Course Code:
QQ13

Entry requirements:
We typically require 360 UCAS points, with an A in English Literature at A2 level or equivalent. For joint degrees, please also check with the other department for their requirements. For more information, see our section on entry requirements.

Length of course:
Three years

Opportunity to study abroad:
Queen Mary offers you the opportunity to apply to join the international exchange programme, enabling you to spend a year or a semester at a university abroad.

Fees:
You will find extensive information on fees and finance on the main College website.

Contact email:
sedugadmissions@qmul.ac.uk

BA (Hons) in English Literature and Linguistics

A degree in Literature and Linguistics enables you to understand how language works, and of some of the ways it has been used to persuade, inspire, and entertain people. The programme gives you a unique perspective on English. On the one hand, you will learn about how language is structured, and the ways in which it conditions our responses to the world. On the other, you will look at some of the most interesting and profound ways language has been used by poets, novelists, and dramatists. Queen Mary has one of the country's most lively English departments, with a huge range of course options, whilst the Department of Linguistics is one of only three in the country to be graded 5* in the last Research Assessment Exercise (the highest possible rating).

Year One

In your first year you will take three courses specially designed to give you a thorough training in the key concepts that have informed recent debates in literary studies and linguistics:

You will also be given the chance to specialise by choosing two further courses in linguistics, and one in literature. In English you will choose from the following list:

Options in Linguistics might include:

Years Two and Three

Your second and third years will enable you to develop the skills you’ve acquired, and to explore the elements of Literature and Linguistics that you find most interesting. In consultation with your advisor, you will design a programme of study for yourself by choosing from a long list of modules. In any one year there will be approximately eighty courses running across the two departments. Among the most popular English modules are:

For more information on English courses please consult our list of module options.

Among the most popular linguistics courses are:

In the third year you will have the opportunity to complete a longer research project (either in English and Linguistics) on a topic of your choice.

For more information about Linguistics please visit the School of Languages, Linguistics and Film website [new window].