English Literature and History of Art

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HomeStudy at YorkUndergraduateCourses 2027/28English Literature and History of Art (BA)

BA (Hons) English Literature and History of Art

Explore textual and visual material from across history and around the globe.

Year of entry: 2027/28

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September 2027

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3 years full-time

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Department of English and Related Literature, Department of History of Art

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Why study English literature and history of art at York?

Explore an extensive range of modules across two departments. You’ll cover all periods of art and literature from the ancient to the present day. In English, you’ll also have the opportunity to study film, creative writing, and literature from around the globe. In History of Art, you’ll be introduced to foundational topics before digging deeper into art in its many forms, considering how and why it was created and what this tells us about artists, ecologies and societies. Across the two subjects, you’ll be able to tailor your degree to your own interests.

Take an interdisciplinary view. By combining English and History of Art, you’ll get to explore how textual and visual material interact with one another. In your final year, you’ll bring your two subjects into dialogue with one another on your English and History of Art Bridge Dissertation, allowing you to develop a topic that draws on the research and analysis skills developed on both sides of your degree.

Flexibility to add a Placement Year or Year Abroad. You’d then graduate with a BA in English Literature and History of Art (with Placement Year) or BA in English Literature and History of Art (with Year Abroad). Whether you’re interested in gaining experience in a particular industry or looking to expand your horizons by studying in another country, we’ll support you in exploring the options available to you.

Gain valuable skills that will set you up for a range of careers. You’ll develop your research skills and address different briefs, learning to think critically, analyse texts and images, and develop persuasive arguments. Our Careers and Employability Coordinators will help you to think about these skills in relation to employability and to navigate the resources and opportunities available, including internships, a placement year, and more. We regularly advertise careers events by industry experts.

Lively intellectual culture

We partner with the York Festival of Ideas and the biennial York International Shakespeare Festival, and our hugely successful Writers at York series brings in a stellar cast of world-famous contemporary writers. Our Writer-in-Residence offers creative writing workshops and events throughout the year.

Strong links with museums and galleries

The Department of History of Art has a close relationship with York Art Gallery, York Minster, the Centre of Ceramic Arts, and the Yorkshire Country House Partnership, as well as the Yorkshire Sculpture Park, Hepworth Wakefield, and Henry Moore Institute for the Study of Sculpture.

Research excellence

In the Times Higher Education’s ranking of the 2021 Research Excellence Framework, the Department of English and Related Literature were rated as a top ten research department and the Department of History of Art were ranked first in the UK for its impact and environment.

English's emphasis on global literatures was really what attracted me to York when I was applying and I can easily say that it has been my favourite part of my degree.

Francesca, BA English. Read Francesca's blog post.

You'll cover a broad range of literary and art-historical topics that range from the ancient to the contemporary. Our international outlook takes account of the Afro-Eurasian and global contexts of art and literature.

As you progress in Years 2 and 3, you'll choose your own blend of modules taught by experts in the field and introducing you to the newest and most exciting research and ideas. In the final year of your degree, you’ll bring your two subjects into dialogue in a bridge dissertation.

In the first year of your degree, we’ll introduce you to the undergraduate study of English and History of Art. Our modules will give you the skills you need to start undertaking literary and art-historical research, and advice on how to combine the two disciplines.

Core modules

We’ll introduce you to an exciting range of texts and critical approaches in your first year to lay the foundation for your degree. You’ll develop your knowledge of literary history by studying works from the medieval, Renaissance, early modern, 18th century, Romantic, Victorian, and modern periods. Reading Now will introduce you to the necessary skills for the study of literature at university level.

Writing Modernity

Other Worlds

Reading Now

History of Art

Your History of Art core modules will introduce you to the making and experience of different kinds of artworks, how visual ideas transform between cultures and periods, and how to interpret art-historical objects in-depth.

The Materials of Art and Architecture

Art History Now

Objects in Focus

Academic integrity module

In addition to the above you will also need to complete our online Academic Integrity module.

This module covers some of the essential skills and knowledge which will help you to study independently and produce work of a high academic standard which is vital for success at York.

This module will:

define academic integrity and academic misconduct

provide interactive exercises to help you to assess whether you've understood the concepts

provide answers to FAQs and links to useful resources.

In the second year of your degree, you’ll choose six modules across the Departments of English and History of Art.

Intermediate Option Modules

Our Intermediate Option Modules allow you to deepen your understanding of the relationship between literary works and the cultural, historical, and political contexts in which they were produced.

The Shock of the New: Medieval Literature

The Renaissance

Inventing Britain, 1700-1830

Making the Modern: Global Literature in the Victorian Age

Age of Extremes: Twentieth-Century British and Irish Literature

American Literature: From the First World War to the End of Empire

Creative Writing: Contemporary Practice

World Literature Modules

Our World Literature Modules invite you to engage with questions of language, translation, and cultural difference in ways that equip you with important skills in linguistic analysis and description. Some examples include:

African Imaginations and Afrophone Literatures

European New Cinema

Eros: The Literature and Philosophy of Love

French Autofictions

Introduction to Greek and Roman Literature

Modern French and Francophone Literature

Modern Latin American Literature

Medieval Arabic and Persian 'Global' Narratives

Old Norse Literature

Post-War Italian Cinema

The World of Beowulf

Community Engaged Learning Modules

You can also choose to take our Community Engaged Learning Module. You'll work on a team project with a local organisation, making direct use of your distinct disciplinary skills such as analysis, research, and communication.

Beyond the Book: Community Projects

Option modules

In History of Art, you'll choose from a range of Intermediate seminar modules, which range from the ancient to the contemporary. Some of these are focused on specific periods; some consider specific places; some examine specific media; while others are thematic or consider specific institutions. Some examples include:

Italian for Art History Level 2

Journeys, Histories, and Methods of Display

Curating the Dressed Body in Fashion History

Interwoven: Fashion and Clothing Communities in Art History (1800 - the Present)

Fashion, Sustainability, and Ethics

What is Pop Art?

Art in the USA 1942-1975

Surrealism: Art and Liberty

Made in Italy

The Future is Still Female: Art and Feminism since the 1970s

How to Be a Critic

The Emergence of Photography

Camera South Asia

Indo-British Art, c.1527-1947

Cut / Bite / Stamp: The Power of the Printed Image in Eighteenth-Century Britain

Painting in Eighteenth-Century Britain

The English Country House

Three Rogue Architects

Images as Knowledge

Material Encounters in Northern Renaissance Art

Contemplation, Knowledge and Power: Medieval Maps

The Arts of Italy and the ‘Global Renaissance’

Art in Renaissance Florence: Materials, Making, Agency

From Brick into Stone: Islamic Architecture in Anatolia During the Long Thirteenth Century

Looting, Acquiring, Gifting: The Islamic Art Market and Museums

Babylon-Berlin: Ancient Art and Modern Museology

Art and Iconoclasm: The Power of Images

The First Cities: Art and Architecture of Ancient Mesopotamia

Some option module combinations may not be possible. The options available to you will be confirmed after you begin your course.

Elective modules

You may be able to replace one option module with an elective module, studying a complementary subject, a language or an interdisciplinary topic.

In the final year of your degree, you'll undertake a bridge dissertation, a year-long research project that brings your two subjects into dialogue with one another. The bridge dissertation is one of the distinctive features of the English and History of Art degree at York, and offers you the chance to showcase the research and writing skills you have developed during your degree. You'll also choose four option modules in the English and History of Art departments.

Core module

You'll undertake a bridge dissertation module, choosing which department you'd like to supervise you.

Bridge Dissertation with English Supervisor

Bridge Dissertation with History of Art Supervisor

You'll choose from a variety of options in History of Art, allowing you to understand a period, place, or problem in unprecedented detail. Some examples include:

The Arts of Italy and the Global Renaissance

In English, you will choose from the department’s Advanced Option Modules. These reflect the wide-ranging and cutting-edge research expertise of the Department, and our options cover literature from the classical period to the twenty-first century, as well as film and creative writing. Students can typically choose from around 30 options. Some examples include:

Black Writers of the Global Nineteenth Century

Borders Bodies Bridges: Migration and Racialisation in Modern Literature and Culture

From Tennyson to Tolkien: The Middle Ages and Modern Literature, 1840-1940

Green Romanticism: Nature, Ecology, Calamity

Modernism's Queer Spaces

Pulp Fictions of Medieval England: Romance and Popular Literature

Spices and Spies: Renaissance Global Travel

The Stuff of Poetry

The Villains of Romantic Gothic

The Writer's Notebook: A Prose Fiction Workshop

Our modules may change to reflect the latest academic thinking and expertise of our staff, and in line with Department/School academic planning.

Study abroad

There are opportunities for you to spend time abroad during your course.

Explore global opportunities

Real-world experiences

Find your edge by gaining practical experience that boosts your employability. Explore diverse opportunities to apply your knowledge and build vital professional skills, such as placements, internships and part-time jobs.

Learning outcomes

Every course at York has been designed to provide clear and ambitious learning outcomes. These learning outcomes give you an understanding of what you will be able to do at the end of the course. We develop each course by designing modules that grow your abilities towards the learning outcomes and help you to explain what you can offer to employers. Find out more about our approach to teaching and learning.

Learning outcomes for this course

Communicate knowledge of the art and literature of a wide range of periods, and engage creatively and critically with a range of conceptual, theoretical and methodological approaches.

Take a critical and questioning approach to the ways in which literary and visual culture has been interpreted, and narrated, with reference to the period and tradition in which those interpretations were produced.

Analyse the affective power of language and visual culture, and their cultural and political impact, and use this awareness to better understand the world and influence others.

Make connections and comparisons between the ideas, cultures and societies of different time periods and places around the world.

Initiate and complete projects of their own which contribute to pressing contemporary debates.

Convey complex ideas with clarity and precision and make sophisticated and persuasive arguments based on both visual and textual materials from a range of sources, primary and secondary, archival and digital.

Demonstrate the initiative to work well both independently and in collaboration with others, managing time effectively, meeting deadlines and taking an analytical approach to extending their own knowledge and skills.

The fees and funding information here is for students starting in the 2027/28 academic year.

If you take a year abroad or year in industry you'll pay a reduced rate of fees for that year.

Annual tuition fees

UK (home)

International and EU

The UK government has announced its intention to increase tuition fees from £9,790 to £10,050 for the 2027/8 academic year. We expect this to apply to new UK (home) undergraduate students starting their studies in September 2027.

UK (home) or international fees?

The level of fee that you will be asked to pay depends on whether you're classed as a UK (home) or international student. Check your fee status.

Fees for subsequent years

UK (home) fees may increase within the government fee cap in subsequent academic years. We will notify you of any increase as soon as we can.

International fees are subject to increase in subsequent years in line with the prevailing Consumer Price Index (CPI) inflation rate (up to a maximum of 10%).

More information

For more information about tuition fees, any reduced fees for study abroad and work placement years, scholarships, tuition fee loans, maintenance loans and living costs see undergraduate fees and funding.

Additional costs

You'll need copies of the texts set for each module. Where possible, the Department works to arrange digital copies via the University Library. Where this is not practical, you'll be instructed in advance of the start of each term about the texts and editions you'll need to purchase (whether new or second-hand).

We'll confirm more funding opportunities for students joining us in 2027/28 throughout the year.

UK government loans

UK scholarships and bursaries

International scholarships

Country-specific funding

US loans

Living costs

You can use our living costs guide to help plan your budget. It covers additional costs that are not included in your tuition fee such as expenses for accommodation and study materials.

Free online courses

Get a taste of university-level study on one of York's free short courses.

Studying here allows you to make your engagement with History of Art as personal as you’d like, with incredible opportunities to travel and develop outside your course.

Senah, History of Art.

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* Awarded joint 10th in the Times Higher Education ranking of the Research Excellence Framework 2021.

You’ll study and learn with academics and curators who are active researchers, experts in their field and have a passion for their subjects. Our approach to teaching will provide you with the knowledge, opportunities, and support you need to grow and succeed in a global workplace. Find out more about our approach to teaching and learning.

Teaching format

English at York is renowned for its flexible and innovative approach. You’ll work closely with tutors in small-group seminars, supported by lectures, workshops, and opportunities to consult staff on a one-to-one basis in their weekly office hours.

In History of Art, teaching occurs in a variety of ways, including lectures to the entire cohort and workshops, where group work is often prioritised, especially at the start of your degree when you are still finding your feet. The Department is, however, most committed to small-group teaching. From the first year onwards, you will regularly be in seminars which create a lively, guided, democratic environment for discussion, which, we believe, represents the best way to learn.

In addition, we're committed to seeing and understanding works of art and architecture in all their detail and complexity. As a result, we keep Fridays free for field trips, whose travel is fully funded by the department, where we take you to see the works themselves in the flesh, often making use of our local and national gallery and museum partners to give you privileged access.

You can typically expect eight hours of contact time per week — and sometimes more. There are also numerous opportunities for informal contact.

Our dedicated research informs all our teaching activities. Our friendly, approachable, and accessible staff are world-leading experts in their fields. They are each available to meet individually with you during two weekly open office hours. We organise many guest lectures and readings by well-known artists, curators, and writers.

In the UK, full-time students are expected to spend 1,200 hours a year learning. That's about 40 hours of classes and independent study each week during semesters. Everyone learns at a different rate, so the number of hours you spend on independent study will be different to other students on your course.

Facilities

Thin Ice Press is the Department of English and Related Literature’s in-house printing studio, whose iron presses chart the evolution of print from 1838-1926. They offer opportunities to experience the relationship between writing and printing practices through publication, practice-led research, teaching, and public workshops.

The Department of History of Art has a dedicated gallery space and object-handling teaching space, both in Heslington Hall. You'll also have access to the University of York art collection, containing more than 900 images and objects.

Teaching location

You will be based in the Department of English and Related Literature and the Department of History of Art on Campus West.

Your contact hours will be divided between Derwent College, Vanbrugh College, the Spring Lane Teaching Building, and other nearby locations on Campus West. In addition, you may be taught in a range of museums and galleries across the region and the country.

York is the perfect place to inspire your studies, with a rich and turbulent history stretching back to the Romans. Today the city boasts beautiful historic architecture, as well as museums, galleries, and archives.

About our campus

Our beautiful green campus offers a student-friendly setting in which to live and study, within easy reach of the action in the city centre. It's easy to get around - everything is within walking or pedalling distance, or you can use the fast and frequent bus service. Take a campus tour.

Assessment and feedback

The Department of English and Related Literature employs a variety of assessment methods, including group projects and open exams, but with a strong emphasis on essay writing. Your main mode of assessment will be essays, which will range from short exploratory exercises to more detailed discussions on a topic of your choice. We offer high levels of feedback and ample opportunities for you to meet with staff to discuss your written work.

Assessment in History of Art takes a variety of forms, from presentations and group work and discussion, through essays of increasing length and ambition, to open exams. We offer a range of forms of assessment mindful that different students have different strengths, and to enable you to demonstrate your flexibility to your future employers. We also offer procedural essays and practice essays, where you can receive feedback from your tutors before formal examination takes place.

In your third year, you will bring your two subjects into dialogue in a 7,000-8,000 word bridge dissertation on a topic of your choosing.

Careers and skills

Studying English and History of Art at York will provide you with numerous career possibilities. You’ll learn presentation, language, and critical thinking skills during your combined degree, and gain expertise in complex analysis and research. These skills suit a wide range of careers related to the creative industries, from arts administration to conservation and curation.

Our English alumni

Our History of Art alumni

Career opportunities

Advertising, marketing, and public relations

Antiques dealer

Arts administration

Auctioneer

Civil and diplomatic services

Conservation officer

Creative and media work

Librarianship

Museum curation

Publishing

Teaching

Transferable skills

Ability to analyse and compare complex texts

Capacity to write clearly and fluently for a variety of audiences

Communication and teamwork skills

Critical and analytical thinking

Data interpretation

Experience of researching and debating challenging topics

Independent study skills

Logic and rhetoric

Proficiency in presenting findings cogently and persuasively using information technology

Turn ambition into achievement with our expert guidance and connections. From your first day here to life after graduation, we'll help you find your career advantage.

Qualification

A levels

AAB including an A in English Literature (English Language and Literature is also acceptable)

Access to Higher Education Diploma

36 credits at Distinction, including at least 9 credits in Literature-related units, and 9 credits at Merit or higher

BTEC National Extended Diploma

DDD with an additional A Level or equivalent qualification in English Literature at grade A

European Baccalaureate

80% overall, with 85% in English Literature.

International Baccalaureate

35 points including 6 in English Literature at Higher Level (Higher Level English Language and Literature is also acceptable)

T levels

We are currently not accepting T Levels for this course unless an additional A Level (or equivalent qualification) in English Literature has been taken.

Scottish Highers / Advanced Highers

Advanced Highers - B in English Literature plus

Scottish Highers - BBBB

We may also be able to consider three Advanced Highers or a combination of Highers and Advanced Highers, where an applicant does not meet the grade requirement through Highers alone. Please contact us to discuss your qualifications.

Other international qualifications

Equivalent qualifications from your country

Alternative offers

Meeting the following additional criteria may qualify you for an alternative offer.

Criteria

Adjustment

Widening participation

BBC including B in English Literature (English Language and Literature is also acceptable)

This is conditional upon successful completion of the WP programme including the YorJourney module (Black Access Programme, Next Step York) or successful completion of Realising Opportunities More about widening participation.

Contextual offer

ABC including an A in English Literature (English Language and Literature is also acceptable)

If you achieve A or higher in the EPQ, you may be eligible for an alternative offer up to one A level grade (or equivalent) below our typical offer.

If you successfully complete our online course Modern Sculpture: An Introduction to History of Art, you may be eligible for an alternative offer up to one A level grade (or equivalent) below our typical offer. Details about how to evidence completion of the MOOC will be sent in your offer letter. Please note: you do not need to pay for the certificate. More about MOOCs.

English language

If English isn't your first language you may need to provide evidence of your English language ability. We accept the following qualifications:

Minimum requirement

IELTS (Academic)

6.5, with a minimum of 6.0 in each component

Other English language qualifications

To see what other language tests we can accept and the scores required, visit our IELTS equivalences webpage and click on the IELTS requirement for your chosen course.

We also accept various school-leaving certificates to meet our English Language requirements. Please visit our country-specific information for further details.

For more information see our undergraduate English language requirements.

If you haven't met our English language requirements

You may be eligible for one of our pre-sessional English language courses. These courses will provide you with the level of English needed to meet the conditions of your offer.

The length of course you need to take depends on your current English language test scores and how much you need to improve to reach our English language requirements.

After you've accepted your offer to study at York, we'll confirm which pre-sessional course you should apply to via You@York.

To apply to York, you'll need to complete an online application via UCAS (the Universities and Colleges Admissions Service).

How to apply

We look for intellectual and literary curiosity, open-mindedness, and analytical ability.

We encourage mature students to email the Admissions Tutor for consultation and advice.

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課程頁官方原文 A levels AAB including an A in English Literature (English Language and Literature is also acceptable) https://www.york.ac.uk/study/undergraduate/courses/ba-english-literature-history-of-art/ 取得日期：2026-10-21

香港／國際頁官方原文 Hong Kong Diploma of Secondary Education (HKDSE) If you are studying the Hong Kong Diploma of Secondary Education (HKDSE), you will need to achieve grades ranging from 4,4,3 to 5*,5,5. You can achieve this through a minimum of two elective subjects and one core subject (excluding Citizenship and Social Development/Liberal Studies). We also accept Chinese Language as one of your HKDSE cores. Subject-specific requirements apply for some courses.  HKDSE Score A level equivalent 5*55 A*AA 555 AAA 554 AAB 544 ABB 444 BBB If Mathematics is an essential subject requirement, you will need to complete two elective subjects plus Compulsory Mathematics and Extended Mathematics (either M1/Calculus and Statistics or M2/Algebra and Calculus). For direct entry, we also accept other international qualifications studied by students in Hong Kong, such as the US AP subject exams, as well as Canadian qualifications. Explore our undergraduate courses https://www.york.ac.uk/study/international/your-country/hong-kong/ 取得日期：2026-10-29

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