BALiterature and Art History

Study location	United Kingdom, Colchester Campus
Type	Bachelor courses, full-time
Nominal duration	3 years
Study language	English
Awards	BA
Course code	QV23

Entry qualification	High school / secondary education (or higher)

Language requirements	English Accepted proof of proficiency: Cambridge English, IELTS, TOEFL or other equivalent IELTS: 6.0 TOEFL (IBT): 76 CAE: B2 with 52+ CAE (from Jan 15): 169+

Other requirements	At least 1 reference(s) must be provided.

More information	essex.ac.uk/..tercourse=UG00248&subgroup=1

Overview

Interested? To learn more about this study programme, entry requirements and application process, please contact one of our consultants in a country nearest to you.

Programme structure

Year 1

Art and Ideas: I(A)
Art and Ideas: I(B)
Culture, Work and Society
Literature: Origins and Transformations
Art, Sex and Death (optional)
The Enlightenment (optional)

Year 2

Art and Ideas II: More Art, More Ideas – Critique and Historiography in the History of Art
Early Modern Literature
United States Literature Since 1850 (optional)
After Impressionism: European Art From Van Gogh to Klimt (optional)
Becoming Modern: European Art From Futurism to Surrealism (optional)
Picturing the City I (optional)

Final year

Picturing the City II (optional)
The Work of Art in the Age of Digital Reproduction: Film, New Media, Software and the Internet (optional)
Hollywood Directors (optional)
Arthurian Literature (optional)
Study Trip Abroad (Final Year) (optional)
Visualising Bodies (optional)
The Story and Myth of the West (optional)
Dreaming and Writing (optional)

Career opportunities

The number of careers that lead from courses in literature is almost as large as the number of graduates, but two particular areas in which our graduates have had recent success are publishing and the theatre. One of our former students is now in charge of editorial at a large publishing house, and another has just taken over running one of the country’s major theatres.

Our recent graduates have gone on to work in a wide range of desirable roles including:

The Civil Service
Journalism and broadcasting
Marketing
Museum and library work
Commerce and finance
Teaching