BA English Literature with Foundation
About this course
BA in English Language and Literature, exploring literature across genres and periods. Core topics include Research Methods, Critical & Analytical Thinking, and Global & Comparative Perspective. The four-year programme includes a foundation year designed to prepare students for undergraduate-level study, and culminates in a supervised dissertation based on independent research.
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Entry requirements
A level: CCD We welcome applicants from non-traditional educational backgrounds (for example, mature students, students who study part-time or those who have studied at International Schools in the UK or elsewhere) and will consider applicants on a case-by-case basis. IB: 24 points overall
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What students say
Based on about 49 final-year students who answered, across similar courses at this university
- Teaching on my course: 92%
- Learning opportunities: 88%
- Assessment and feedback: 84%
- Academic support: 92%
- Organisation and management: 85%
- Learning resources: 91%
- Student voice: 86%
Do students stay on the course?
Based on about 15 students who started (a small group: a rough guide only)
- Continued on course: 70%
- Left higher education: 30%
What graduates do next
Based on about 36 graduates who answered, across similar courses at this university
- Working: 56%
- Working and studying: 22%
- Further study: 14%
- Unemployed: 2%
Most common jobs
- Administrative occupations: 20%
- Teaching Professionals: 20%
- Business and public service associate professionals: 10%
- Elementary occupations: 10%
- Teaching and Childcare Support Occupation: 5%
- Find their work meaningful: 75%
- Feel on track for their future plans: 50%
- Use what they learnt on the course: 60%
Where graduates work (5 years on)
Based on about 205 graduates, across similar courses at this university
- North West: 1%
- Yorkshire and the Humber: 2%
- East Midlands: 5%
- West Midlands: 4%
- East of England: 11%
- London: 23%
- South East: 38%
- South West: 12%
- Wales: 4%
Who gets in
Based on about 10 students who started (a small group: a rough guide only)
- A levels: 100%
Accreditation & quality ratings
TEF 2023 (whole university): Silver overall, Silver for student experience, Silver for student outcomes.
Modules
- Learning for Change: Academic Skills and Sustainable Development
- Global Identities
- Film Narrative
- Environmental Humanities
- Changing Identities
- Introducing Language and Communication
- Theory and Practice of Writing
- Introduction to Drama
- Poetry in English
- Prose: Writing Identities
- Modern American Culture and Counterculture
- What Is Comparative Literature?
- Thinking Translation: History and Theory
- Myth, Legend and Romance: Medieval Storytelling
- Victorian Literature
- Contemporary Fiction
- Creative Writing: Creative Non-Fiction
- Modernism in Poetry and Fiction
- Enlightenment Revolution and Romanticism
- Writing in the Public Sphere
- Writing America: Perspectives on the Nation
- The Business of Books
- Early Modern Literature
- Critical Thinking
- Dissertation
- British Black and Asian Voices: 1948 to the Present
- Lyric Voices, 1340-1650
- Utopia and Dystopia in English and American Literature
- The Writer’s Workshop: Studying Manuscripts
- Literature and Mental Health
- From Romance to Fantasy
- Psychoanalysis and Text
- Shakespeare on Film
- James Joyce
- Decadence and Degeneration: Literature of the 1890s
- Placing Jane Austen
- Environment, Ecology and Literature
- Literature and Healing
- Medieval Other worlds
- The Bloody Stage: Revenge and Death in Renaissance Drama
- Writing Women: Nineteenth Century Poetry
- Global Literatures: Translation as Theme and Theory
- Margaret Atwood
- Modern and Contemporary British Poetry
- American Graphic Novels
- Children's Literature
Questions about this course
How much do graduates of BA English Literature with Foundation at University of Reading earn?
The median salary is £26,000 after 15 months, £23,000 after 3 years, £29,000 after 5 years. After five years the middle half of graduates earn between £25,000 and £35,500. The £29,000 median after five years is £1,000 more than the UK median for Literature in English.
What do graduates of BA English Literature with Foundation at University of Reading 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 English Literature with Foundation at University of Reading?
92% 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 with Foundation at University of Reading?
The typical offer is CCD at A level, or 24 points in the IB. The average entrant had 85 UCAS points.
How many students continue on BA English Literature with Foundation at University of Reading?
70% of students continued into their second year, and 30% left higher education.