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Bachelor of Arts (International Honours) English


BA International Honours (English): First Year
Code Module name Credits
EN1003 Culture and Conflict: An Introduction to Nineteenth- and Twentieth-Century Literature 20 AND
EN1004 Empires and Revolutions: Literature 1680-1830 20 AND
PO1001 Studying at St Andrews and William & Mary (WaMStA studies) 5 AND
Remaining credits from Level 1000 and 2000 options

Further requirements

Choose 120 credits in the academic year
BA International Honours (English): Second Year
Code Module name Credits
^ EN2003 Medieval and Renaissance Texts 20 AND
^ EN2004 Drama: Reading and Performance 20 AND
PO2001 Introduction to St Andrews 5 AND
Remaining credits from Levels 1000 and 2000 options

Further requirements

Choose 120 credits in the academic year
Choose a minimum of 80 Level 2000 credits

Automatic entry to Honours requires

  • pass and have an average grade 7 or better in modules marked ^

Entry to Honours

Students who meet the requirements specified above, and who meet all other programme requirements, will be given automatic entry into Honours programmes.

See: www.st-andrews.ac.uk/media/teaching-and-learning/policies/honsentry.pdf )

BA International Honours (English): Third Year
Code Module name Credits
View list Between 0 and 30 credits from Module List: EN3210, EN4409, EN4418 - EN4419, ME3502 AND
EN4418 American Poetry since 1950 30
EN4419 American Fiction: Self and Nation (1865 - 1939) 30
ME3502 The Medieval Book 30
Note:
- Not all modules are available in every academic year and/or semester
- Individual modules may have requisites to satisfy to be eligible to select them

For further details, see the module catalogue entry for each individual module above
View list Between 0 and 30 credits from Module List: EN4347, EN4366, EN4414 - EN4416 AND
EN4347 Milton 30
EN4366 Byron's Long Poems and Dramas 30
EN4415 T.S. Eliot 30
EN4416 Virginia Woolf 30
Note:
- Not all modules are available in every academic year and/or semester
- Individual modules may have requisites to satisfy to be eligible to select them

For further details, see the module catalogue entry for each individual module above
View list Between 0 and 30 credits from Module List: Group A - EN3111 - EN3113, EN4311 - EN4312, EN4314 - EN4316 AND
EN3111 Beowulf 30
EN3112 Chaucer's Canterbury Tales 30
EN3113 Older Scots Literature to 1560 30
EN4311 Old English Poetry: Lordship and Landscapes 30
EN4312 Authorising English: Society, Gender and Religion in Late Medieval English Literature 30
EN4314 Old English Afterlives: Literary Anglo-Saxonism 30
EN4315 Apocalyptic Literature in Early English 30
EN4316 Courtly Literature in Middle English 30
Note:
- Not all modules are available in every academic year and/or semester
- Individual modules may have requisites to satisfy to be eligible to select them

For further details, see the module catalogue entry for each individual module above
View list Between 0 and 30 credits from Module List: Group B - EN3141 - EN3142, EN4341 - EN4348 AND
EN3141 Tragedy in the Age of Shakespeare 30
EN3142 Renaissance Literature: Texts and Contexts 30
EN4341 Renaissance Sexualities: Rhetoric and the Body 1580 - 1660 30
EN4342 Restoration Drama in Context 30
EN4344 Early English Romance Comedy: Shakespeare and his Contemporaries 30
EN4345 Hard Cases: Literary Complexity from Donne to Pope 30
EN4346 The Early Tudors: Literature and Reformation 30
EN4347 Milton 30
EN4348 Bodies and Selves in the Renaissance 30
Note:
- Not all modules are available in every academic year and/or semester
- Individual modules may have requisites to satisfy to be eligible to select them

For further details, see the module catalogue entry for each individual module above
View list Between 0 and 30 credits from Module List: Group C - EN3161 - EN3166, EN4361 - EN4369 AND
EN3161 The Development of the Novel to 1840 30
EN3162 Revolution and Romanticism: Literature, History and Society (1789-1805) 30
EN3163 The Younger Romantics: Poetry and Prose (1810 - 1830) 30
EN3165 'Loose Baggy Monsters': The Rise and Fall of the Victorian Novel 30
EN3166 Victorian Poetry's Voices 30
EN4361 The Novels of Jane Austen in Context 30
EN4362 Mind, Body and Soul: Literature in the Enlightenment 30
EN4364 The Art of Victorian Poetry 30
EN4365 Literature and Childhood in the Eighteenth Century 30
EN4366 Byron's Long Poems and Dramas 30
EN4367 Romantic Gothic 30
EN4368 Read all about it! Victorian Literature and the Press 30
EN4369 Victorian Literature and Science 30
Note:
- Not all modules are available in every academic year and/or semester
- Individual modules may have requisites to satisfy to be eligible to select them

For further details, see the module catalogue entry for each individual module above
View list Between 0 and 30 credits from Module List: EN3213, EN4424 AND
EN3213 Postcolonial Literature and Theory 30
EN4424 Contemporary World Literatures 30
Note:
- Not all modules are available in every academic year and/or semester
- Individual modules may have requisites to satisfy to be eligible to select them

For further details, see the module catalogue entry for each individual module above
Between 0 and 60 credits from Module List: EN3000 - EN4999

Further requirements

Choose 120 credits in academic year

BA (Int Hons) English Years 3 and 4 Programme Requirements:
30 credits from: EN3210, EN4409, EN4418, EN4419
30 credits from: EN4347, EN4366, EN4414, EN4415, EN4416
60 credits from two of the following groups:
Group A - EN3111, EN3112, EN3113, EN4311, EN4312, EN4315, EN4316
Group B - EN3141, EN3142, EN4341-EM4348
Group C - EN3161-EN3166, EN4361-EN4369
30 credits from: EN3213, EN4424
30 credits from: EN4399 (Dissertation) - Year 4 Only
Further modules to make up the 180 core English requirement from any EN3000- and EN4000-level modules not previously taken and including EN3201-EN3215, EN4402-EN4500.
BA International Honours (English): Fourth Year
Code Module name Credits
EN4399 Dissertation in English 30 AND
View list Between 0 and 30 credits from Module List: EN3210, EN4409, EN4418 - EN4419, ME3502 AND
EN4418 American Poetry since 1950 30
EN4419 American Fiction: Self and Nation (1865 - 1939) 30
ME3502 The Medieval Book 30
Note:
- Not all modules are available in every academic year and/or semester
- Individual modules may have requisites to satisfy to be eligible to select them

For further details, see the module catalogue entry for each individual module above
View list Between 0 and 30 credits from Module List: EN4347, EN4366, EN4414 - EN4416 AND
EN4347 Milton 30
EN4366 Byron's Long Poems and Dramas 30
EN4415 T.S. Eliot 30
EN4416 Virginia Woolf 30
Note:
- Not all modules are available in every academic year and/or semester
- Individual modules may have requisites to satisfy to be eligible to select them

For further details, see the module catalogue entry for each individual module above
View list Between 0 and 30 credits from Module List: Group A - EN3111 - EN3113, EN4311 - EN4312, EN4314 - EN4316 AND
EN3111 Beowulf 30
EN3112 Chaucer's Canterbury Tales 30
EN3113 Older Scots Literature to 1560 30
EN4311 Old English Poetry: Lordship and Landscapes 30
EN4312 Authorising English: Society, Gender and Religion in Late Medieval English Literature 30
EN4314 Old English Afterlives: Literary Anglo-Saxonism 30
EN4315 Apocalyptic Literature in Early English 30
EN4316 Courtly Literature in Middle English 30
Note:
- Not all modules are available in every academic year and/or semester
- Individual modules may have requisites to satisfy to be eligible to select them

For further details, see the module catalogue entry for each individual module above
View list Between 0 and 30 credits from Module List: Group B - EN3141 - EN3142, EN4341 - EN4348 AND
EN3141 Tragedy in the Age of Shakespeare 30
EN3142 Renaissance Literature: Texts and Contexts 30
EN4341 Renaissance Sexualities: Rhetoric and the Body 1580 - 1660 30
EN4342 Restoration Drama in Context 30
EN4344 Early English Romance Comedy: Shakespeare and his Contemporaries 30
EN4345 Hard Cases: Literary Complexity from Donne to Pope 30
EN4346 The Early Tudors: Literature and Reformation 30
EN4347 Milton 30
EN4348 Bodies and Selves in the Renaissance 30
Note:
- Not all modules are available in every academic year and/or semester
- Individual modules may have requisites to satisfy to be eligible to select them

For further details, see the module catalogue entry for each individual module above
View list Between 0 and 30 credits from Module List: Group C - EN3161 - EN3166, EN4361 - EN4369 AND
EN3161 The Development of the Novel to 1840 30
EN3162 Revolution and Romanticism: Literature, History and Society (1789-1805) 30
EN3163 The Younger Romantics: Poetry and Prose (1810 - 1830) 30
EN3165 'Loose Baggy Monsters': The Rise and Fall of the Victorian Novel 30
EN3166 Victorian Poetry's Voices 30
EN4361 The Novels of Jane Austen in Context 30
EN4362 Mind, Body and Soul: Literature in the Enlightenment 30
EN4364 The Art of Victorian Poetry 30
EN4365 Literature and Childhood in the Eighteenth Century 30
EN4366 Byron's Long Poems and Dramas 30
EN4367 Romantic Gothic 30
EN4368 Read all about it! Victorian Literature and the Press 30
EN4369 Victorian Literature and Science 30
Note:
- Not all modules are available in every academic year and/or semester
- Individual modules may have requisites to satisfy to be eligible to select them

For further details, see the module catalogue entry for each individual module above
View list Between 0 and 30 credits from Module List: EN3213, EN4424 AND
EN3213 Postcolonial Literature and Theory 30
EN4424 Contemporary World Literatures 30
Note:
- Not all modules are available in every academic year and/or semester
- Individual modules may have requisites to satisfy to be eligible to select them

For further details, see the module catalogue entry for each individual module above
Between 0 and 60 credits from Module List: EN3000 - EN4999

Further requirements

Choose 120 credits in academic year

BA (Int Hons) English Years 3 and 4 Programme Requirements:
30 credits from: EN3210, EN4409, EN4418, EN4419
30 credits from: EN4347, EN4366, EN4414, EN4415, EN4416
60 credits from two of the following groups:
Group A - EN3111, EN3112, EN3113, EN4311, EN4312, EN4315, EN4316
Group B - EN3141, EN3142, EN4341-EM4348
Group C - EN3161-EN3166, EN4361-EN4369
30 credits from: EN3213, EN4424
30 credits from: EN4399 (Dissertation) - Year 4 Only
Further modules to make up the 180 core English requirement from any EN3000- and EN4000-level modules not previously taken and including EN3201-EN3215, EN4402-EN4500.

Study abroad

In the case of students who spend part of the Honours programme on a recognised Study Abroad scheme, the Programme Requirements will be amended to take into account overseas courses which are approved by the relevant St Andrews School in the Learning Agreement (see www.st-andrews.ac.uk/students/study-abroad/academic ).