BA English Literature
About this course
BA (Hons) in English Language and Literature. Core topics include Research Methods and Critical & Analytical Thinking. Modules cover periods from the Medieval and Renaissance eras through the Victorian and Romantic periods to modern and contemporary writing. A work placement module is available, and the degree culminates in an independently researched dissertation.
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Entry requirements
UCAS tariff: 104 tariff points from A levels or combination with Extended Project / BTEC / Cambridge Technical. A level: BCC including English Literature, English Language, English Language and Literature, Creative Writing or Drama at grade B or C. IB: 28 points with English Higher at 4.
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What students say
Based on about 17 final-year students who answered (a small group: a rough guide only)
- Teaching on my course: 89%
- Learning opportunities: 77%
- Assessment and feedback: 86%
- Academic support: 92%
- Organisation and management: 79%
- Learning resources: 93%
- Student voice: 84%
Do students stay on the course?
Based on about 15 students who started (a small group: a rough guide only)
- Continued on course: 75%
- Left higher education: 15%
- Moved to a lower qualification: 10%
What graduates do next
Based on about 10 graduates who answered, across similar courses at this university (a small group: a rough guide only)
- Working: 75%
- Working and studying: 10%
- Further study: 5%
- Unemployed: 5%
Most common jobs
- Artistic, literary and media occupations: 15%
- Administrative occupations: 15%
- Sales occupations: 15%
- Elementary occupations: 15%
- Business and public service associate professionals: 10%
Where graduates work (5 years on)
Based on about 80 graduates, across similar courses at this university
- North East: 1%
- Yorkshire and the Humber: 1%
- East Midlands: 3%
- West Midlands: 4%
- East of England: 8%
- London: 8%
- South East: 73%
- South West: 1%
Who gets in
Based on about 20 students who started (a small group: a rough guide only)
- A levels: 85%
- Access course: 5%
- Other HE qualification: 10%
Accreditation & quality ratings
TEF 2023 (whole university): Gold overall, Gold for student experience, Silver for student outcomes.
Modules
- Literature Now: Reading and Writing Modern and Contemporary Literature
- Investigating Interpretation: Ideas in Literature From Marx to Barthes
- Conflicts and Controversies in Victorian Literature: Charlotte Brontë to Charles Dickens
- Writing Back: Poetry, Image Voice
- Subverting the Subject: Ideas in Literature Barthes to Gaming
- Make It New: Modernist Experimentation
- Experiments in Fiction: Magic, Detection, Sci Fi and Beyond
- Renaissance to Restoration
- Romantics, Rebels and Reactionaries
- Agents of Change: British Women’s Writing in the Twentieth Century
- American Visions: Modern and Contemporary American Writing
- Fairy Tales: From Early Modern to Postmodern
- Work Placement
- Creative Non-Fiction: Writing Lives
- English and Creative Writing Dissertation
- Unconscious Desires: Psychoanalysis and Culture from Freud to Žižek
- Gothic Women’s Writing
- Digital Writing: Writing for the Community of Strangers
- Unforgettable Corpses: Literature, Cultural Memory and the First World War
- Fantasy Writing: Origins and Development
- European Literary Legacies: Writing the City
Questions about this course
How much do graduates of BA English Literature at University of Chichester earn?
The median salary is £20,000 after 3 years, £24,000 after 5 years. After five years the middle half of graduates earn between £20,000 and £28,500. The £24,000 median after five years is £4,000 less than the UK median for Literature in English.
What do graduates of BA English Literature at University of Chichester do next?
90% were in work or further study 15 months after finishing (Graduate Outcomes 2023-24).
Are students happy with the teaching on BA English Literature at University of Chichester?
89% of final-year students were positive about the teaching in the National Student Survey 2025-26.
What grades do I need for BA English Literature at University of Chichester?
The typical offer is BCC at A level, or 28 points in the IB. The average entrant had 117 UCAS points.
How many students continue on BA English Literature at University of Chichester?
75% of students continued into their second year, and 15% left higher education.