Subject Leader, English & History

English Literature - UH-000449

The University of Huddersfield seeks and encourages applicants in order to widen participation, improve access and apply the principles of equal opportunities.  We provide support for applicants who require additional assistance in order to select the right course of study and make a successful transition to studying at University.  We encourage local, national and international applications.  Further information for <a href="https://eur02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.hud.ac.uk%2Finternational&amp;data=05%7C01%7CN.Usher%40hud.ac.uk%7C1e77d1c661e84fa728f508db61ebebff%7Cb52e9fda06914585bdfc5ccae1ce1890%7C0%7C0%7C638211438136586994%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=JT%2FTt4%2F%2BvBMQylRrAmrOXSTmD3PnQboJk6juAFC5DL8%3D&amp;reserved=0">International Students can be found on their website</a>.
 
If you were educated outside the UK, you are required to have International English Language Testing System (IELTS) at a score of 6.0 with a minimum score of 6.0 in writing and a minimum of 5.5 in any single component. If you have alternative qualifications or do not meet the IELTS requirement we also offer a range of <a href="https://eur02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.hud.ac.uk%2Finternational%2Fpre-sessionalenglishprogramme%2F&amp;data=05%7C01%7CN.Usher%40hud.ac.uk%7C1e77d1c661e84fa728f508db61ebebff%7Cb52e9fda06914585bdfc5ccae1ce1890%7C0%7C0%7C638211438136586994%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=fMWru8UlmMIUodqbi6tAnTLNROZ4MzybLPG%2FPF5wr9s%3D&amp;reserved=0">Pre-Sessional English Programmes.</a>
 
The University provides opportunities for the accreditation of prior learning (APL) as stated in <a href="https://eur02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.hud.ac.uk%2Fpolicies%2Fregistry%2Fawards-taught%2Fsection-c%2F&amp;data=05%7C01%7CN.Usher%40hud.ac.uk%7C1e77d1c661e84fa728f508db61ebebff%7Cb52e9fda06914585bdfc5ccae1ce1890%7C0%7C0%7C638211438136586994%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=iI7DqSilqNYCY6cKq4b0EtkVBtHKL8vDPVAY9SZ4tQM%3D&amp;reserved=0">Section 3 of the Regulations for Awards.</a>
 
The University’s general minimum entry requirements are specified in Section 1.5 of the <a href="https://eur02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.hud.ac.uk%2Fpolicies%2Fregistry%2Fawards-taught%2Fsection-1%2F&amp;data=05%7C01%7CN.Usher%40hud.ac.uk%7C1e77d1c661e84fa728f508db61ebebff%7Cb52e9fda06914585bdfc5ccae1ce1890%7C0%7C0%7C638211438136743241%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=bWku1ODwJBFIyAsKixNhwAZ%2Be%2Fzjy9nzzuQFM8li4qY%3D&amp;reserved=0">Regulations for Awards</a>.
 
Every person who applies for this course and meets the minimum entry requirement – regardless of any disability – will be given the same opportunity in the selection process.  General advice and information regarding disability and the support the University can give can be found by contacting student services as follows:
 
Telephone: 01484 472675
Email: <a href="mailto:disability@hud.ac.uk">disability@hud.ac.uk</a>
 
Further information is available on the <a href="https://eur02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fstudents.hud.ac.uk%2Fwellbeing-disability-services%2Fdisabilityservices&amp;data=05%7C01%7CN.Usher%40hud.ac.uk%7C1e77d1c661e84fa728f508db61ebebff%7Cb52e9fda06914585bdfc5ccae1ce1890%7C0%7C0%7C638211438136743241%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=knolmadUqrqEM1bPtxCofY6PoZYmN7j59NP0BN3QjqA%3D&amp;reserved=0">disability services website.</a>    
 
Further advice on the specific skills and abilities needed to successfully undertake this course can be found by contacting the admissions tutor and by visiting our <a href="https://eur02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.hud.ac.uk%2Fcourses%2F&amp;data=05%7C01%7CN.Usher%40hud.ac.uk%7C1e77d1c661e84fa728f508db61ebebff%7Cb52e9fda06914585bdfc5ccae1ce1890%7C0%7C0%7C638211438136743241%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=yEpb1jKAVRKsij6Lx2mWHIO%2B7shFtQFq232TpoGQyc8%3D&amp;reserved=0">course finder website page</a>
 
 
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<li>The UCAS tariff is 120-104 points with a B grade in English at A-level.</li>
<li>Mature students (over the age of 21) applications will be considered on an individual basis taking into account any previous learning and life experience applicable to the particular programme of study.</li>
<li>Applicants with prior learning or prior experiential learning will be considered individually by the School of Music, Humanities and Media Accreditation and Validation Panel, to assess whether it is appropriate to grant general or specific credit towards the course.</li>
<li>Applications from international students will be considered on an individual basis, and with advice from the University's International Office. Where necessary applicants will be expected to demonstrate their spoken and written English language skills by achieving a minimum IELTS score of 6.5</li>
</ul>

UH-000449 - English Literature

Sandwich Year Out Optional

Sandwich Year Out

Foundation Core

Foundation Optional

Foundation Compulsory

Foundation Level

Honours Compulsory

Honours Core

Honours Optional

Honours Level

Intermediate Compulsory

Intermediate Core

Intermediate Optional

Intermediate Level

Structure

Diploma of Higher Education

Certificate of Higher Education

Bachelor of Arts

Literary Genre: poetry, drama, prose fiction and non-fiction.

Contextualise and critically evaluate arguments and evidence.

Literary History: knowledge of the historical and cultural contexts in which literary texts were produced, and have been received and interpreted, from the early modern period to the present day, including awareness of colonial and post-colonial contexts.

Use evidence to support an interpretation of texts in relation to the contexts of production and/or reception.

Write clearly and persuasively in accordance with prescribed requirements.

Literary Form: techniques of poetic language and of rhetorical methods of persuasive and affective communication.

Formulate informed judgements and critical interpretations with an awareness of complexity, uncertainty, ambiguity and the limits of knowledge.

Use information technology effectively and appropriately.

Synthesise and evaluate information from a variety of sources.

Students who have done a sandwich year option will demonstrate enhanced ability to make mature choices in career and personal development.

Communicate with both specialist and non-specialist audiences.

Complete a research project appropriate to the discipline of English Literature.


Use bibliographic skills including citation of sources and use of conventions in the presentation of scholarly work.

Take responsibility for personal development and self-managed learning.

Ability to reflect on personal development.

Apply critical-theoretical principles to a variety of texts.

Critical Approaches: conceptual frameworks for the practices of literary criticism, cultural history and the philosophical and political discourses associated with them.

UH-000449

National Student Survey: All courses within the overall suite provided by the subject area respond to the annual NSS results by adapting to the needs of students. This process occurs at both module and course level.
 
 Key sources of information about the course can be found in:
<a href="http://www.hud.ac.uk/">http://www.hud.ac.uk/</a>
Additional sources of information: 
<ul>
<li>Course Handbook</li>
<li>Module information on the University’s VLE.</li>
</ul>
 
APPENDICES:
<ol>
<li>Mapping of Course learning outcomes to modules</li>
<li>Mapping of Course learning outcomes to benchmark</li>
<li>PDP</li>
<li>Assessment schedule</li>
</ol>

<ul>
<li>Each student enrolling on the course will be allocated a personal tutor who will normally retain pastoral responsibility for that student throughout the three years of the course. Personal tutors are responsible for reviewing the academic progress of a student and for offering advice and support on academic and non-academic matters.  Where professional help seems advisable, tutors can refer a student to the University Student Services.</li>
<li>The personal tutor is also responsible for administering Personal Development Planning (PDP) for his/her tutees. The provision of PDP at undergraduate level is adapted to the 2004 QAA Code of Practice for the Assurance of Academic Quality and Standards in Higher Education, which provides students with ‘appropriate opportunities for personal and professional development’, and that institutions provide for the identification, regular review and recording of each student’s development needs.</li>
</ul>
PDP is embedded into modules AFX1103 Individual Learning Programme at Foundation level, AIX2000 /AIE2212 at Intermediate Level, and AHE3216 Public Humanities at Honours level.(see appendix 3)
 
<ul>
<li>Module tutors are responsible for monitoring students’ performance and attendance, and systems are in place for reporting problems in either so that Year Tutors and/or the Course Leader are alerted to causes of concern.</li>
</ul>
 
<ul>
<li>All students on the course are provided with a Course Handbook, updated annually, which gives all relevant information on the course.  In addition, students are provided with "Writing it Right", which covers key regulations and advice on the presentation of course-work.  Students also receive module information, including a schedule of work for the year, details about assessment requirements, details of assignment briefs, and suggestions for detailed and background reading. This content is provided via UniLearn, where it is augmented with further interactive and self-paced materials.  All students are encouraged to make appointments for individual tutorials with the Academic Skills Tutors.</li>
</ul>
 
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<li>In line with the Equality Act 2010 the School will make reasonable adjustments for students with disabilities where there is an expectation that making these adjustments will enable the student to achieve the outcomes for the course.  A Disability Support Service exists to give information and advice to students with disabilities and to advise subject areas on the needs of disabled students.</li>
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Equal Opportunities
In admitting students, and in teaching and assessing them, the course operates in conformity with the University and School of Music, Humanities and Media policies on equal opportunities.