General entry requirements

A level:

• AAA/A*AB to include grade A in English Literature/English Language and Literature (combined) or History
• You will also need one other Social Sciences/Humanities A level (see the subjects listed below in additional requirements)

IB:

• 38 to include 6 at Higher Level in English Literature/English Language and Literature (combined) or 6 at Higher Level in History
• You will also need one other Social Sciences/Humanities subject at Higher Level (see the subjects listed below in additional requirements)

BTEC:

• We welcome applications from students taking BTECs alongside A level English Literature/English Language and Literature (combined) or History.
• You will also need one other Social Sciences/Humanities A level (see the subjects listed below in additional requirements)

Additional requirements for BA English and History:

Social Sciences/Humanities subjects we will accept include:

• Art/Design
• Business
• Classics
• Creative Writing
• Drama/Theatre/Performance
• Economics
• English Language
• English Literature or English Language and Literature (combined)
• Geography/Environmental Studies
• History
• History of Art
• Languages (modern or classical)
• Law
• Media/Journalism
• Music
• Philosophy/Religious Studies
• Politics
• Psychology
• Sociology

You will also need to meet our English Language requirements.

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International Students

We welcome applications from students with other internationally recognised qualifications.

Find out more about international entry requirements.

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Contextual data and differential offers

Warwick may make differential offers to students in a number of circumstances. These include students participating in the Realising Opportunities programme, or who meet two of the contextual data criteria. Differential offers will be one or two grades below Warwick’s standard offer (to a minimum of BBB).

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Warwick International Foundation Programme (IFP)

All students who successfully complete the Warwick IFP and apply to Warwick through UCAS will receive a guaranteed conditional offer for a related undergraduate programme (selected courses only).

Find out more about standard offers and conditions for the IFP.

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Taking a gap year

Applications for deferred entry welcomed.

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Interviews

We do not typically interview applicants. Offers are made based on your UCAS form which includes predicted and actual grades, your personal statement and school reference.

English & History at Warwick gives you the opportunity to explore a wide range of topics from the English and History departments, but it also brings the two subjects together in a set of unique core modules, which are exclusively for English & History students. These modules challenge you to think about how we understand the past through texts, and about how different forms of writing construct different ways of knowing the past.

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Year One

History and Textuality

In this core first-year module for students taking BA English and History, you will explore the limits of history and narrative by considering subjects that have traditionally been said to be ahistorical, such as the emotions, sensation, the “primitive,” and the non-human world. By gaining exposure to a wide range of historical and literary topics and focusing attention on the theoretical frameworks that scholars use to study these topics, you will help develop your interests and concentrate your studies within the degree.

Making of the Modern World

We live in the here and now. But what got us here? This module studies the string of major social, political, and cultural developments that established our modern world. Radical (and not so radical) ideas from the Enlightenment, the industrial revolution’s structural transformations of how we work, build and buy things, and the struggles and stumbles of imperialism, capitalism and globalisation have gone far to set terms of life in the twenty-first century. The module will also help you develop your critical voice as a historian while asking comparative questions about historical difference across the world.

And EITHER

Medieval and Early Modern Literature

Taking you from the mythical court of King Arthur to the real world of ambition, intrigue, and danger in the courts of Henry VIII and Elizabeth I, this module introduces you to early literature written in a range of genres (romance, epic, fabliau) and poetic forms. You will study texts like Chaucer’s Canterbury Tales, Thomas More’s Utopia, Edmund Spenser’s The Faerie Queene, and Shakespeare’s sonnets to explore some of the period’s highest ideals—‘trawthe’ or integrity—as well as some of humanity’s darkest impulses: greed, deception, revenge, and desire.

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Epic into Novel

Tracking the transition from the epics of the ancient world to the novels of modernity, this module introduces you to some of the most influential and formative works of world literature. You will study central texts of the classical world, such as Homer’s Iliad and Virgil’s Aeneid; the ancient Indian epic The Mahābhārata; Milton’s Paradise Lost; as well as novels like Henry Fielding’s bawdy comedy Tom Jones and Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o’s novel of decolonising Kenya, A Grain of Wheat. Reading across history and cultures, between languages and genres, you will develop the skills to analyse narrative, character, and style.

Plus one further first year English or first year History module of your choice

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Year Two

In your second year, you will study 30 CATS of English modules, 30 CATS of History modules, and 30 CATS of your choice (which can be English or History modules, or selected modules from other departments). In addition, you will take our core module:

Writing History

‘Writing History’ explores how knowledge of the past is constructed, and contested, in texts. It examines a sequence of four historical episodes, and considers how they have been portrayed as cohesive and meaningful events in history, to widely varying intellectual and political ends. You will develop your ability to historicise and critically evaluate historical and literary texts, and enhance your understanding of how narrative and artistic representation shape our conception of historical knowledge and ‘truth’.

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Year Three

In your third year, you will study 30 CATS of English modules, 30 CATS of History modules, and 30 CATS of your choice (which can be English or History modules, or selected modules from other departments). In addition, you will take our core module:

English and History Dissertation

The final-year dissertation enables you to undertake a substantial independent and inter-disciplinary research project. It provides the opportunity to work in a way similar to an academic literary scholar or historian: identifying a suitable research topic; mastering the relevant scholarship; identifying and critically analysing a substantial field of primary texts; and articulating and sustaining a coherent and logical argument. As the final-year core module, it completes the intellectual training that has been provided through your earlier work on the degree, particularly the first- and second-year core modules.

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Examples of modules for current students:

• American Horror Story
• The English Nineteenth-Century Novel
• Literature, Environment, Ecology
• US Writing and Culture
• Screenwriting
• Literature, Environment, Ecology
• US Writing and Culture, 1780-1920
• Romantic and Victorian Poetry
• Shakespeare and Selected Dramatists of his Time
• Crime Fiction
• Latin America: Themes and Problems
• Mind, Body and Society
• A History of Africa, 1830-1980
• Slavery and Slave Life in the American South, 1619-1865
• From the Blues to Hip Hop
• The Drug Trade in the Americas
• Slavery, Memory and Memorialisation

Tuition fees

Find out more about fees and funding

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Additional course costs

There may be costs associated with other items or services such as academic texts, course notes, and trips associated with your course. Students who choose to complete a work placement or study abroad will pay reduced tuition fees for their third year.

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Warwick Undergraduate Global Excellence Scholarship 2021

We believe there should be no barrier to talent. That's why we are committed to offering a scholarship that makes it easier for gifted, ambitious international learners to pursue their academic interests at one of the UK's most prestigious universities. This new scheme will offer international fee-paying students 250 tuition fee discounts ranging from full fees to awards of £13,000 to £2,000 for the full duration of your Undergraduate degree course.

Find out more about the Warwick Undergraduate Global Excellence Scholarship 2021

Your career

Graduates from the English and History departments have gone on to work for employers including:

• Archant
• Barclays
• Bloomsbury
• British Council
• Civil Service
• Maidstone Borough Council
• Newsquest Media Group
• Pan Macmillan
• Royal Opera House
• The Sunday Times
• Teach First
• Tesco
• Weber Shandwick

They have pursued roles such as:

• Journalists, newspaper, and periodical editors
• Publishers
• Creative directors
• Arts officers, producers, and directors
• Authors, writers, and translators
• Musicians and composers
• Teachers
• Advertising accounts managers
• Business sales executives
• Solicitors and legal associate professionals
• Management consultants and business analysts
• Marketing associate professionals
• Academics and researchers

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Helping you find the right career

Our department has a dedicated professionally qualified Senior Careers Consultant to support you. They offer impartial advice and guidance, together with workshops and events throughout the year. Previous examples of workshops and events include:

• Understanding Assessment Centres
• Careers following your English and Comparative Literary Studies Degree
• Discovering Careers in the Creative Industries
• Careers in Publishing and Journalism
• Freelancing
• Careers in the Public Sector
• Warwick careers fairs throughout the year

Find out more about careers support at Warwick.