BA Anthropology and English
About this course
BA in Anthropology and English, combining anthropology with English. Core topics include Data Analysis, Research Methods, Fieldwork, Policy Analysis, Historical Research, and Human Behaviour. Students explore the richness of human experience alongside literatures in English spanning historical, cultural, and material contexts.
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Entry requirements
A level: ABB including A-level English Note: for applicants who have not studied A-level English then AS-level English (grade A) would be acceptable in lieu of A-level English. IB: 33 points overall, including 6(English),5,5 at Higher Level.
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What students say
Based on about 62 final-year students who answered, across similar courses at this university
- Teaching on my course: 91%
- Learning opportunities: 86%
- Assessment and feedback: 80%
- Academic support: 98%
- Organisation and management: 89%
- Learning resources: 96%
- Student voice: 78%
Do students stay on the course?
Based on about 130 students who started, across similar courses at this university
- Continued on course: 92%
- Left higher education: 8%
What graduates do next
Based on about 90 graduates who answered, across similar courses at this university
- Working: 62%
- Working and studying: 15%
- Further study: 15%
- Unemployed: 3%
Most common jobs
- Welfare Professionals: 20%
- Administrative occupations: 13%
- Finance Professionals: 9%
- Business and public service associate professionals: 7%
- Business, Research and Administrative Professionals: 6%
- Find their work meaningful: 77%
- Feel on track for their future plans: 62%
- Use what they learnt on the course: 57%
Who gets in
Based on about 10 students who started (a small group: a rough guide only)
- A levels: 90%
- Baccalaureate: 10%
Modules
- English in Transition
- Issues in Contemporary Fiction: Gender, Race, Ecology
- Introduction to English Language
- Being Human: Culture and Society
- 'Understanding Northern Ireland: History, Politics and Anthropology'
- Being Creative: Music Media and the Arts
- Us And them: Why do we have ingroups and outgroups?
- Key Debates in Anthropology
- Mapping the Anglo-Saxon World
- Foundations for Speech Analysis: The Phonetics of English
- Language and Power
- History of English: Studying Language Change
- Shakespeare and Co
- Irish Literature
- Sex and Gender Anthropological Dimensions
- Skills in the Field: Ethnographic methods
- Apocalypse: Cultures, communities, and the end of the world
- Hanging out on Street Corners: Creative, Public and applied Anthropology
- Human Morality
- Havoc and Rebellion: Writing and Reading Later Medieval England
- Modern American Fiction: Race, Class, Gender, Sexuality
- Modernism and Modernity
- Fiction and the Novel (1660-1820)
- Utopia / Dystopia: The Future in Nineteenth- and Twentieth-Century Literature
- Romantic Poetry, 1789-1832
- Enlightenment and its Discontents
- Northern Ireland: Past, Present and Future
- America's Aftermaths
- Anthropology of Media
- Writing Contemporary Ireland: Elegy, Epistle, Ekphrasis
- Cities and Edgelands
- The Bible and Modern Fiction
- Women's Writing 1680-1830
- Shakespeare on Screen
- Speech Worlds: Phonological Acquisition, Variation and Disorder
- Televising the Victorians
- Language in the Media
- Double Dissertation English Literature
- Double Dissertation English Language
- Human-Animal Relations: An Anthropological Perspective
- Marvels, Monsters and Miracles in Anglo-Saxon England
- Contemporary Indian Literature in English
- Special Topic in Creative Writing
- Special Topic in Irish Writing
- Renaissance Performance, Gender, Space
- Contemporary Irish and Scottish Fiction Devolutionary Identities
- The Structure of English
- Representing the Working Class
- Writing New York, 1880-1940
- Contemporary Poetry
- Irish Gothic
- In Gods We Trust: The New Anthropology of Religion
- Writing Africa: The Colonial Past to Colonial Present
- Work-based Learning
- Anthropology Dissertation
- Love Across the Divide: Northern Irish Literature and Culture 1968-Present
- Anthropology and Roma
- Music, Power and Conflict
- Cognition and Culture
- Shakespeare's History Plays: Then and Now
Questions about this course
How much do graduates of BA Anthropology and English at Queen's University Belfast earn?
The median salary is £25,000 after 15 months. After fifteen months the middle half of graduates earn between £23,500 and £28,000. The £25,000 median after fifteen months is £2,500 less than the UK median for Anthropology.
What do graduates of BA Anthropology and English at Queen's University Belfast do next?
92% were in work or further study 15 months after finishing (Graduate Outcomes 2023-24).
Are students happy with the teaching on BA Anthropology and English at Queen's University Belfast?
91% of final-year students were positive about the teaching in the National Student Survey 2025-26.
What grades do I need for BA Anthropology and English at Queen's University Belfast?
The typical offer is ABB at A level, or 33 points in the IB. The average entrant had 156 UCAS points.
How many students continue on BA Anthropology and English at Queen's University Belfast?
92% of students continued into their second year, and 8% left higher education.