- UCAS course code
- QT37
- UCAS institution code
- M20
Bachelor of Arts (BA)
BA English Literature and American Studies
English Literature and American Studies at Manchester combines literature with history, politics and popular culture of the United States.
Duration: 3 years
Year of entry: 2025
UCAS course code: QT37 / Institution code: M20
- Key features:
Study abroad
- Typical A-level offer: AAB including specific subjects
- Typical contextual A-level offer: ABC including specific subjects
- Refugee/care-experienced offer: ACC including specific subjects
- Typical International Baccalaureate offer: 35 points overall with 6,6,5 at HL including specific subjects
Fees and funding
Fees
Tuition fees for home students commencing their studies in September 2025 will be £9,535 per annum (subject to Parliamentary approval). Tuition fees for international students will be £26,500 per annum. For general information please see the undergraduate finance pages.
Policy on additional costs
All students should normally be able to complete their programme of study without incurring additional study costs over and above the tuition fee for that programme. Any unavoidable additional compulsory costs totalling more than 1% of the annual home undergraduate fee per annum, regardless of whether the programme in question is undergraduate or postgraduate taught, will be made clear to you at the point of application. Further information can be found in the University's Policy on additional costs incurred by students on undergraduate and postgraduate taught programmes (PDF document, 91KB).
Scholarships/sponsorships
- Find out more from student finance
- Eligible UK students can apply for bursaries and scholarships
- Funding for EU and international students is on our country-specific pages
- Many students work part-time or complete a student internship
Course unit details:
Long Essay
| Unit code | ENGL30001 |
|---|---|
| Credit rating | 20 |
| Unit level | Level 3 |
| Teaching period(s) | Semester 1 |
| Available as a free choice unit? | No |
Overview
This course gives students the freedom to formulate their own research topic and produce a 6000 word long essay on it. They are also required to produce an annotated bibliography to assist them in the formulation of a suitably focused research question.
Pre/co-requisites
THIS COURSE IS COMPULSORY FOR STUDENTS ON BA (HONS) ENGLISH LITERATURE
THIS COURSE IS OPTIONAL FOR STUDENTS ON JOINT HONOURS ENGLISH LITERATURE PROGRAMMES.
Aims
- To enable students to formulate a suitable topic for research based on their own interests;
- To develop students' abilities to research their chosen topic in order to meet the demands of an extended piece of written work;
- To develop the personal skills involved in defining, undertaking and completing a project
- To encourage students to assess, evaluate and deploy in their own work the available critical material on their chosen topic;
- To develop students' writing skills by encouraging them to think about the demands, in terms of form and complexity, of an extended piece of written work.
Learning outcomes
By the end of this course unit the successful student will have demonstrated:
- Independence in her/his ability to formulate a suitable research topic based on her/his own interests;
- Resourcefulness - including an ability to use electronic resources - in her/his ability to research that topic;
- The ability to assimilate and critically deploy critical material on that topic;
- The formal and intellectual skills requisite to the production of an extended piece of written work.
- An ability to undertake and complete an extended individual project
Teaching and learning methods
Three personal supervision meetings during Semester 2.
Employability skills
- Analytical skills
- Students taking this unit will be able to analyse and evaluate arguments and texts. Above all, committed students will emerge from this course unit with an advanced capacity to think critically, i.e. knowledgeably, rigorously, confidently and independently.
- Innovation/creativity
- On this unit students are encouraged to respond imaginatively and independently to the questions and ideas raised by texts and other media.
- Project management
- Students taking this unit will be able to work towards deadlines and to manage their time effectively.
- Research
- Students on this unit will be required to digest, summarise and present large amounts of information. They are encouraged to enrich their responses and arguments with a wide range of further reading.
- Written communication
- Students on this unit will develop their ability to write in a way that is lucid, precise and compelling.
Assessment methods
| Bibliographical essay | 15% |
| Long Essay | 85% |
Feedback methods
Written and face-to-face (upon arrangement)
Recommended reading
Students are encouraged to begin thinking about a research topic over the summer. Defining and forming a question, in consultation with a member of the academic staff, will be undertaken before the winter break. Further details on this will be distributed early in semester 1.
Study hours
| Scheduled activity hours | |
|---|---|
| Project supervision | 3 |
| Independent study hours | |
|---|---|
| Independent study | 197 |
Teaching staff
| Staff member | Role |
|---|---|
| Clara Dawson | Unit coordinator |