Literature options. Course Structure | Faculty of English

In your final term, you will choose from our exciting Topic Modules, working collaboratively to explore a text or idea.

In your final term, you will choose again from our exciting Topic Modules, working collaboratively to explore a text or idea. You will also undertake independent research, supported by an expert supervisor, towards a dissertation on a topic of your choosing.

This capstone project is a wonderful opportunity to display your skills in detailed research, elegant writing, and rigorous argument.

Topic Modules Topic Modules are a set of exciting, hands-on, and tightly focused modules that run in the Summer Term of your first and second year. They act as an important pivot point between the research skills developed throughout the year and practical skills that will make you more employable after your degree.

Topic modules veer from the beaten path into innovative and specialised areas of research, while also helping you to connect your academic skills with the tools you will use in literature options career. First Year.