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The writers of Britain and America are of course deeply connected: often they employ the same language, address the same readers, share the same cultural reference points. But at the same time, the two traditions differ sharply in their typical values and tones of voice. This programme allows you to experience these continuities and distinctions. Students on this programme have access to the courses that make up the degrees in English Literature and American and English Literature. The combination also means that you encounter the teaching of two different Schools: the interdisciplinary work of the School of American Studies, and the more literary focus of the School of Literature, Drama and Creative Writing.

Your degree course will be planned in conjunction with your adviser, but we give an outline here.  The basic unit of teaching, the module, lasts for one semester and carries twenty credits in Years 1 and 2, thirty credits in Year 3.  The academic year contains two semesters; in each semester you will normally take three units, making a total of six units a year (two and four respectively in the final Year).  Over the three years of your course you will normally accumulate 360 credits: that is, eighteen modules.  Free choice modules are available – either to extend your degree subjects, or to venture outside them.  As we believe in encouraging interdisciplinarity, you will be required to take three units (sixty credits) outside English and American Literature.  Within our own Faculty of Arts and Humanities, this could involve taking units in American Studies, Creative Writing, Drama, History or Film, for example.  Alternatively, you may opt for units offered by the Faculty of Science or the Faculty of Social Sciences subject to entry requirements.

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