BA English with Study in North America
About this course
BA in English with Study in North America, an English degree focusing on literary traditions and cultural history. Core topics include Research Methods, Historical Research, Critical & Analytical Thinking, and Artificial Intelligence & Machine Learning. The programme spans three years, with the entire second year spent studying abroad at a partner university in Canada or the USA. The first year establishes fundamental knowledge through modules such as Approaches to Criticism, Beginnings: English Literature before 1800, The Poem, and Academic English, alongside optional choices like Digital Cultures: Narrative, Creativity, Industry and Rethinking Shakespeare. The third year advances into specialised study with modules including Life and Death in Early Modern Literature, Acts of Writing: From Decolonisation to Globalisation, Citizens of the World, and American Independent Film, alongside options such as Queering British Screens, Writing the Short Film, and James Joyce's Ulysses. Students also undertake independent research through a dissertation component.
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Entry requirements
A level: A*AA. Required subjects: B in an accepted Humanities or Social Science subject* (see below). *Accepted Humanities and Social Science subjects: Anthropology; Classics and Ancient History; Drama; English; Geography; Government and Politics; History; Law; Media Studies; Modern Languages; Philosophy; Politics; Psychology; Religious Studies; Sociology. IB: 38/766.
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Real offers for this course
Applicants have posted 1 UCAS decision for BA English with Study in North America (Q310) at the University of Exeter for 2027 entry so far. The published offer is A*AA at A level.
Admissions (2022 entry, home applicants)
Offer rate 89%: 50 offers from 56 applications, from the university's Freedom of Information return.
What students say
Based on about 133 final-year students who answered, across similar courses at this university
- Teaching on my course: 95%
- Learning opportunities: 86%
- Assessment and feedback: 79%
- Academic support: 95%
- Organisation and management: 91%
- Learning resources: 91%
- Student voice: 82%
Do students stay on the course?
Based on about 10 students who started (a small group: a rough guide only)
- Continued on course: 80%
- Left higher education: 20%
What graduates do next
Based on about 120 graduates who answered, across similar courses at this university
- Working: 59%
- Working and studying: 13%
- Further study: 12%
- Unemployed: 5%
Most common jobs
- Business and public service associate professionals: 24%
- Elementary occupations: 9%
- Media Professionals: 9%
- Administrative occupations: 7%
- Artistic, literary and media occupations: 7%
- Find their work meaningful: 77%
- Feel on track for their future plans: 63%
- Use what they learnt on the course: 45%
Where graduates work (5 years on)
Based on about 440 graduates, across similar courses at this university
- North East: 1%
- North West: 3%
- Yorkshire and the Humber: 1%
- East Midlands: 1%
- West Midlands: 6%
- East of England: 8%
- London: 34%
- South East: 22%
- South West: 20%
- Wales: 4%
- Scotland: 1%
Who gets in
Based on about 195 students who started, across similar courses at this university
- A levels: 94%
- Baccalaureate: 4%
- Access course: 1%
- Other HE qualification: 1%
Accreditation & quality ratings
TEF 2023 (whole university): Gold overall, Gold for student experience, Gold for student outcomes.
Modules
- Approaches to Criticism
- Beginnings: English Literature before 1800
- The Poem
- Academic English
- Digital Cultures: Narrative, Creativity, Industry
- The Novel
- Rethinking Shakespeare
- Imagine This: Prompts for Creative Writing
- Life and Death in Early Modern Literature
- Acts of Writing: From Decolonisation to Globalisation
- Citizens of the World
- Dissertation
- Creative Writing Dissertation
- Dissertation by Collaborative Project
- American Independent Film
- Something to See: War and Visual Media
- Harlem and After: African American Literature 1925-present
- Poison, Filth, Trash: Modernism, Censorship and Resistance
- Picturing the Global City: Literature and Visual Culture in the 21st Century
- American Counterculture in Literature
- Queering British Screens
- Hardy and Women Who Did: the Coming of Modernity
- Writing the Short Film
- Heroes and Exiles: English Poetry of the Age of Beowulf
- James Joyce's Ulysses
- Visual and Literary Cultures of Realism
- Encountering the Other in Medieval Literature
- Writing for Children and Young Adults
- Resource Fictions: Oil, Water and Conflict in the World-System
- The Death of the Novel
- Virginia Woolf: Fiction, Feeling, Form
- "Reader, I Married Him": The Evolution of Romance Fiction from 1740 to the Present
- Romance from Chaucer to Shakespeare
- The Rise of Science
- Food, Environment and Literature in Early Modern England
- The Poetry of Place
- Piracy in Early Modern Literature, 1570-1730
- Poetry and Politics
- Ghosts, Witches and Demons: the Renaissance Supernatural
- Jane Austen: In and Out of Context
- The Development of British Children's Literature
- Art, Industry and the Modern, 1840-1900
- Fiction Matters
- Migration, Literature and Culture
- Surrealism and its Legacies
- "Mad": Cultures, Histories, Phantasies, Imaginaries of Mental Distress
Questions about this course
How much do graduates of BA English with Study in North America at University of Exeter earn?
The median salary is £27,000 after 15 months, £25,500 after 3 years, £33,000 after 5 years. After five years the middle half of graduates earn between £27,000 and £42,500. The £33,000 median after five years is £4,000 more than the UK median for English studies.
What do graduates of BA English with Study in North America at University of Exeter do next?
84% were in work or further study 15 months after finishing (Graduate Outcomes 2023-24).
Are students happy with the teaching on BA English with Study in North America at University of Exeter?
95% of final-year students were positive about the teaching in the National Student Survey 2025-26.
What grades do I need for BA English with Study in North America at University of Exeter?
The typical offer is A*AA at A level. The average entrant had 151 UCAS points.
What is the offer rate for BA English with Study in North America at University of Exeter?
89% of home applicants received an offer for 2022 entry: 50 offers from 56 applications, according to the university's Freedom of Information return.
Does BA English with Study in North America at University of Exeter include a placement year or year abroad?
The course has a compulsory year abroad.
How many students continue on BA English with Study in North America at University of Exeter?
80% of students continued into their second year, and 20% left higher education.