BA English Literature and History
About this course
BA (Hons) in English Language and Literature and History, combining literary study with historical analysis. Core topics include Research Methods, Fieldwork, Historical Research, Communication & Writing, and Critical & Analytical Thinking. The course includes an independent research project or dissertation in the final year. Students have access to twelve miles of archives at The Hive and research trips to Worcester Cathedral Library.
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Entry requirements
UCAS tariff points: 104 A-level: BCC BTEC National Extended Diploma: DMM T-level: Merit
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What students say
Based on about 16 final-year students who answered, across similar courses at this university (a small group: a rough guide only)
- Teaching on my course: 83%
- Learning opportunities: 79%
- Assessment and feedback: 88%
- Academic support: 91%
- Organisation and management: 91%
- Learning resources: 95%
- Student voice: 79%
Do students stay on the course?
Based on about 35 students who started, across similar courses at this university
- Continued on course: 85%
- Left higher education: 15%
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: 50%
- Working and studying: 20%
- Further study: 15%
Most common jobs
- Teaching Professionals: 30%
- Elementary occupations: 20%
- Business and public service associate professionals: 15%
- Administrative occupations: 5%
- Teaching and Childcare Support Occupation: 5%
- Find their work meaningful: 85%
- Feel on track for their future plans: 90%
- Use what they learnt on the course: 85%
Where graduates work (5 years on)
Based on about 65 graduates, across similar courses at this university
- North West: 2%
- Yorkshire and the Humber: 2%
- West Midlands: 80%
- East of England: 3%
- London: 5%
- South West: 7%
- Wales: 2%
- Scotland: 1%
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: 90%
- Baccalaureate: 5%
- Access course: 5%
- Other HE qualification: 5%
Accreditation & quality ratings
TEF 2023 (whole university): Silver overall, Silver for student experience, Silver for student outcomes.
Modules
- Britain since the Reformation
- Reconstructing the past: Academic, public and popular history
- Literary Forms and Genres
- Ways of Reading, Ways of Writing
- Writing Worcester Past and Present
- Exploring the Canon: Literary Theory and Practice
- Movement and Migration
- Politics, Sex and Identity in the Early Modern World
- Shakespeare: Stage, Page and Screen
- Gothic and Romantic Literature
- Spaces of Modernity
- Children’s Literature
- Work Project
- Historical research: Method and practice
- The American century, 1917-2001
- The German empire, 1862-1918
- History work experience module
- The Making of Modern Ireland: Conflict, Revolution and Partition
- 'A people's war'? Britain and the Second World War
- Georgian Britain and the Atlantic world, 1760-1820
- Heritage tourism and place promotion
- Independent Research Project (Dissertation equivalent module)
- Justice and Revenge: from Tragedy to the Western
- Postcolonial Encounters
- Writing and the Environment
- War and Conflict
- Gendering Voices
- Literatures and Cultures: International Explorations
- Queer Bodies, Queer Texts
- Metamorphoses: Literature and Adaptation
- The good war: The USA and World War Two
- The Atlantic slave trade and abolition
- Nazi Germany
- Research experience module
- Blood and Oil: Iraq since the Fall of the Ottoman Empire
- Gender, sexuality and welfare: The body in history
- Witchcraft and the Devil
- Japan's world, 1854-1951
Questions about this course
How much do graduates of BA English Literature and History at University of Worcester earn?
The median salary is £19,500 after 3 years, £25,500 after 5 years. After five years the middle half of graduates earn between £20,500 and £30,500. The £25,500 median after five years is £2,500 less than the UK median for Literature in English.
What do graduates of BA English Literature and History at University of Worcester do next?
85% 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 History at University of Worcester?
83% 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 History at University of Worcester?
The typical offer is BCC at A level. The average entrant had 103 UCAS points.
Does BA English Literature and History at University of Worcester include a placement year or year abroad?
The course has an optional year abroad.
How many students continue on BA English Literature and History at University of Worcester?
85% of students continued into their second year, and 15% left higher education.