BA English Literature and Drama with a Placement Year
About this course
BA (Hons) in English Language and Literature and Performance and design for theatre and screen. Core topics include Research Methods. The third year is spent on a professional placement. Students work in a professional Drama Studio and contribute to the student-run Minotaur Theatre Company.
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Entry requirements
A level: ABB including English Literature or one of the subjects listed below.
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What students say
Based on about 15 final-year students who answered, across similar courses at this university (a small group: a rough guide only)
- Teaching on my course: 95%
- Learning opportunities: 84%
- Assessment and feedback: 80%
- Academic support: 88%
- Organisation and management: 79%
- Learning resources: 90%
- Student voice: 84%
Do students stay on the course?
Based on about 20 students who started, across similar courses at this university (a small group: a rough guide only)
- Continued on course: 80%
- Left higher education: 15%
- Moved to a lower qualification: 5%
What graduates do next
Based on about 10 graduates who answered, across similar courses at this university (a small group: a rough guide only)
- Working: 65%
- Working and studying: 10%
- Further study: 15%
- Unemployed: 5%
Most common jobs
- Elementary occupations: 20%
- Teaching Professionals: 15%
- Artistic, literary and media occupations: 15%
- Teaching and Childcare Support Occupation: 10%
- Skilled trades occupations: 10%
- Find their work meaningful: 80%
- Feel on track for their future plans: 50%
- Use what they learnt on the course: 50%
Where graduates work (5 years on)
Based on about 35 graduates, across similar courses at this university
- Yorkshire and the Humber: 5%
- East Midlands: 10%
- East of England: 20%
- London: 45%
- South East: 20%
Who gets in
Based on about 25 students who started, across similar courses at this university (a small group: a rough guide only)
- A levels: 80%
- Baccalaureate: 5%
- Other HE qualification: 15%
Accreditation & quality ratings
TEF 2023 (whole university): Silver overall, Silver for student experience, Silver for student outcomes.
Modules
- HUM PLACEMENT YEAR
- WORKING IN THE THEATRE 1: INTRODUCTION TO TECHNICAL THEATRE
- THE ACTOR'S CRAFT
- READING NOW
- GLOBAL THEATRES
- EPIC STORYTELLING AND ANCIENT MYTH
- WRITING ACROSS BORDERS
- APPLIED DRAMA AND CREATIVE INDUSTRIES
- LITERATURE STUDIES SEMESTER ABROAD (SPRING)
- FILMMAKING AND MULTIMEDIA PERFORMANCE
- SCENOGRAPHY, DESIGN AND TECHNICAL THEATRE
- POPULAR THEATRE AND PERFORMANCE
- DEVISED THEATRE
- THE ACTOR'S WORK
- THEATRE DIRECTING
- VICTORIAN WRITING
- CRITICAL THEORY AND PRACTICE
- SHAKESPEARE (PRE-1789)
- MEDIEVAL WRITING: QUEST, FABLE AND ROMANCE (PRE-1789)
- ROMANTIC TRANSFORMATIONS: 1740-1830
- EARLY MODERN WRITING 1600-1740: THE MAKING OF ENGLISH LITERATURE (PRE-1789)
- MODERNISM: THE ART OF EXPERIMENT
- THE WRITING OF JOURNALISM (AUT)
- INTERMEDIATE FRENCH I - A2+ CEFR
- BEGINNERS' FRENCH I - A1 CEFR (SPRING START)
- INTERMEDIATE GERMAN I - A2 CEFR
- BEGINNERS' ARABIC II
- BEGINNERS' FRENCH II - A2 CEFR
- BEGINNERS' JAPANESE I
- BEGINNERS' ARABIC I
- ADAPTATION: CROSS-MEDIA TRANSFORMATIONS
- BEGINNERS RUSSIAN I (SPRING START)
- BEGINNERS' ITALIAN II - A2 CEFR
- INTRODUCTION TO BRITISH SIGN LANGUAGE I
- CREATIVE WRITING: INTRODUCTION (SPR)
- THE SHORT STORY (AUT)
- BEGINNERS' SPANISH II - A2 CEFR
- LGBT AND BEYOND: SEXUAL CULTURES, QUEER IDENTITIES, AND THE POLITICS OF DESIRE
- BEGINNERS' CHINESE I
- BEGINNERS' FRENCH I - A1 CEFR
- BEGINNERS' RUSSIAN I - A1 CEFR
- BEGINNERS' GERMAN I - A1.1 CEFR
- MAKING IT PUBLIC: PUBLISHING, AUDIENCE, & CREATIVE ENTERPRISE
- BEGINNERS' GERMAN I (SPRING START) - A1 CEFR
- ADVANCED ENGLISH II - B2 CEFR
- BEGINNERS' JAPANESE II
- BEGINNERS' SPANISH I - A1 CEFR
- READING AND WRITING CONTEMPORARY POETRY
- LITERATURE AND PHILOSOPHY
- BEGINNERS' ARABIC I (SPRING START)
- BEGINNERS' RUSSIAN II - A2 CEFR
- INTRODUCTION TO BRITISH SIGN LANGUAGE II
- INTERMEDIATE GERMAN II - B1 CEFR
- BEGINNERS' JAPANESE I (SPRING START)
- INTERMEDIATE FRENCH II - B1 CEFR
- BEGINNERS' ITALIAN I - A1 CEFR
- INTRODUCTION TO BRITISH SIGN LANGUAGE I (SPRING START)
- BEGINNERS' SPANISH I - A1 CEFR (SPRING START)
- INTERMEDIATE SPANISH II B1 CEFR
- BEGINNERS' GERMAN II - A1.2 CEFR
- ADVANCED ENGLISH I
- BEGINNERS' CHINESE II
- INTERMEDIATE SPANISH I - A2+ CEFR
- SELVES, IDENTITIES AND PERFORMANCE
- THE ACTOR'S ART
- PRODUCTION
- RADICAL PERFORMANCE
- MONSTERS, MARVELS AND CREATIVE MEDIEVAL HERITAGE (PRE-1789)
- IMAGINARY ENDINGS: BRITISH FICTION AND THE APOCALYPSE
- THE BIRTH OF THE GOTHIC: ROMANCE, REVOLUTION, EMPIRE
- SHAKESPEARE'S DRAMATIC WORLDS (PRE-1789)
- BANNED BOOKS
- MYTHOS: REWRITING THE CLASSICS (PRE-1789)
- THE ART OF MURDER
- THE ART OF EMOTION: READING AND WRITING FEELING
- LITERATURE DISSERTATION: POST-1789 (AUT)
- LITERATURE DISSERTATION: POST-1789 (SPR)
- LITERATURE DISSERTATION: (PRE-1789) (SPR)
- WOMEN'S WRITING IN EARLY-MODERN BRITAIN: THE EMERGENCE OF FEMALE AUTHORSHIP (PRE-1789)
- LITERATURE DISSERTATION: (PRE-1789) (AUT)
Questions about this course
How much do graduates of BA English Literature and Drama with a Placement Year at University of East Anglia earn?
The median salary is £26,000 after 15 months, £20,000 after 3 years, £27,000 after 5 years. After five years the middle half of graduates earn between £21,000 and £37,000. The £27,000 median after five years is £1,000 less than the UK median for Literature in English.
What do graduates of BA English Literature and Drama with a Placement Year at University of East Anglia 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 English Literature and Drama with a Placement Year at University of East Anglia?
95% 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 and Drama with a Placement Year at University of East Anglia?
The typical offer is ABB at A level. The average entrant had 133 UCAS points.
Does BA English Literature and Drama with a Placement Year at University of East Anglia include a placement year or year abroad?
The course has a compulsory placement year.
How many students continue on BA English Literature and Drama with a Placement Year at University of East Anglia?
80% of students continued into their second year, and 15% left higher education.