- UCAS course code
- QV33
- UCAS institution code
- M20
Bachelor of Arts (BA)
BA Art History and English Literature
Duration: 3 years
Year of entry: 2025
UCAS course code: QV33 / Institution code: M20
- Typical A-level offer: AAA including specific subjects
- Typical contextual A-level offer: ABB including specific subjects
- Refugee/care-experienced offer: ABC including specific subjects
- Typical International Baccalaureate offer: 36 points overall with 6,6,6 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:
The Global Renaissance
| Unit code | ENGL31291 |
|---|---|
| Credit rating | 20 |
| Unit level | Level 3 |
| Teaching period(s) | Semester 1 |
| Available as a free choice unit? | No |
Aims
The unit aims to:
- introduce students to key texts and themes from the Renaissance;
- introduce students to a range of genres including drama, travel writing and memoirs;
- analyse the ways in which the Renaissance was a period of global interactions and exchange which emerged in the literature of the period;
- to consider issues like gender and race as they affect the literature and culture of the Renaissance;
- to engage with selected critical writings pertinent to themes covered, including transculturality and race;
- to develop skills of critical thought, speech, and writing through engagement with primary and secondary materials, oral presentations and written assessments and;
- to develop teamwork skills through engagement in group presentations.
Knowledge and understanding
understand a range of texts from the English Renaissance as well as related secondary materials |
discuss Renaissance texts in detail in relation to their global transcultural and historical contexts as well as in relation to current critical and theoretical debates
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Intellectual skills
critically engage with a range of texts from the English Renaissance as well as related secondary materials
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put forward independent ideas in written and/or oral format and engage in group discussions
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Practical skills
identify and locate relevant primary and secondary material
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develop the dexterity to produce written work suited to both academic and broader settings
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produce and deliver a coherent oral and visual presentation making use of PowerPoint |
Transferable skills and personal qualities
present a coherent written and/or oral argument complete with digital/visual aids |
put forward independent ideas in group discussions and in oral presentations |
introduce unfamiliar material to a wider audience |
Employability skills
- Analytical skills
- Oral communication
- Written communication
Assessment methods
| Method | Weight |
|---|---|
| Other | 30% |
| Written assignment (inc essay) | 70% |
Feedback methods
Peer feedback within seminar one week prior to submission. Written feedback from instructor two weeks after submission. Written feedback three weeks following submission. In person feedback during office hours or by appointment.
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Recommended reading
William Shakespeare, Antony and Cleopatra
Christopher Marlowe, Tamburlaine the Great
Ben Jonson, The Masque of Blackness
Thomas Middleton, The Triumphs of Honour and Industry
Alexander Ross, The Alcoran of Mahomet
George Wilkins, John Day and William Rowley, The Travels of the Three English Brothers
Don Juan, Las Relaciones de Don Juan de Persia
Gulbadan Begam, Humayunnama
Study hours
| Scheduled activity hours | |
|---|---|
| Lectures | 11 |
| Seminars | 22 |
| Independent study hours | |
|---|---|
| Independent study | 167 |
Teaching staff
| Staff member | Role |
|---|---|
| Lubaaba Al-Azami | Unit coordinator |