BA English with Digital Media Production
About this course
The BA (Hons) English with Digital Media Production is an undergraduate degree combining literary study with creative media practices and digital storytelling. Core topics include Programming, Research Methods, Critical & Analytical Thinking, and Design & Creative Practice. Students can optionally undertake a professional placement year or spend time studying abroad. The first year introduces foundational literary criticism and creative writing alongside introductory media production subjects through compulsory modules such as University English Literature: An Introduction, Theory and Other Monsters, and Professional and Creative Writing: An Introduction. The second year expands into diverse historical periods, genres, and applied digital media topics including interactive and immersive formats. The third year offers dedicated professional experience through an English Placement or international study through an English Abroad (DIAS) module. The final year centers on independent inquiry and enterprise skills via compulsory modules including Dissertation, Research Design, and Enterprise Project, supplemented by a wide range of advanced literature options.
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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: 86%
- Learning opportunities: 85%
- Assessment and feedback: 83%
- Academic support: 94%
- Organisation and management: 75%
- Learning resources: 96%
- Student voice: 79%
Do students stay on the course?
Based on about 155 students who started, across similar courses at this university
- Continued on course: 88%
- Left higher education: 9%
- Moved to a lower qualification: 4%
What graduates do next
Based on about 6 graduates who answered, across similar courses at this university (a small group: a rough guide only)
- Working: 55%
- Further study: 15%
- Unemployed: 10%
Most common jobs
- Administrative occupations: 25%
- Teaching Professionals: 15%
- Leisure, travel and related personal service occupations: 15%
- Business and public service associate professionals: 10%
- Teaching and Childcare Support Occupation: 10%
- Find their work meaningful: 55%
- Feel on track for their future plans: 40%
- Use what they learnt on the course: 40%
Who gets in
Based on about 160 students who started, across similar courses at this university
- A levels: 95%
- Other HE qualification: 3%
- Other qualifications: 1%
Modules
- University English Literature: An Introduction
- Theory and Other Monsters
- Professional and Creative Writing: An Introduction
- Irish Literature and Society: An Introduction
- Writing Matters
- Pandemic Prose in the Viral Village
- Motion Graphics
- Web Design
- Graphic Design
- Video Production
- Early Modern English Culture 1509-1659: Poetry, Prose, Drama
- Tales of the Familiar and the Exotic: The Beginnings of Modern Fiction in English
- Rhymes Of Passion: A Brief History Of Love Poetry
- Writing and Editing
- Modern Dramand Its Influences
- Sex and the City of God: religion and sexuality in American literature
- Angels, Madwomen and Whores
- Writing the North: Ulster Literature
- Contemporary World Fiction in English
- How It Is: Samuel Beckett Studies
- Adaptation and Historical Fiction
- Gothic and Romantic Writing
- English Exchange 1
- English Exchange 2
- English Exchange 3
- English Exchange 4
- English Exchange 5
- English Exchange 6
- Eighteenth-Century Literature
- Detective Fiction
- Writing and Publishing
- Interactive Media
- Digital Storytelling
- Media Law and Regulation
- Data Storytelling
- Immersive Media
- Audience Development
- English Placement
- English Abroad (DIAS)
- Black Lives Recovered and Remade
- The ‘Impact of Translation’ in Modern Irish and British Literature
- Dissertation
- Research Design
- Enterprise Project
- Nineteenth-Century Literature
- Twentieth-Century Literature
- How to be Modern: Writing from the Jazz Age, 1910-1930
- Bonnets, Beards and Bastards: The Fiction of the Victorian Period
- Nineteenth-Century American Literature
- Twentieth-Century American Literature
- Body, Mind and Soul in Novels and Non-Fiction from Addison to Austen
- The Ulster-Scots Literary Tradition 1750 - 2000
- From The Vote To The Pill: C20th And C21st Women's Writing
- Writing Ireland: Ulysses to Normal People
- Shakespeare
- Narratives of Slavery
Questions about this course
How much do graduates of BA English with Digital Media Production at Ulster University earn?
The median salary is £24,000 after 15 months. After fifteen months the middle half of graduates earn between £20,000 and £26,000. The £24,000 median after fifteen months is £3,000 less than the UK median for English studies.
What do graduates of BA English with Digital Media Production at Ulster University 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 with Digital Media Production at Ulster University?
86% of final-year students were positive about the teaching in the National Student Survey 2025-26.
What grades do I need for BA English with Digital Media Production at Ulster University?
The average entrant had 133 UCAS points.
Does BA English with Digital Media Production at Ulster University 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 with Digital Media Production at Ulster University?
88% of students continued into their second year, and 9% left higher education.