English and History School of Humanities and Social Sciences Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences
For academic year: 2025/26 Last Updated: 04 December 2025
English and History Single Honours - Level 4 Modules
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History in Media and Film: The Presentation of the Past in Contemporary Culture
Module Code
HIS-10050 - Further details
Module Type
O - Optional Core Module
Assessment Type
M - Mixed Assessment
Credit value
15
European Credits
7.5
Erasmus
Available to suitably qualified Erasmus, Exchange and Study Abroad students
Power, Belief and Identity: The Medieval and Early Modern Worlds, 500-1789
Module Code
HIS-10051 - Further details
Module Type
O - Optional Core Module
Assessment Type
M - Mixed Assessment
Credit value
30
European Credits
15
Erasmus
Available to suitably qualified Erasmus, Exchange and Study Abroad students
Discoveries: Self and Society in Post-war British Children's Fiction
Module Code
ENG-10062 - Further details
Module Type
O - Optional Core Module
Assessment Type
M - Mixed Assessment
Credit value
15
European Credits
7.5
Erasmus
Available to suitably qualified Erasmus, Exchange and Study Abroad students
Classic Literature and Its Adaptations
Module Code
ENG-10070 - Further details
Module Type
O - Optional Core Module
Assessment Type
M - Mixed Assessment
Credit value
30
European Credits
15
Erasmus
Available to suitably qualified Erasmus, Exchange and Study Abroad students
Writing Fiction
Module Code
ENG-10074 - Further details
Module Type
O - Optional Core Module
Assessment Type
M - Mixed Assessment
Credit value
15
European Credits
7.5
Erasmus
Available to suitably qualified Erasmus, Exchange and Study Abroad students
Semester 1-2
Defining Moments in World History, c.1000-2000
Module Code
HIS-10049 - Further details
Module Type
C - Compulsory Core Module
Assessment Type
M - Mixed Assessment
Credit value
30
European Credits
15
Erasmus
Available to suitably qualified Erasmus, Exchange and Study Abroad students
Becoming a Critic
Module Code
ENG-10068 - Further details
Module Type
C - Compulsory Core Module
Assessment Type
M - Mixed Assessment
Credit value
30
European Credits
15
Erasmus
Available to suitably qualified Erasmus, Exchange and Study Abroad students
Semester 2
Modern History: From the Industrial Revolution to the Global Pandemic
Module Code
HIS-10048 - Further details
Module Type
O - Optional Core Module
Assessment Type
M - Mixed Assessment
Credit value
30
European Credits
15
Erasmus
Available to suitably qualified Erasmus, Exchange and Study Abroad students
Applied History: What's Past is Present
Module Code
HIS-10052 - Further details
Module Type
O - Optional Core Module
Assessment Type
M - Mixed Assessment
Credit value
15
European Credits
7.5
Erasmus
Available to suitably qualified Erasmus, Exchange and Study Abroad students
Voices and Audiences: Building Your Professional Communication Skills
Module Code
ENG-10064 - Further details
Module Type
O - Optional Core Module
Assessment Type
M - Mixed Assessment
Credit value
15
European Credits
7.5
Erasmus
Available to suitably qualified Erasmus, Exchange and Study Abroad students
Gothic Nightmares: Robots, Monsters and Witches
Module Code
ENG-10078 - Further details
Module Type
O - Optional Core Module
Assessment Type
M - Mixed Assessment
Credit value
30
European Credits
15
Erasmus
Available to suitably qualified Erasmus, Exchange and Study Abroad students