Integrated Degree in English (including Foundation Year)
This is a four-year degree at Goldsmiths. If you successfully achieve the progression requirements of the foundation year, you can continue with the full-time three-year BA (Hons) English.
1 year (Foundation) + 3 years (undergraduate degree).
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Please see undergraduate tuition fees.
Contact the Programme Convenor, Mike Peake.
Download a booklet [PDF, 842KB]
There are no formal entrance requirements, but you need to demonstrate an interest in the subject, and the ability to benefit from studying the programme. Admission is by application to UCAS, interview and a short piece of written work.
Half price fourth year fees for Integrated Degree home and EU students - Jan 2012
Students applying for 2012 entry on English integrated degree programmes, comprising of Foundation Year and then undergraduate degree (BA English), will benefit from half price fees in their fourth year.
All successful applicants onto the programme will automatically receive this arrangement.
What you study
The foundation year takes an overview approach to literary history, and includes components in Renaissance studies, 18th- century literature, Victorian literature and modernism. Novels, plays and poetry will be studied, and a variety of approaches to literary criticism are discussed and critically assessed. You learn study skills, and critically evaluate your own work in individual tutorials.
Register your interest
If you register your interest in this programme we will keep you informed about open days and send you relevant further information.
Skills and careers
If you successfully achieve the progression requirements of the foundation year, you can continue with the full-time three-year BA (Hons) English, which will enable you to develop the following skills:
- Critical and analytical skills
- Proficiency in assessing evidence
- The clear expression of ideas
- The ability to bring together insights from a range of subjects
- Problem-solving skills
- The ability to think critically and creatively
- Communication skills
Careers
According to data collated by Unistats, the definitive UK university guide and part of the Higher Education Funding Council for England (HEFCE), Goldsmiths’ English undergraduate students attain the highest-paid jobs upon graduation.
Our graduates have a good employment record: professions include publishing, journalism, PR, teaching, advertising, civil service, business and industry, European Union private sector management and personnel work, and the media.
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