BA Media and English Literature,
About this course
BA in English Language and Literature and Film Studies. Core topics include research methods. Modules in public relations and digital communication are available through the medium of Welsh. Work experience placements are incorporated into the programme, and students produce original content across media platforms.
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What students say
Based on about 46 final-year students who answered, across similar courses at this university
- Teaching on my course: 93%
- Learning opportunities: 89%
- Assessment and feedback: 94%
- Academic support: 99%
- Organisation and management: 89%
- Learning resources: 89%
- Student voice: 84%
Do students stay on the course?
Based on about 85 students who started, across similar courses at this university
- Continued on course: 94%
- Left higher education: 6%
What graduates do next
Based on about 28 graduates who answered, across similar courses at this university (a small group: a rough guide only)
- Working: 70%
- Working and studying: 10%
- Further study: 15%
- Unemployed: 5%
Most common jobs
- Elementary occupations: 15%
- Teaching Professionals: 15%
- Artistic, literary and media occupations: 15%
- Secretarial and related occupations: 10%
- Sales occupations: 10%
- Find their work meaningful: 85%
- Feel on track for their future plans: 90%
- Use what they learnt on the course: 60%
Where graduates work (5 years on)
Based on about 60 graduates, across similar courses at this university
- North West: 2%
- East Midlands: 2%
- West Midlands: 1%
- East of England: 2%
- London: 7%
- South East: 5%
- South West: 11%
- Wales: 70%
- Scotland: 2%
Who gets in
Based on about 85 students who started, across similar courses at this university
- A levels: 89%
- Access course: 1%
- A degree: 2%
- Other HE qualification: 3%
- Other qualifications: 5%
Modules
- Theorising Gothic Texts
- Discovering Literature
- Introduction to Media and Communication
- Creative Media Platforms
- Platfformau Cyfryngau Creadigol
- Public Relations: Strategic Communications
- Cysylltiadau Cyhoeddus: Cyfathrebu Strategol
- Who Sings America? Literature and Culture of the United States
- Approaches to Gender in English Literature
- Theorising the Media
- Digital Content Creation
- Creu Cynnwys Digidol
- Approaches to Film Analysis
- Social Media Cultures
- Adaptation: Storytelling Across Media
- Cyfathrebu Digidol
- Llygad y Gwir – Archwilio Dogfen
- Debating Texts: Theory in Literature
- Revolution of the Word: Modernism
- Exploring the Bloody Chamber: Medieval to Postmodern
- Fragments of Union: The Cultural Making and Breaking of Britain
- Contentious Shakespeare
- Medieval Encounters
- Introduction to Writing Poetry
- Introduction to Writing Fiction
- Race and Ethnicity: American Perspectives
- Techniques of Seeing
- Introduction to Writing Drama
- American Word / American Image
- Writing a Short Film
- Media and Identities
- Dissertation Preparation
- Reporting the 21st Century
- Sports Public Relations
- Game Over - Press Start to Continue: Critical Game Studies
- 'Reclaim the Frame': Women and Screen Media
- Keeping it Reel – Studying Documentary
- Cynllunio Cynhyrchiad Aml-blatfform
- Strategy, Marketing and Branding
- Digital Futures
- Practical Web Technologies
- Journalism in Practice
- Dissertation
- Science Fiction and Media
- PR: Contemporary Issues and Challenges
- Llygad y Gwir – Archwilio Dogfen
- Creu Cynhyrchiad Aml-Blatfform
- Contemporary Film and Television
- Dissertation - English Literature
- Welsh Gothic / Gothic Wales
- Written in Blood: Reading the Vampire
- Graphic Novel
- African American Literature 1910-1940: The Harlem Renaissance
- Chaucer
- Stylistics
- Plato's Republic
- Madness, Malady and Melancholia: Literature and Medicine from Genesis to Genomes
- The Swansea University International Dylan Thomas Prize Module
- Beyond Shakespeare
- Further Fiction Writing
- Further Creative Non Fiction
- Creative Writing Personal Project
- Further Poetry Writing
Questions about this course
How much do graduates of BA Media and English Literature, at Swansea University earn?
The median salary is £26,500 after 15 months, £20,000 after 3 years, £23,500 after 5 years. After five years the middle half of graduates earn between £20,500 and £28,500. The £23,500 median after five years is £4,500 less than the UK median for Literature in English.
What do graduates of BA Media and English Literature, at Swansea University do next?
90% were in work or further study 15 months after finishing (Graduate Outcomes 2023-24).
Are students happy with the teaching on BA Media and English Literature, at Swansea University?
93% of final-year students were positive about the teaching in the National Student Survey 2025-26.
What grades do I need for BA Media and English Literature, at Swansea University?
The average entrant had 116 UCAS points.
How many students continue on BA Media and English Literature, at Swansea University?
94% of students continued into their second year, and 6% left higher education.