History and English
Roehampton UniversityLondon, United Kingdom
Course overview
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Contact us If you love big stories, bold ideas, and discovering how the past shapes the world we live in, the BA History and English at Roehampton is your perfect degree. You’ll explore two powerful subjects together, learning how real events inspire literature, and how books, plays, and poems can reshape history. You’ll explore postcolonial narratives and Cold War conflicts, the streets of London in literature, Shakespeare in the modern world, and the global forces that shape our lives today.
Along the way, you’ll build the skills to question what you read, challenge dominant narratives, and understand voices that history overlooks. With hands-on projects, creative assessments, and the completion of your own independent research in your final year, this degree is designed to help you grow as a thinker, communicator, and creator, r
Key highlights
- Combines history and literature, exploring how events and texts shape each other
- Modules on postcolonial narratives, Cold War conflicts and global forces
- Study London streets in literature and Shakespeare in the modern world
- Hands-on projects and creative assessments throughout the degree
- Independent research project completed in the final year
- Develops skills to question sources and challenge dominant narratives
Entry requirements
- UCAS tariff points: 112-128 — Entry tariff 112-128 UCAS points (or equivalent) Foundation Year: 64-80 UCAS points (or equivalent) Looking to work out your UCAS points or find out about our entry requirements?
- UCAS tariff points: 64-80 — foundation year
Careers this course leads to
- Secondary school teacher
- Journalist
- Editor
- Archivist
- Heritage officer
- Content writer
Cost of study
UK/Home: £9,790 per year | International: £17,628 per year
Admission
Applications are made through AHZ at no cost. Share your transcripts, English test scores and personal statement, and your AHZ Counsellor will review your profile, submit your application to Roehampton University, and guide you through interview, offer, CAS and visa — right up to enrolment.
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