Programme Specification for the 2024/5 academic year
BA (Hons) English and Communications with Study Abroad
1. Programme Details
Programme name | BA (Hons) English and Communications with Study Abroad | Programme code | UFA4EGLEGL29 |
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Study mode(s) | Academic year | 2024/5 | |
Campus(es) | Streatham (Exeter) |
NQF Level of the Final Award | 6 (Honours) |
2. Description of the Programme
The BA (Hons) English and Communications with Study Abroad programme offers you the opportunity to combine study of a wide and exciting range of material in English literature, film and television. You will study literature from the medieval period to the present day and watch films from American, European, and other World cinemas, as well as learning about the trends and technologies of television. The range of material studied will equip you to understand the complex histories of these written and visual media as well as how important issues of cultural difference are raised through them, giving you the tools and vocabulary to take a questioning attitude to your own literary and media cultures. We encourage you to make the most of the facilities available to broaden and enhance your study of film, not just on campus and in the Bill Douglas Cinema Museum but also through the lively English and film cultures (art-house cinema, media facilities) in the city itself.
As you progress through your degree into the second and final years, you will be able to follow your own interests by choosing from the variety of topics on offer, culminating in your own research project, a dissertation, in your final year. You will also learn to work flexibly and creatively with others and engage in debate as well as exercising independent thought and judgement whilst becoming an effective independent learner.
This programme is studied over four years. The first two years and the final year are university-based, and the third year is spent at a university abroad on an approved programme of study.
Advice and guidance on your programme can be sought from your personal tutor and programme director. All staff offer regular office hours that you can drop into without a prior appointment for this purpose.
3. Educational Aims of the Programme
4. Programme Structure
5. Programme Modules
Stage 1
30 credits of compulsory English modules, 60 credits of compulsory Communications modules and 30 credits of optional English modules.
a You must select 30 credits from this list of optional English modules; EAS1040 is only available in Term 2 to Combined Honours students.
Compulsory Modules
Code | Module | Credits | Non-condonable? |
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EAS1035 | Beginnings: English Literature before 1800 | 30 | No |
CMM1001 | Perspectives on Communications | 30 | No |
CMM1002 | Communications Challenges | 30 | No |
Optional Modules
Code | Module | Credits | Non-condonable? |
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EAS CH Stage 1 Option Modules 2023-4 [See note a above] | |||
EAS1032 | Approaches to Criticism | 30 | No |
EAS1034 | Film Studies: An Introduction | 15 | No |
EAS1037 | The Novel | 15 | No |
EAS1038 | The Poem | 15 | No |
EAS1040 | Academic English | 15 | No |
EAS1041 | Rethinking Shakespeare | 15 | No |
EAS1042 | Write after Reading | 30 | No |
EAS1044 | Imagine This: Prompts for Creative Writing | 15 | No |
EAS1045 | The Essay: Form and Content | 15 | No |
LIB1105 | Being Human in the Modern World | 30 | No |
HUM1001 | Enter the Matrix: Digital Perspectives on the Humanities | 15 | No |
Stage 2
60 credits of optional English modules and 60 credits of Communications modules.
Compulsory Modules
Subject to choosing 120 credits for the stage overall, you must:
b Choose either the 15 or 30 credit version of Communications in the Workplace.
Code | Module | Credits | Non-condonable? |
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CMM2001 | Communications in the Workplace [See note b above] | 15 | No |
CMM2002 | Communications in the Workplace [See note b above] | 30 | No |
Optional Modules
If you select the 15 credit version of Communications in the Workplace, choose a further 30 credits of optional Communications modules from this list.
If you select the 30 credit version of Communications in the Workplace, choose a further 15 credits of optional Communications modules from this list.
c Select 60 credits from this list of optional English modules. English modules in stage 2 are divided into three groups: Group 1, modules concerned with pre-1750 literature; Group 2, modules concerned with post-1750 literature; Group 3, modules not concerned with a particular historical period. Combined Honours students may not take more than one module from each group.
Code | Module | Credits | Non-condonable? |
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COMMS S2 BA CH opt 2023-4 | |||
ANT2090 | Sound and Society | 15 | No |
CMM2001 | Communications in the Workplace | 15 | No |
CMM2002 | Communications in the Workplace | 30 | No |
CMM2008 | Communications Research Methods | 30 | No |
EAF2510 | Adaptation: Text, Image, Culture | 30 | No |
EAS2090 | Humanities after the Human: Further Adventures in Critical Theory | 30 | No |
HUM2004 | Making a Career in Publishing | 15 | No |
PHL2125 | Ethics of Emerging Technologies | 15 | No |
POL2100 | Political Conflicts in Europe | 15 | No |
SML2244 | Multilingualism in Society | 15 | No |
SML2246 | Intercultural Communication | 15 | No |
SOC2030 | Sociology of Art and Culture | 15 | No |
SOC2034 | Gender and Society 1 | 15 | No |
SOC2096 | Cyborg Studies | 15 | No |
SOC2115 | Deception | 15 | No |
THE2043 | Religious Literacy, Communication and Media | 30 | No |
CMM2013 | Introduction to Games Studies | 30 | No |
CMM2010 | Professional Writing | 30 | No |
CMM2011 | History of Communications | 30 | No |
CMM2012 | Communications and the Climate Crisis | 30 | No |
CMM2009 | Communications in the 21st Century | 30 | No |
EAS Stage 2 Pre-1750 Option Modules 2023-4 [See note c above] | |||
EAS2026 | Desire and Power: English Literature 1570-1640 | 30 | No |
EAS2036 | Theatrical Cultures in Early Modern England | 30 | No |
EAS2071 | Chaucer and His Contemporaries | 30 | No |
EAS2080 | Renaissance and Revolution | 30 | No |
EAS2102 | Satire and the City: English Literature 1660-1750 | 30 | No |
EAS Stage 2 Post-1750 Option Modules 2023-4 [See note c above] | |||
EAF2502 | Shots in the Dark | 30 | No |
EAF2510 | Adaptation: Text, Image, Culture | 30 | No |
EAS2029 | Revolutions and Evolutions 19C Writings | 30 | No |
EAS2103 | Modernism and Modernity: Literature 1900-1960 | 30 | No |
EAS2104 | Crossing the Water: Transatlantic Literary Relations | 30 | No |
EAS2106 | Romanticism | 30 | No |
EAS2116 | Empire of Liberty: American Literature of the Long Nineteenth Century | 30 | No |
EAF2511 | Television: Times, Trends and Technologies | 30 | No |
EAS Stage 2 Neutral Option Modules 2023-4 [See note c above] | |||
EAS2031 | Creative Writing: Building a Story | 30 | No |
EAS2032 | Creative Writing: Making a Poem | 30 | No |
EAS2035 | Serious Play: Creative Writing Workshop | 30 | No |
EAS2089 | Creative Industries: Their Past, Our Future | 30 | No |
EAS2090 | Humanities after the Human: Further Adventures in Critical Theory | 30 | No |
EAS2113 | Culture, Crisis and Ecology in a Postcolonial World | 30 | No |
AHV2018 | Comics Studies: Histories, Methodologies, Genres | 30 | No |
HAS2004 | Making a Career in Publishing | 30 | No |
LIB2000 | Think Tank | 15 | No |
Stage 3
120 credits of compulsory modules
For your year abroad you will agree a suite of modules in your host institution with the College Study Abroad Coordinator. Details of individual modules that may be taken whilst abroad can be found by accessing the partner institution’s factfile at http://www.exeter.ac.uk/international/abroad/where/ and navigating to the “Course Requirements” section of that factfile where a link to the modules on offer in the partner institution is displayed.
Compulsory Modules
Code | Module | Credits | Non-condonable? |
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HUM3999 | Year Abroad | 120 | Yes |
Stage 4
Compulsory Modules
30 credits of compulsory dissertation, 90 credits of optional modules (including 30-60 credits of English modules, and 30-60 credits of Communications modules)
Subject to choosing 120 credits for the stage overall, you must:
d Select a Dissertation in either Communications or English: CMM3002 or CMM3003 or EAS3003 or EAS3122 (you cannot choose more than one module from this group).
Code | Module | Credits | Non-condonable? |
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CMM3002 | Communications: Dissertation [See note d above] | 30 | No |
CMM3003 | Communications: Practical Research Project [See note d above] | 30 | No |
EAS3003 | Dissertation [See note d above] | 30 | No |
EAS3122 | Creative Writing Dissertation [See note d above] | 30 | No |
Optional Modules
Code | Module | Credits | Non-condonable? |
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COMMS SF BA CH opt 2023-4 | |||
DRA3050 | Creative Industries Management | 30 | No |
EAF3515 | Something to See: War and Visual Media | 30 | No |
HIH3617 | News, Media and Communication | 30 | No |
POL3000 | Deadly Words: The Language of Political Violence | 15 | No |
POL3051 | The Media in Europe | 30 | No |
SML3009 | Intercultural Communication in a Global World | 15 | No |
CMM3004 | Social Media and Society | 30 | No |
EAS Final Stage Option Modules 2023-4 | |||
EAS3128 | Writing the Short Film | 30 | No |
EAS3131 | Advanced Critical Theory | 30 | No |
EAS3167 | James Joyce's Ulysses | 30 | No |
EAS3181 | Visual and Literary Cultures of Realism | 30 | No |
EAS3182 | Encountering the Other in Medieval Literature | 30 | No |
EAS3191 | Writing for Children and Young Adults | 30 | No |
EAS3198 | The Death of the Novel | 30 | No |
EAS3219 | Virginia Woolf: Fiction, Feeling, Form | 30 | No |
EAS3225 | 'Reader, I Married Him': The Evolution of Romance Fiction from 1740 to the Present | 30 | No |
EAS3235 | American Modern | 30 | No |
EAS3237 | The Rise of Science | 30 | No |
EAS3241 | Harlem and After: African American Literature 1925-present | 30 | No |
EAS3245 | The 21st Century Museum | 30 | No |
EAS3252 | Poison, Filth, Trash: Modernism, Censorship and Resistance | 30 | No |
EAS3311 | Piracy in Early Modern Literature, 1570-1730 | 30 | No |
EAS3408 | Poetry and Politics | 30 | No |
EAS3414 | Jane Austen: In and Out of Context | 30 | No |
EAS3415 | The Development of British Childrens Literature | 30 | No |
EAS3416 | Feeling Bodies: Emotions in Early Modern Literature and Culture, 1500-1700 | 30 | No |
EAS3417 | Sex, Scandal and Sensation in Victorian Literature | 30 | No |
EAS3419 | Writing South Asia | 30 | No |
EAS3420 | Staging Space: Dramatic Geography and Audience Experience | 30 | No |
EAS3421 | Picturing the Global City: Literature and Visual Culture in the 21st Century | 30 | No |
EAS3502 | Shakespeare and Crisis | 30 | No |
EAS3503 | Migration, Literature and Culture | 30 | No |
EAS3501 | Fiction Matters | 30 | No |
EAS3100 | Hardy and Women Who Did: the Coming of Modernity | 30 | No |
EAS3507 | Writing Song Lyrics | 30 | No |
EAS3500 | American Counterculture in Literature | 30 | No |
EAS3152 | Heroes and Exiles: English Poetry of the Age of Beowulf | 30 | No |
EAS3504 | Surrealism and its Legacies | 30 | No |
EAS3246 | Food and Literature in Early Modern England | 30 | No |
HUM3016 | Book Publishing: Principles of Book Commissioning, Editing and Design | 30 | No |
6. Programme Outcomes Linked to Teaching, Learning and Assessment Methods
Intended Learning Outcomes
A: Specialised Subject Skills and Knowledge
Intended Learning Outcomes (ILOs) On successfully completing this programme you will be able to: | Intended Learning Outcomes (ILOs) will be... | |
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...accommodated and facilitated by the following learning and teaching activities (in/out of class): | ...and evidenced by the following assessment methods: | |
Intended Learning Outcomes
B: Academic Discipline Core Skills and Knowledge
Intended Learning Outcomes (ILOs) On successfully completing this programme you will be able to: | Intended Learning Outcomes (ILOs) will be... | |
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...accommodated and facilitated by the following learning and teaching activities (in/out of class): | ...and evidenced by the following assessment methods: | |
Intended Learning Outcomes
C: Personal/Transferable/Employment Skills and Knowledge
Intended Learning Outcomes (ILOs) On successfully completing this programme you will be able to: | Intended Learning Outcomes (ILOs) will be... | |
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...accommodated and facilitated by the following learning and teaching activities (in/out of class): | ...and evidenced by the following assessment methods: | |
7. Programme Regulations
Programme-specific Progression Rules
To progress to Stage 2 you must achieve an average mark of at least 60% in Stage 1, otherwise you will be required to transfer to the three-year programme. This is to ensure that only those students who are likely to succeed in their Year Abroad are selected.
The Year Abroad counts as a single 120-credit module and is not condonable; you must pass this module to graduate with the degree title of BA English and Communications with Study Abroad. If you fail the Year Abroad module your degree title will be commuted to BA English and Communications. You will be assessed by your host university during your academic year abroad with their grades converted back to Exeter grades to contribute towards your degree classification. The rules governing failure and referral will be determined by the host institution.
Classification
8. College Support for Students and Students' Learning
9. University Support for Students and Students' Learning
10. Admissions Criteria
11. Regulation of Assessment and Academic Standards
12. Indicators of Quality and Standards
The programme is not subject to accreditation and/ or review by professional and statutory regulatory bodies (PSRBs).
13. Methods for Evaluating and Improving Quality and Standards
14. Awarding Institution
University of Exeter
15. Lead College / Teaching Institution
College of Humanities (CHUM)
16. Partner College / Institution
Partner College(s)
Not applicable to this programme
Partner Institution
Not applicable to this programme.
17. Programme Accredited / Validated by
0
18. Final Award
BA (Hons) English and Communications with Study Abroad
19. UCAS Code
Not applicable to this programme.
20. NQF Level of Final Award
6 (Honours)
21. Credit
CATS credits | ECTS credits |
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22. QAA Subject Benchmarking Group
23. Dates
Origin Date | 20/02/2020 |
Date of last revision | 08/04/2022 |
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