA (including with a study abroad year)
We’ve listened to feedback and we have updated the curriculum for the academic year 2022/23 for English language and literature BA and English language and literature (with a study abroad year) BA.
You can review the changes below. By accepting your offer to study at Sussex, we will infer that you are happy with these changes but if you would like to discuss them please feel free to contact us at studyinmah@sussex.ac.uk.
Course changes
Take a look at how the new modules compare to the old structure of the course in the table below.
Year 1
Year 2
Year 3
Year 1, Semester 1
| Old structure | New structure | Comment |
|---|---|---|
|
Approaches to Meaning (core) |
From Sounds to Words (core) |
New core module |
|
Critical Approaches 1 (core) |
Critical Approaches 1 (core) |
No change |
|
Acts of Writing 1 (core) |
Acts of Writing 1 (core) |
No change |
Year 1, Semester 2
| Old structure | New structure | Comment |
|---|---|---|
|
Investigating Language in context (core) |
From Words to Interation (core) |
New core module |
|
Critical Approaches 2 (core) |
Critical Approaches 2 (core) |
No change |
|
Acts of Writing 2 (core) |
Acts of Writing 2 (core) |
No change |
|
Structure of English (core) |
|
|
Year 2, Semester 1
| Old structure | New structure | Comment |
|---|---|---|
|
Humans and Animals (option) |
Humans and Animals (option) |
No change |
|
Science and Literature (option) |
Science and Literature (option) |
No change |
|
The Novel (option) |
The Novel (option) |
No change |
|
Romanticism (option) |
Romanticism (option) |
No change |
|
The Art of Short Fiction (option) |
The Art of Short Fiction (option) |
No change |
|
Lyric Poetry (option) |
Lyric Poetry (option) |
No change |
|
Reading Post-Colonial Texts (option) |
Reading Post-Colonial Texts (option) |
No change |
|
Inner Worlds (option) |
Inner Worlds (option) |
No change |
|
Outer Worlds (option) |
Outer Worlds (option) |
No change |
|
Great Ideas about Language (option) |
Great Ideas about Language (option) |
No change |
|
Social Variation in English (option) |
Social Variation in English (option) |
No change |
|
Approaches to Discourse (option) |
Approaches to Discourse (option) |
No change |
Year 2, Semester 2
| Old structure | New structure | Comment |
|---|---|---|
|
Staging the Renaissance: Shakespeare (option) |
Staging the Renaissance: Shakespeare (option) |
No change |
|
Romance (option) |
Romance (option) |
No change |
|
Word and Image (option) |
Word and Image (option) |
No change |
|
Arts and Literature of Satire (option) |
Arts and Literature of Satire (option) |
No change |
|
Sense and Sexuality: Women and Writing (option) |
Sense and Sexuality: Women and Writing (option) |
No change |
|
The 19th Century American Short Story (option) |
The 19th Century American Short Story (option) |
No change |
|
Literature and Philosophy (option) |
Literature and Philosophy (option) |
No change |
|
Contemporary Literature and Culture (option) |
Contemporary Literature and Culture (option) |
No change |
|
Literature, Politics and Culture in Postwar Britain (option) |
Literature, Politics and Culture in Postwar Britain (option) |
No change |
|
Modernisms (option) |
Modernisms (option) |
No change |
|
History of English (option) |
History of English (option) |
No change |
|
Language and Gender (option) |
Language and Gender (option) |
No change |
|
Language in the Workplace (option) |
Language in the Workplace (option) |
No change |
|
Phonology (option) |
Phonology (option) |
No change |
|
Regional Variation in English (option) |
Regional Variation in English (option) |
No change |
Year 3, Semester 1
| Old structure | New structure | Comment |
|---|---|---|
|
Topics in Discourse and Communication (option) |
Advanced Topics in Discourse and Interaction (option) |
Module title change |
|
Topics in Language Variation and Change (option) |
Advanced Topics in Language Structure, Variation and Change (option) |
Module title change |
|
Research Proposal (English Language) (option) |
Research Proposal (English Language) (option) |
No change |
|
Wollstonecraft and After (option) |
Wollstonecraft and After (option) |
No change |
|
Special Author: Samuel Beckett (option) |
Special Author: Samuel Beckett (option) |
No change |
|
Class, Culture & Contemporary Writing (option) |
Class, Culture & Contemporary Writing (option) |
No change |
|
Literature and the Environment (option) |
Literature and the Environment (option) |
No change |
|
Writing Race, Gender & the Social (option) |
Writing Race, Gender & the Social (option) |
No change |
|
Technologies of Capture (option) |
Technologies of Capture (option) |
No change |
|
Posthuman/Premodern (option) |
Posthuman/Premodern (option) |
No change |
|
Virginia Woolf (option) |
Virginia Woolf (option) |
No change |
Year 3, Semester 2
| Old structure | New structure | Comment |
|---|---|---|
|
Research Dissertation (English Language) (option) |
Research Dissertation (English Language) (option) |
No change |
|
Child Language Acquisition (option) |
Child Language Acquisition (option) |
No change |
|
Forensic Linguistics (option) |
Forensic Linguistics (option) |
No change |
|
History of English (option) |
History of English (option) |
No change |
|
Language and Gender (option) |
Language and Gender (option) |
No change |
|
Language in the Workplace (option) |
Language in the Workplace (option) |
No change |
|
Phonology (option) |
Phonology (option) |
No change |
|
Regional Variation in English (option) |
Regional Variation in English (option) |
No change |
|
Dissertation (option) |
Dissertation (option) |
No change |
|
Queer Literatures (option) |
Queer Literatures (option) |
No change |
|
Spectacular Imaginings (option) |
Spectacular Imaginings (option) |
No change |
|
School Placement Project (option) |
School Placement Project (option) |
No change |
|
Decolonising the Curriculum (option) |
Decolonising the Curriculum (option) |
No change |
|
Championing Literacy Placement (option) |
Championing Literacy Placement (option) |
No change |
|
Novel Theory (option) |
Novel Theory (option) |
No change |
|
Crisis, Revolution, Modernity (option) |
Crisis, Revolution, Modernity (option) |
No change |