English - BA (Hons)

UCL (University College London)

This programme aims to provide a historically based overview of the literature of all periods, together with opportunities to specialise in particular periods of literature, in modern English language, and in non-period modules. Students are encouraged to develop their own interests and may choose from a wide variety of specialisms. Studying English at UCL provides you with an inspired setting: central London has long been the centre of British literary life and you will be surrounded by world-class libraries. UCL was at the forefront of the establishment of English literature as a university subject, and the department is regularly ranked amongst the best in the country. We are the only English department in the UK to maintain guaranteed one-to-one tutorial teaching across all three years of the course. UCL English Language & Literature has a strong tradition of links with the literary world. Practising writers are invited to give readings there is a writer-in-residence programme and a wide range of extra-curricular culture, media and journalism-based student societies.

English