English Offer-Holder Visit Day 2018 Dr Lisa Stead

English Offer-Holder Visit Day 2018 Dr Lisa Stead

World Class Teachers More than 65 specialists involved in undergraduate teaching Diversity of interests and backgrounds

World Class Research Our research enhances the quality, dynamism and diversity of our teaching

Our students shape our programme We review and discuss student feedback on all modules We discuss changes to our programme with students before implementation The Students Guild Teaching Awards: inspiring innovative teaching

The shape of an English degree Year 1: The Foundation A blend of compulsory and optional modules, which build skills and approaches for the whole programme. Year 2: Breadth and Depth A choice of 4 from a range of modules. You study a minimum of one pre-1750 and one post-1750 module, and have the option of choosing from a range of non-chronological topics and approaches, including Creative Writing and Film. Year 3: Specialisation and Completion A range of specialised options and one dissertation, in literature/film or creative writing

Year 1 at Exeter Core modules (terms 1 & 2) Beginnings: English Literature to 1800 Approaches to Criticism Academic English The Poem Options (term 2) The Novel Introduction to Creative Writing Rethinking Shakespeare Film Studies: An Introduction

Pre-1750 Chaucer and His Contemporaries Desire and Power: English Literature 1570-1640 Renaissance and Revolution Theatrical Cultures: Renaissance to Restoration Satire and the City: English literature, 1660-1750 Year 2 at Exeter Post-1750 Romanticism Empire of Liberty: American Literature 1776 to the Present Revolutions and Evolutions: 19C Writings Modernism & Modernity: Literature 1900-1960 Crossing the Water: Transatlantic Literary Relations Shots in the Dark (Film) Adaptation: Text, Image, Culture (Film) Other Humanities after the Human: Further Adventures in Critical Theory Culture, Crisis, and Ecology in a Postcolonial World Creative Industries: Their Past, Our Future Creative Writing: Building a Story (CREATIVE WRITING) Creative Writing: Making a Poem (CREATIVE WRITING) Humanities in the Workplace (EMPLOYABILITY)

Core modules: Dissertation One of the following core modules: Acts of Writing: Literature and Film, 1953-Present Life and Death in Early Modern Literature Citizens of the World (British literature c.1750s-1820s) BA English students also choose two specialist options, such as: Year 3 at Exeter Heroes and Exiles: English Poetry of the Age of Beowulf Charles Dickens and the Condition of England Harlem and After: African American Literature 1925-Present Speaking Animals: Literature and Interspecies Relations Ghosts, Witches & Demons: The Renaissance Supernatural Something to See: War and Visual Media Reader I Married Him : The Evolution of Romance Fiction Literature/Anti-Literature Hardy and Women Who Did India Uncovered Modern Irish Literature Virginia Woolf: Fiction, Feeling, Form Cultures of Neuroscience Surrealism and its Legacies From Comics to Graphic Novels Writing the Short Film American Independent Film

Completing your degree: the Dissertation 8,000 words or equivalent Students choose their own topic One-on-one supervision from a member of academic staff, and a course of lectures on research and writing skills 2017 titles included: Decomposing Leaves: Whitman, Fungus, and the Vibrancy of Matter U.S. vs. Them Queering the relationship between nation and superhero in Stan Lee s X-Men (1963-66) Absence as Presence: Shakespeare s Ekphrastic Articulation of Trauma 'New wine in old bottles : Adaptation processes in Angela Carter s radio plays Mona Caird: A Victorian Ecofeminist? Ecology, feminism and animal rights in the writings of Mona Caird, 1889-1897

Assessment and feedback Writing: coursework, exams (together approx. 70% + of all assessment), creative writing portfolios, the dissertation. Oral and team building: Group presentations, group wikis, class participation (levels 1 and 2) Final Degree = ⅓ level 2 + ⅔ Level 3

Foreign Language Centre Study a language as part of your degree Graduate with proficiency in.. British Sign Language, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Arabic, Mandarin Chinese or Spanish. www.humanities.exeter.ac.uk/flc

Study Abroad Our English with Study in North America (ESNA) and English with Study Abroad programmes allow you to spend a year at over 25 partner institutions across the world, in Asia, Australia, North America and Europe Choose when you apply (both programmes) or after you have arrived (only for English with Study Abroad) You ll need to achieve a minimum 2:1 during your first year. Selected destinations: University of Sydney; Akita International University, Tokyo; University of Amsterdam; University of Ottawa; University of Hong Kong; University of South Florida www.exeter.ac.uk/undergraduate

New employment experience opportunities in the UK or abroad Experience and Employment Experience Abroad programmes Transfer in your second year Spend up to a year carrying out a graduate-level work placement or placements as part of your degree* Develop employability and interpersonal skills that relate to your degree and future career Reduced fees * Please note the student is responsible for finding their placement with support and approval from the University. www.exeter.ac.uk/undergraduate

Where will your English degree take you? 6 months after graduation 97.2% of our students were in work or further study Our programme develops a range of sought-after skills Arts, Journalism and the Media Broadcasting, curating, TV production, media marketing, PR Professional and Vocational Careers Teaching, law, accountancy, the civil service, charities, heritage Further study Masters in English, Creative Writing, International Studies & Diplomacy, Journalism, Publishing, Marketing, and PGCEs

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