BA English Language and Literature
About this course
BA (Hons) in English Language and Linguistics and English Language and Literature. Core topics include Research Methods. Students complete an independent dissertation project in the final year.
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Entry requirements
A level: BBB IB: 32 points
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What students say
Based on about 13 final-year students who answered, across similar courses at this university (a small group: a rough guide only)
- Teaching on my course: 87%
- Learning opportunities: 82%
- Assessment and feedback: 89%
- Academic support: 100%
- Organisation and management: 88%
- Learning resources: 98%
- Student voice: 90%
Do students stay on the course?
Based on about 10 students who started (a small group: a rough guide only)
- Continued on course: 90%
- Left higher education: 10%
Where graduates work (5 years on)
Based on about 30 graduates, across similar courses at this university
- Yorkshire and the Humber: 5%
- East Midlands: 5%
- East of England: 5%
- London: 15%
- South East: 55%
- South West: 15%
Who gets in
Based on about 10 students who started (a small group: a rough guide only)
- A levels: 80%
- Access course: 10%
- Other HE qualification: 10%
Accreditation & quality ratings
TEF 2023 (whole university): Silver overall, Bronze for student experience, Silver for student outcomes.
Modules
- Burning to Read
- Language and Interaction
- How Languages Work
- World Making
- Language for Life
- Representing Realities
- Global Modernisms
- In the Embers of Empire: Reading Postcolonial Texts Today
- Literature and Philosophy
- Novels (how to read them and why)
- The Art of Short Fiction
- Word & Image
- From Papyrus to Pixel
- History of English
- Language and Society
- English Literature Dissertation
- Research Dissertation (English Language)
- Emerging Topics in Linguistics
- Just Semantics
- Linguistic Consultancy
- Posthuman/Premodern
- Serial Fictions
- Topics in African American Literature
- Virginia Woolf
- Wollstonecraft and After: Gender, Writing and the Public Sphere
- Writing Race, Gender, and the Social: Experiments Beyond Representation
- Championing Literacy Placement
- Child Language Acquisition
- Decolonial Literature, Politics, Writing
- Forensic Linguistics
- Gender, Race and Society in Early Modern Drama
- Modern Nature
- Queer Fictions
- Sussex Modernism
- Understanding Political Language
Questions about this course
How much do graduates of BA English Language and Literature at University of Sussex earn?
The median salary is £22,500 after 3 years, £28,000 after 5 years. After five years the middle half of graduates earn between £22,000 and £32,500. The £28,000 median after five years is the same as the UK median for English language.
Are students happy with the teaching on BA English Language and Literature at University of Sussex?
87% of final-year students were positive about the teaching in the National Student Survey 2025-26.
What grades do I need for BA English Language and Literature at University of Sussex?
The typical offer is BBB at A level, or 32 points in the IB. The average entrant had 136 UCAS points.
Does BA English Language and Literature at University of Sussex 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 Language and Literature at University of Sussex?
90% of students continued into their second year, and 10% left higher education.