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STA Programme Requirements 2025/26

3. English

3.1. English (WAYA)

First Year 2025-26 Second Year 2025-26 Final Year 2025-26
  • ESH102 Reading, Theory and Interpretation: Approaches to the Study of English Literature (30 credits)
  • ESH101 Shakespeare (30 credits)
  • ESH129 Literatures in Time: Epic and Romance in the Middle Ages (15 credits)
  • ESH124 Poetry (15 credits)
  • ESH126 London Global (30 credits)
  • 1 x 30 credits from List 1
  • 1 x 30 credits from List 2
  • 1 x 30 credits from List 3
  • EITHER:
  • 1 x 30 credits from List 1, List 2, List 3, List 4 or optional modules offered in the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences
  • Can take 30 credits of Language Modules offered in the School of the Arts at Level 4 OR 15 credits of BSc/LMM Modules at Level 4
  • ESH6000 English Research Dissertation (30 credits)
  • 60 credits of ESH-coded modules at Level 6
  • 30 credits optional modules 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.