BA English with Film: Guide to Module Choices for your 2nd Year 2018-19

In your second year of studies you will take 8 modules (120 credits), taking 4 modules in each semester. Here are some simple steps to explain the process of choosing your modules and some guidelines on what requirements you must fulfil.

Step 1. Consult the following pages of the English and Film StudiesDepartment websites to familiarise yourself with the modules on offer:

English Modules:

Film Modules:

Step 2. Come along to the Module Mixer to discuss the English module choices that interest you, and find out more about them from current 2nd year students and Heads of Years.

Module Mixer Event, Friday 9 March, 13.00 – 14.30, VWB 6th Floor Common Room

Step 3. Discuss your choices with your personal tutor before making your final selections online.

Step 4. You can submit module choices through Student Records from Friday 9 March. Full instructions about how to make your module selections will be communicated to you via email from Registry Services. Please make a note of your choices and the order of preference you choose them in as you will not receive any email confirmation detailing this. Ignore the comments box feature when choosing modules, as the department is not able to access these comments.

Deadline for completing module choices is Tuesday 3 April, 4pm.

Module Requirements

Modules in year 2 are based on banding requirements;

Band 1: Literature up to 1800 (pre-1800)

Band 2: Literature 1800-present

You must take:

  • A minimum of THREE Band 1 modules across the year
  • At least ONE of thoseBand 1 choices must be MEDIEVAL
  • TWO Film modules across the year, one in each semester
  • You can take up to 30 credits (2 modules) of optional modules from outside the department across your 2nd and 3rd year.

Modules with pre-requisites
Note that if you wish to take5AAEB004 Old English Poems(running in semester 2), you must take 5AAEB005 Cultural Encounters (running in semester 1) as a pre-requisite.

Global Mobility
If you wish to study abroad in semester 2 remember to consider your banding requirements and check to see if the overseas institution can fulfil these. Discuss this with your personal tutor for more advice.

Make selections for the whole year. We will remove you from your second semester modules once your place is confirmed.

Elective Modules

Over levels 5 and 6, students are entitled to replace a TOTAL of 30 credits with 30 credits from elsewhere in the Faculty. A selection of elective modules is listed on the English module descriptions page, including Modern Language Centre modules. You can choose these when making your selections on Student Records. Please make sure all your back-up choices are English Department modules.

If you would like to choose a module outside the department which does not appear on the recommended list of optional modules, please check with the department that administers the elective module to verify you are able to take it, discuss this option with your personal tutor and email the details to .

Modern Language Centre Modules

If you wish to select a MLC module, please refer to the website for important information about these modules before you choose this option:

If you wish to choose a MLC module, you can choose this when making your selections on Student Records. The MLC module uses dummy code 6AAL00SL. Most 15 credit MLC modules run across the whole year, so please select it only once - as either a semester one or semester two choice, depending on how you would like to split the remainder of your modules (e.g. three other modules in semester one, four in semester two).

This year the MLC are running assessment and pre-registration sessions in March so that returning undergraduates can get fully signed up to an MLC language module well before the start of the 2018-19 academic year.

Assessment and Pre-registration Sessions:

13.00 to 18.00 on Wednesday 21 March and Thursday 22 March at the Language Resources Centre (King’s Building, First Basement, Strand Campus). See the MLC website for details:

If I do my module selections early, will I have a better chance of getting my first choices?

All selections made by the deadline will be treated the same. However, selections made after the deadline will not be given priority.

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