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English with Year Abroad (BA)

Award
Bachelor of Arts
Duration
4 years
Course Type
Full-time
Campus
Avenue
UCAS Course code
Q301

About this course

At Southampton English is an interdisciplinary course. You’ll see how literature connects with areas such as film, science, performance and politics. You can study everything from medieval travellers’ tales to modern fictions of globalisation. A year abroad will enhance your understanding of visual arts and let you experience a new culture.

With our advice, you can shape your degree to suit your own development. For example, you can:

  • write avant-garde poetry

  • study Victorian sensation fiction

  • take a range of modules on women writers

Your studies will include critical analysis, presentations and group work. These will help you develop your conceptual thinking, communication and research skills. You can take modules that support your year abroad, like a modern language or European politics.

Our year abroad partner universities in Europe include:

  • Barcelona

  • Prague

  • Frankfurt

  • Lausanne

You can also choose universities outside Europe, including:

  • the United States

  • Canada

  • Australia

  • South Korea

Your lectures will be in English but you will have opportunities to develop your language skills.

As part of your English study abroad degree you can:

Course location

This course is based at Avenue.

Awarding body

This qualification is awarded by the University of Southampton.

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Changes due to COVID-19

Although the COVID-19 situation is improving, any future restrictions could mean we might have to change the way parts of our teaching and learning take place in 2022 to 2023. This means that some of the information on this course page may be subject to change.

Find out more on our COVID advice page.

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