STA Programme Requirements 2025/26

1. Comparative Literature

First Year 2025-26	Second Year 2025-26	Final Year 2025-26
COM4212 Knowledge and Power (30 credits) COM4211 Beyond Compare: Literature Across Borders (15 credits) COM4213 Understanding Global Cultures: Exploring the Big Questions (15 credits) LIN4218 What is Language? (15 credits) LIN4214 Myths and debates about human language (15 credits) 30 credits of LIN-coded modules at Level 4	COM5217 Adventures in World Literature (15 credits) 15 credits of Level 5 COM/SML-coded modules at Level 5 45 credits of LIN-coded modules at Level 5 30 credits of optional modules at Level 5 from the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences 30 credits of optional modules at Level 4, Level 5, or Level 6 from the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences	COM6219 Literary Culture in the Digital Age (15 credits) 30 credits of COM/SML-coded modules at Level 6 45 credits of LIN-coded modules at Level 6 30 credits of optional modules at Level 5 or 6 from the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences

All students are required to take 120 credits in each academic year. It is not possible to take less, or more than 120 credits.
Students should normally take a balance of 60-60 credits worth of modules in each semester. A 75-45 split might be accepted as an exception, but it will mean a workload-heavy Semester 1 that students may find challenging. A 45-75 split is not permitted.
Some programmes allow modules to be taken at a different level of the student’s programme of study (first year = Level 4, second year = Level 5, final year = Level 6), but we strongly recommend that students going into their second year choose all their credits to be at Level 5, and students going into their final year choose all their credits to be at Level 6. This is to ensure that students meet their progression and/or degree classification requirements as explained in the Academic Regulations.