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School of English

Level 2 Module Choices for 2017

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Contents

Module Choice Website ...................................................................... 1

How to choose your second year modules ............................................ 2

Q300 BA English — Course Regulations ............................................... 3

Module options and semesters for BA English ....................................... 4

Q392 BA English Language and Literature — Course Regulations ........... 6

Module options and semesters for BA English Language and Literature ... 7

Q3W8 BA English with Creative Writing — Course Regulations ............... 9

Module options and semesters for BA English with Creative Writing ..... 10

All English and Joint Honours Courses — Course Regulations ............... 12

Module options and semesters for BA English and Joint Honours ........... 13

Module Choice Website

www.nottingham.ac.uk/english/current/level-2-module-choices

The Module Choice website contains essential information about all modules - including pre-requisites and how the modules are taught and

assessed - as well as links to the online module choice form you will need to complete.

http://www.nottingham.ac.uk/english/current/level-2-module-choices

Level 2 Module Choices Choosing your English modules

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How to choose your second year modules

1. Check the regulations for your course in this booklet to see how your

options work and how many modules you need to choose.

2. Visit the Level 2 module choice website to look through all the modules.

The website is: www.nottingham.ac.uk/english/current/level-2-

module-choices

3. Decide which modules you would like to take in which semester and

check any pre-requisites.

4. Ensure that your credit split across semesters is as even as possible. A

60:60 weighting is normal but a 70:50 or 50:70 weighting is also

permitted if necessary. A 40:80/80:40 weighting is not permitted.

5. Decide on any alternative modules in case any of your first choices are

over-subscribed. You will also be asked to indicate your most preferred

choice.

6. You will be notified of your module allocations by email when the

School has completed the allocation process.

7. If you do not register your module choices in time, or wish to change

your module choices at a later date, you will need to wait until

September to choose your modules. Please note that, by this time, it is

likely that many modules will be full. There will be a specific module

changes session in Welcome week for you to change modules.



Level 2 Module Choices Q300 BA English

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Q300 BA English — Course Regulations

You need to choose six options:

Five options must be from at least three areas (GROUPS) of English:

o Literature 1500 to present

o English language and applied linguistics

o Medieval languages and literatures

o Drama and performance

Your sixth option can be chosen from any area, and may include the creative

writing option if you took the pre-requisite Year 1 module.

You can choose a maximum of three modules from any one group.

All choices are dependent on having taken any necessary prerequisites.

You may substitute one 20 credit English module for 20 credits of Modern

Foreign Languages options at Level 2 or above. This means that students can

continue languages, but can’t take total beginner courses as these are Level 1.

You will still need to cover three out of the four areas of English if you do this.

A full list of modules and semesters can be found opposite.

You must ensure that you are taking a total of 120 credits, normally with a

60:60 credit split between semesters, but with not more than 70 credits in either

semester. All modules are 20 credits unless specified otherwise.


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Module options and semesters for BA English

GROUP A — Literature 1500 to the present

Autumn Spring

From Talking Horses to Romantic

Revolutionaries: Literature 1700-

1830 (Q32331)

Shakespeare and Contemporaries

on the Page (Q32330)

Victorian and Fin de Siècle

Literature: 1830-1910 (Q32332)

Modern and Contemporary Literature (Q32333)

Literature and Popular Culture (Q32334)

Texts Across Time (Q32603)*

GROUP B — English language and applied linguistics

Autumn Spring

Literary Linguistics (Q32106)

Psychology of Bilingualism and Language Learning (Q32109)

English Through Time (Q32206)*

Language Development (Q32105)

Language in Society (Q32110)


GROUP C — Medieval languages and literatures

Autumn Spring

Chaucer and His Contemporaries

(Q32207)

Ice and Fire: Myths and Heroes of

the North (Q32205)


Old English: Reflection and Lament

(Q32209)

Names and Identities (Q32208)

GROUP D — Drama and performance

Autumn Spring

Stanislavski to Stelarc: Performance

Practice and Theory (Q32504)


on the Stage (Q32502)

Twentieth Century Plays (Q32503)

GROUP E — Creative writing

Autumn Spring

Poetry: Forms and Conventions

(Q32703)

Only available to students who took the

Q31701 Creative Writing Practice

option in the first year

Fiction: Forms and Conventions

(Q32704) Only available to students who took

the Q31701 Creative Writing Practice option in the first year

* Can be chosen as an option from either group


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The grid below is to help you prepare for your online submission of choices and is

for your own reference only.

You should list the six modules you would prefer to take that fit your course

regulations.

Group Module title Module

code

Autumn

Semester

credits

Spring

Semester

credits

TOTAL credits

Level 2 Module Choices Q392 BA English Language & Literature

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Q392 BA English Language and Literature —

Course Regulations

You take two compulsory modules:

Literary Linguistics (Q32106 – Autumn)

Texts Across Time (Q32603 – Spring)

You then need to choose four options

One literary studies option

One language studies option

One further option from either literary studies or language studies

options

Your fourth option can be chosen from any area, and may include the

creative writing option if you took the pre-requisite Year 1 module

All choices are dependent on having taken any necessary prerequisites.

Students may substitute one 20 credit optional English module for 20 credits of

Modern Foreign Languages options at Level 2 or above. This means that

students can continue languages, but can’t take Level 1 beginners’ courses.

A full list of modules and semesters can be found overleaf.





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Module options and semesters for

BA English Language and Literature Literary studies

Autumn Spring

Ice and Fire: Myths and Heroes of

the North (Q32205)

English Through Time (Q32206)


(Q32207)



From Talking Horses to Romantic Revolutionaries: Literature 1700-

1830 (Q32331)


(Q32209)*


Literature: 1830-1910 (Q32332)

Modern and Contemporary Literature (Q32333)

Literature and Popular Culture

(Q32334)

Language studies

Autumn Spring

Psychology of Bilingualism and

Language Learning (Q32109)


Language in Society (Q32110)


(Q32209)*


Drama and performance

Autumn Spring




on the Stage (Q32502)


GROUP E — Creative writing

Autumn Spring

Poetry: Forms and Conventions

(Q32703)

Only available to students who took the

Q31701 Creative Writing Practice

option in the first year

Fiction: Forms and Conventions (Q32704)

Only available to students who took

the Q31701 Creative Writing Practice option in the first year


Please use the semester grid on the next page to help you plan your choices.


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The following grid is to help you prepare for your online submission of choices and

is for your own reference only. Where a module is full year, you should record

half the total number of credits for each semester.

You should list the six modules you would prefer to take that fit your course

regulations.


code

Autumn

Semester

credits

Spring

Semester

credits

Literary

Studies

Language

Studies

Literary or

Language

Studies

Compulsory Texts Across Time Q32603 20

Compulsory Literary Linguistics Q32106 20

TOTAL credits

Level 2 Module Choices Q3W8 BA English with Creative Writing

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Q3W8 BA English with Creative Writing —

Course Regulations

You take two compulsory specialist creative writing modules:

Poetry: Forms and Conventions (Autumn)

Fiction: Forms and Conventions (Spring)

You also need to choose four options from at least three areas of English

Literature 1500 to present

English language and applied linguistics

Medieval languages and literatures

Drama and performance

A full list of modules and semesters can be found on the opposite page.

You may substitute one 20 credit English module for 20 credits of Modern

Foreign Languages options at Level 2 or above. This means that students can

continue languages, but can’t take total beginner courses as these are Level 1.

You will still need to cover three out of the four areas of English if you do this.




When you submit your choices, you will be asked to give a number of alternative

preferences, in case any of your first choices are over-subscribed.


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Module options and semesters for

BA English with Creative Writing

GROUP A — Literature 1500 to the present

Autumn Spring


Revolutionaries: Literature 1700-1830 (Q32331)




Literature: 1830-1910 (Q32332) Modern and Contemporary

Literature (Q32333)




Autumn Spring

Literary Linguistics (Q32106)

Psychology of Bilingualism and Language Learning (Q32109)



Language in Society (Q32110) Texts Across Time (Q32603)*


Autumn Spring


(Q32207) Ice and Fire: Myths and Heroes of

the North (Q32205)



(Q32209) Names and Identities(Q32208)


Autumn Spring




on the Stage (Q32502) Twentieth Century Plays (Q32503)




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The following grid is to help you prepare for your online submission of choices and is for your own reference only.

You should list the four modules you would prefer to take that fit your course

regulations.


code

Autumn

Semester

credits

Spring

Semester

credits

Compulsory Poetry Form and Conventions Q32703 20

Compulsory Fiction Form and Conventions Q32704 20

TOTAL credits

Level 2 Module Choices BA English and Joint Honours

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All English and Joint Honours Courses — Course Regulations

You need to choose three options in English from at least two areas of English

study:

o Literature 1500 to present

o English language and applied linguistics

o Medieval languages and literatures

o Drama and performance

o

A full list of modules and semesters can be found on the next page.

You also take 60 credits of modules in your partner department.

All choices are dependent on having taken any necessary prerequisites. Joint

honours students cannot take Creative Writing modules.




When you submit your choices, you will be asked to give a number of alternative

preferences, in case any of your first choices are over-subscribed.


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Module options and semesters for BA English and Joint

Honours GROUP A — Literature 1500 to the present

Autumn Spring


Revolutionaries: Literature 1700-1830 (Q32331)




Literature: 1830-1910 (Q32332) Modern and Contemporary

Literature (Q32333)




Autumn Spring

Literary Linguistics (Q32106) Psychology of Bilingualism and

Language Learning (Q32109)


Language Development (Q32105) Language in Society (Q32110) Texts Across Time (Q32603)*


Autumn Spring

Chaucer and His Contemporaries (Q32207)

Ice and Fire: Myths and Heroes of the North (Q32205)


Old English: Reflection and Lament (Q32209)



Autumn Spring

Stanislavski to Stelarc: Performance Practice and Theory (Q32504)

Shakespeare and Contemporaries on the Stage (Q32502)





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The following grid is to help you prepare for your online submission of choices and

is for your own reference only. If you have joint honours modules that are full year,

you should record half the total number of credits for each semester.

You should list the three English modules you would prefer to take that fit your

course regulations.


code

Autumn

Semester

credits

Spring

Semester

credits

Joint

Hons

Joint

Hons

Joint

Hons

TOTAL credits

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