The information on this page is accurate for students entering the programme from September 2023. For students who entered the programme before September 2023, you can find the details of your programme: BA English and Sociology
The BA in English and Sociology gives you the chance to combine the study of very human subjects. You’ll learn about the ways in which societies are organised and structured, as well as one of humanity’s most popular forms of cultural expression – literature.
You’ll be introduced to the key principles of sociology and study English literature across poetry, drama and prose in core modules. We also offer a wide variety of optional modules, giving you the chance to explore the literary periods, authors and themes as well as the sociological topics that interest you.
Our academic expertise covers a wide range of topics in both English literature and sociology. As a result, we can offer flexible degrees with plenty of choice so you can pursue your own interests. You could explore topics such as American fiction, drugs policy, Medieval literature, class division, digital humanities or disability studies. Whatever you’re looking for, the chances are you’ll find it at Leeds.
(For students entering from September 2023 onwards)
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At Level 1, students are required to take 120 credits, with a minimum of 40 credits in both English and Sociology. They must take 40 credits of core English modules, and 40 credits of core Sociology modules here:
| Code | Title | Credits | Semester | Pass for Progression |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ENGL1055 | Writing Matters | 20 | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
| ENGL1065 | Reading Between the Lines | 20 | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
| SLSP1201 | Making Sense of Society: Reading Social Theory | 20 | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
| SLSP1213 | Formations of Coloniality and Modernity | 20 | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) |
Level 1 students may select up to 40 credits from the following English optional modules:
| Code | Title | Credits | Semester | Pass for Progression |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ENGL1070 | Drama: Text and Performance | 20 | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
| ENGL1221 | Modern Fictions in English: Conflict, Liminality, Translation | 20 | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
| ENGL1261 | Poetry: Reading and Interpretation | 20 | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
| ENGL1855 | Race, Writing and Decolonization | 20 | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) |
Level 1 students may select up to 40 credits from the following Sociology modules:
| Code | Title | Credits | Semester | Pass for Progression |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SLSP1171 | Understanding and Researching Contemporary Society | 20 | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
| SLSP1191 | Identities and Inequalities | 20 | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) |
Candidates may take up to 40 credits of Discovery modules in place of two of the option modules above.
(For students entering from September 2023 onwards)
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We are currently refreshing our courses to make sure students have the best possible experience. Where there is no module code link below the full module details are not yet available. Before you are required to enrol on a module full details will be provided.
To be eligible for a joint honours award, students must pass at least 40 credits at level 2 in each of the named subjects. Students must take the following four core modules: Compulsory Modules
| Code | Title | Credits | Semester | Pass for Progression |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ENGL2030 | Writing Environments: Literature, Nature, Culture | 20 | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
| ENGL2045 | Body Language: Literature and Embodiment | 20 | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
| SLSP2010 | Sociology and Social Policy Research Methods | 20 | Not running in 202425 | PFP |
| SLSP2730 | Central Problems in Sociology | 20 | Not running in 202425 |
Candidates may select up to 40 credits of further English option modules from Basket 1:
Basket 1
| Code | Title | Credits | Semester | Pass for Progression |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ENGL2029 | Renaissance Literature | 20 | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
| ENGL2055 | American Words, American Worlds | 20 | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
| ENGL2065 | Postcolonial Literature | 20 | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
| ENGL2080 | Contemporary Literature | 20 | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
| ENGL2085 | Medieval and Tudor Literature | 20 | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
| ENGL2090 | Modern Literature | 20 | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
| ENGL2095 | Other Voices: Rethinking Nineteenth-Century Literature | 20 | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
| ENGL2096 | The World Before Us: Literature 1660–1830 | 20 | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) |
Candidates may select up to 40 credits of further Sociology option modules from Basket 2:
Basket 2
- Social Sciences and Emergencies: Contexts, Theories and Approaches - 20 Credits
| Code | Title | Credits | Semester | Pass for Progression |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SLSP2020 | Crime, Law and Regulation | 20 | Not running in 202425 | |
| SLSP2040 | Disability Studies: An Introduction | 20 | Not running in 202425 | |
| SLSP2051 | Gender and Society | 20 | Not running in 202425 | |
| SLSP2145 | Crime, Race and Ethnicity | 20 | Not running in 202425 | |
| SLSP2150 | Debates in Childhood and Youth | 20 | Not running in 202425 | |
| SLSP2180 | The Sociology of Culture | 20 | Not running in 202425 | |
| SLSP2932 | Sociology and the Climate Crisis | 20 | Not running in 202425 | |
| SLSP2975 | Social and Public Policy beyond the University | 20 | Not running in 202425 | |
| THEO2251 | Sociology of Religion | 20 | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) |
Level 2 students may take up to 40 credits of Discovery modules or a module from Basket 3 in place of English or Sociology options, provided they have fulfilled the programme requirements to take at least 40 credits in both JH subjects:
Basket 3:
| Code | Title | Credits | Semester | Pass for Progression |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| FOAH2020 | Towards the Future: Skills in Context | 20 | Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun) | |
| HIST2240 | Hands on Heritage | 20 | Not running in 202425 | |
| HIST2260 | Digital Methods for History, Art and Literature | 20 | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) |
(For students entering from September 2023 onwards)
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We are currently refreshing our courses to make sure students have the best possible experience. Where there is no module code link below the full module details are not yet available. Before you are required to enrol on a module full details will be provided.
To be eligible for a joint honours award, students must pass at least 40 credits at level 3 in each of the named subjects. Your Final Year Project counts as 40 credits on one side of your degree.
Candidates will be required to study ONE of the following two core modules:
Basket 1:
| Code | Title | Credits | Semester | Pass for Progression |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ENGL3041 | Final Year Project | 40 | Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun) | PFP |
| SLSP3041 | Sociology Dissertation | 40 | Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun) | PFP |
Candidates may choose from the list of specialist research modules in English in Baskets 2 and 3, provided they have met the requirement to study at least 40 credits of Sociology modules at Level 3. Note that the list provided in Baskets 2 and 3 is indicative and subject to change year by year depending on staff availability:
Basket 2:
| Code | Title | Credits | Semester | Pass for Progression |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ENGL3031 | Sex and Suffering in the Eighteenth-Century Novel | 20 | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
| ENGL3033 | Writing and Gender in Seventeenth-Century England | 20 | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
| ENGL3034 | Romantic Lyric Poetry | 20 | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
| ENGL3062 | Charles Dickens Then & Now | 20 | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
| ENGL3063 | Haunted Hinterlands: Wyrd Works and Folk Horror Fictions | 20 | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
| ENGL3114 | Forming Victorian Fiction | 20 | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
| ENGL3163 | Milton | 20 | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
| ENGL3321 | Angry Young Men and Women: Literature of the Mid-Twentieth Century | 20 | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
| ENGL3365 | Theatricalities: Beckett, Pinter, Kane | 20 | Not running in 202425 | |
| ENGL3386 | Telling Lives: Reading and Writing Family Memoir | 20 | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
| ENGL3407 | Shakespeare and Global Cinema | 20 | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
| ENGL3579 | Law and Literature: Transgression, Justice, and Interpretation | 20 | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
| ENGL3680 | Postcolonial London | 20 | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) |
Basket 3:
| Code | Title | Credits | Semester | Pass for Progression |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ENGL3006 | Remixing the Renaissance | 20 | Not running in 202425 | |
| ENGL3027 | Shakespeare | 20 | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
| ENGL3061 | Heart Disease in Contemporary Literature | 20 | Not running in 202425 | |
| ENGL3066 | The Public Poet (Creative Writing) | 20 | Not running in 202425 | |
| ENGL3100 | Digital Englishes | 20 | Not running in 202425 | |
| ENGL3153 | Refugee Narratives | 20 | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
| ENGL3314 | Imagining Posthuman Futures | 20 | Not running in 202425 | |
| ENGL3391 | September 11 in Fact and Fiction | 20 | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
| ENGL3396 | Fictions of the End: Apocalypse and After | 20 | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
| ENGL3402 | Home Bodies: Domestic Animals in Contemporary Literature | 20 | Not running in 202425 | |
| ENGL3410 | Modernist Sexualities | 20 | Not running in 202425 | |
| ENGL3461 | Imagining the United States: Citizenship, Domesticity and Slavery | 20 | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) |
Basket 4: Candidates may choose from a list of specialist research modules in Sociology, provided they have met the requirement to study at least 40 credits of English modules.
- Social Sciences and Emergencies: Critical Analysis & Case Studies - 20 Credits
- Crimes of the Powerful - 20 Credits
- Sociology of Objects - 20 Credits
| Code | Title | Credits | Semester | Pass for Progression |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SLSP3065 | Quantitative Social Research | 20 | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
| SLSP3075 | Disability and Development | 20 | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
| SLSP3220 | Contemporary Children, Young People and Families | 20 | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
| SLSP3230 | Global Terrorism and Violence | 20 | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
| SLSP3500 | Gender, Technologies and the Body | 20 | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
| SLSP3995 | Ethnicity and Popular Culture | 20 | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) |
Last updated: 08/05/2024 16:55:37
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