BA English and Philosophy
About this course
BA in English and Philosophy, a joint honours degree in English and Philosophy spanning literature, language, and philosophical inquiry. Core topics include Critical & Analytical Thinking and Research Methods. Students can also choose modules from outside these subjects during the first year. The first year introduces foundational study through Renaissance to Revolution: Early Modern Literature, Writing Revolutions: Restoration to Romanticism, Sounds and Structures of English, Linguistic Theory, Writing Philosophy, and Reason and Argument. The second year progresses through Romantics, Victorians and Moderns (a), Phonetics, First Language Acquisition, Ethics: From Theory to Practice, and Philosophy of the Arts. The final year centres on group research through Project Module 1 alongside optional study in areas such as early modern drama, historical pragmatics, and advanced syntax.
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Entry requirements
A Level: ABB IB: 33; 32, with B in the extended essay
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Admissions (2022 entry, home applicants)
Offer rate 96%: 48 offers from 50 applications, from the university's Freedom of Information return.
What students say
Based on about 11 final-year students who answered (a small group: a rough guide only)
- Teaching on my course: 94%
- Learning opportunities: 80%
- Assessment and feedback: 74%
- Academic support: 73%
- Organisation and management: 65%
- Learning resources: 86%
- Student voice: 79%
Do students stay on the course?
Based on about 20 students who started (a small group: a rough guide only)
- Continued on course: 90%
- Left higher education: 10%
What graduates do next
Based on about 7 graduates who answered (a small group: a rough guide only)
- Working: 50%
- Working and studying: 20%
- Unemployed: 10%
Most common jobs
- Teaching Professionals: 25%
- Elementary occupations: 20%
- Administrative occupations: 15%
- Managers, directors and senior officials: 10%
- Business and public service associate professionals: 10%
- Find their work meaningful: 80%
- Feel on track for their future plans: 60%
- Use what they learnt on the course: 50%
Where graduates work (5 years on)
Based on about 105 graduates, across similar courses at this university
- North East: 3%
- North West: 15%
- Yorkshire and the Humber: 17%
- East Midlands: 6%
- West Midlands: 6%
- East of England: 7%
- London: 29%
- South East: 11%
- South West: 5%
Who gets in
Based on about 20 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
- Renaissance to Revolution: Early Modern Literature
- Writing Revolutions: Restoration to Romanticism
- Contemporary Literature
- Hybrid Forms: Reading Genre
- Wonders, Warriors, and Werewolves: Intro to Medieval Literature and Language
- Reading Theatre and Film
- Myth, Scripture and Story: Biblical and Classical Sources in English Literature
- Climate Crisis: Culture, Politics, Activism
- Darwin, Marx, Freud
- Sounds and Structures of English
- Linguistic Theory
- History of English
- Early Englishes
- Language and Creativity
- Living Englishes
- Writing Philosophy
- Reason and Argument
- Mind and World
- History of Philosophy
- Death and Killing
- Religion, Reason and Reality
- Ethics and Society
- Science, Medicine and Society
- Bodies, Sex and Desires
- Try a new subject: The flexible structure of your first year at Sheffield means that you also have the chance to experie
- Romantics, Victorians and Moderns (a)
- English Works: Foundations
- Creative Writing Experiments
- Shakespeare: Page, Stage, Screen
- Hollywood Cinema
- English Works: Enhanced
- Chaucer
- Good Books: Intertextual Approaches to Literature and the Bible
- The Art and Politics of Hip Hop
- Phonetics
- First Language Acquisition
- Historical Linguistics
- Syntax
- Phonology
- The History of Persuasion
- Sociolinguistics
- Language and Cognition
- Exiles and Monsters: Reading Old English
- Narrative Experiments
- Ethics: From Theory to Practice
- Philosophy of the Arts
- Mind and Language
- Formal Logic
- Feminism
- Science and the Search for Reality
- The Philosophy of AI and Robotics
- Life Worth Living
- Social Justice Today
- Religion and the Good Life
- Global History of Philosophy
- Philosophy of Education
- Knowing and Being
- Political Philosophy
- Project Module 1
- The Invention of Romanticism
- Renaissance Literature, Modern Crisis
- Research Topics in Theatre and Film
- Mod Cons: Exploring the Long 20th Century
- Middlemarch
- The Idea of America
- Creative Writing: The Experimental Text
- Crime and Transgression in Romantic Literature
- Fin de siècle Gothic
- Chaucer
- Life After Death? Romantic Poets and Writing the Afterlife
- Reading Animals
- Privilege and Subversion in Early Modern Drama, 1580-1700
- Advanced Syntax
- Historical Pragmatics
- Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages
- Constructed Languages
- Second Language Acquisition
- Psychology of Language
- Project Module 2
- Language and Social Justice
- Communicating Philosophy
- Ethics and Belief
- Global Justice
- Memory and the Self
- The Science of Consciousness
- Pain, Pleasure, and Emotions
- Phenomenology
- Bodies and Souls
- Plato's Symposium
- Language, Speakers and the World
Questions about this course
How much do graduates of BA English and Philosophy at University of Sheffield earn?
The median salary is £29,000 after 15 months, £24,000 after 3 years, £32,500 after 5 years. After five years the middle half of graduates earn between £25,000 and £40,000. The £32,500 median after five years is £3,500 more than the UK median for English studies.
What do graduates of BA English and Philosophy at University of Sheffield do next?
70% were in work or further study 15 months after finishing (Graduate Outcomes 2023-24).
Are students happy with the teaching on BA English and Philosophy at University of Sheffield?
94% of final-year students were positive about the teaching in the National Student Survey 2025-26.
What grades do I need for BA English and Philosophy at University of Sheffield?
The typical offer is ABB at A level. The average entrant had 143 UCAS points.
What is the offer rate for BA English and Philosophy at University of Sheffield?
96% of home applicants received an offer for 2022 entry: 48 offers from 50 applications, according to the university's Freedom of Information return.
Does BA English and Philosophy at University of Sheffield include a placement year or year abroad?
The course has an optional placement year and an optional year abroad.
How many students continue on BA English and Philosophy at University of Sheffield?
90% of students continued into their second year, and 10% left higher education.