BA English
About this course
BA in English, exploring literature from the medieval period to the twenty-first century. Core topics include Research Methods. From the first year, students choose from numerous optional modules, and creative writing is offered alongside literary study. The course connects students with the University's Centre for New Writing through the Literary Leicester programme.
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Entry requirements
A level: ABB at A-level including English (Language, Literature or combined)
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What students say
Based on about 31 final-year students who answered
- Teaching on my course: 97%
- Learning opportunities: 85%
- Assessment and feedback: 89%
- Academic support: 97%
- Organisation and management: 96%
- Learning resources: 90%
- Student voice: 87%
Do students stay on the course?
Based on about 40 students who started
- Continued on course: 95%
- Left higher education: 10%
What graduates do next
Based on about 18 graduates who answered (a small group: a rough guide only)
- Working: 50%
- Working and studying: 15%
- Further study: 15%
- Unemployed: 5%
Most common jobs
- Teaching Professionals: 45%
- Business and public service associate professionals: 15%
- Administrative occupations: 5%
- Secretarial and related occupations: 5%
- Welfare and housing associate professionals: 5%
- Find their work meaningful: 65%
- Feel on track for their future plans: 50%
- Use what they learnt on the course: 40%
Where graduates work (5 years on)
Based on about 155 graduates, across similar courses at this university
- North East: 3%
- North West: 11%
- Yorkshire and the Humber: 5%
- East Midlands: 25%
- West Midlands: 11%
- East of England: 12%
- London: 21%
- South East: 9%
- South West: 3%
Who gets in
Based on about 30 students who started
- A levels: 90%
- Access course: 5%
- A degree: 5%
- Other HE qualification: 5%
Accreditation & quality ratings
TEF 2023 (whole university): Gold overall, Silver for student experience, Gold for student outcomes.
Modules
- Dissertation (English)
- Dissertation (Creative Writing)
- Renaissance Literature from Utopia to Paradise Lost
- Victorians: from Oliver Twist to The Picture of Dorian Gray
- Science Fiction: Exploring Space and Time
- Writing Voices
- Classical Worlds: Translation and Reception
- Writing Prose Fiction
- The Living and the Dead in Nineteenth Century Literature and Culture
- Watching the Detectives: Crime on the Page and Screen
- Queering the Renaissance
- Literatures of Protest: Reading and Political Action
- The Latin World: Ancient, Medieval and Modern
- Weird Fiction/Weird Film
- The Other in American Fiction and Film
- The Thatcher Factor: The 1980s in Literature
- Jane Austen: The Novels, their Contexts and their Adaptations
- Tragedy
- Twenty-First Century Global Literature
- Writing for Laughs
- Sustainability Enterprise Partnership Project
- Reading Poetry
- Writing Matters
- The Novel Around the World
- Renaissance Drama: Shakespeare and his Contemporaries
- Introduction to Writing Creatively: Part 1
- Film and Literature
- Feminist Fiction
- Introduction to Writing Creatively: Part 2
- Literature for Children and Young Adults
- American Literature in the Twenties and Thirties
- Critical Perspectives 1
- Critical Perspectives 2
- Romantic Literature from Blake to Shelley
- Eighteenth-Century Literature from Restoration to Revolution
- Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages
- Adolescence in American Fiction and Film
- Chaucer’s Worlds
- Diversity in Contemporary American Literature
- Using Stories
- Gothic
- Modern Literature from Conrad to Orwell
- Contemporary Literature from 1945 to Now
- Advanced Creative Writing Skills
- Global Voices and the Publishing Industry
- Arts Journalism
- English and Education
- Your Career and Other Stories
Questions about this course
How much do graduates of BA English at University of Leicester earn?
The median salary is £28,000 after 15 months, £22,000 after 3 years, £29,000 after 5 years. After five years the middle half of graduates earn between £23,500 and £34,500. The £29,000 median after five years is the same as the UK median for English studies.
What do graduates of BA English at University of Leicester do next?
80% were in work or further study 15 months after finishing (Graduate Outcomes 2023-24).
Are students happy with the teaching on BA English at University of Leicester?
97% of final-year students were positive about the teaching in the National Student Survey 2025-26.
What grades do I need for BA English at University of Leicester?
The typical offer is ABB at A level. The average entrant had 121 UCAS points.
Does BA English at University of Leicester include a placement year or year abroad?
The course has an optional year abroad.
How many students continue on BA English at University of Leicester?
95% of students continued into their second year, and 10% left higher education.