English and French, BA (Hons)

This course offers a comprehensive exploration of English literature, encompassing texts from diverse literary periods and critical debates on topics such as identity, race, gender, and humanity. Students collaborate with world-leading researchers, award-winning novelists, and poets, benefiting from innovative approaches that uniquely integrate critical and creative methods. It emphasizes contemporary language and culture, fostering employable skills in communication, analysis, and creative thinking, while providing opportunities to achieve fluency in another language and participate in a year abroad for international experience. Ranked first in Scotland for English (The Times/Sunday Times University Guide 2024) and top 10 for French (Complete University Guide 2024), the program is part of a flexible BA Humanities and Social Sciences degree.The three-year BA or four-year Honours degree allows students to select from humanities, social sciences, and business subjects, with two taught by the Faculty of Humanities & Social Sciences, promoting broad knowledge and employability. Applicants should submit only one UCAS code, enabling various subject combinations. All flexible BA options include credit-bearing work placements in the third or fourth year for professional experience. Note that this course does not award Qualified Teacher Status (QTS) for teaching in state schools in England or Wales.