Year 1
Compulsory modules:
Introduction to Drama
Introduction to the Novel
Introduction to Poetry.

Optional modules:
Up to three of the following selected from a range which has previously included (or up to two open modules offered by other departments):

Romance and the Literature of Chivalry
Myth and Epic of the North
Classical and Biblical Backgrounds to English Literature
English: Language, Use and Theory.

Year 2

Compulsory modules:
Theory and Practice of Literary Criticism
Shakespeare.
Optional lecture modules (taught by weekly lectures and four one-hour tutorials) have previously included:

Medieval Literature
Old English
Old Norse
Old French
Renaissance Literature
Victorian Literature
Literature of the Modern Period
American Fiction.

Year 3
Compulsory modules:
Dissertation (40 credits).

Optional lecture modules (taught by weekly lectures and four one-hour tutorials) have previously included:
Old English
Old Norse
Old French
Restoration and 18th Century Literature
Literature of the Romantic Period
Post-War Fiction and Poetry
American Fiction.