Media and English Literature with Foundation Year

If you wish to study two academic subjects in depth our Joint Honours degree programmes are a great way to do this. Combining English Literature and Media degree programmes at York St John University provides you with an opportunity to explore many different forms of media and text. Throughout the course you will read different styles, genres and voices in literature. At the same time you will engage with diverse forms of media - from film and television to advertising and digital media. Through this combination of subjects you will refine your skills in analysis, critical thinking, and communicating your ideas.

This route offers you a four year (full-time) degree course, which will include opportunities for you to engage with the subject area of your choice, to select from a range of subjects to broaden your knowledge and understanding, and will provide structured study skills support as you build your confidence to study at degree level. Working with tutors from across Humanities and Social Sciences, you will have the opportunity to explore a variety of academic disciplines, encountering a wide range of subjects and ideas. You will engage in a range of teaching and learning activities, including lectures, seminars, group work, workshops and online learning. Passing your first year guarantees progression onto any of our undergraduate degrees offered with an integrated Foundation Year.

Modules include:
Eboracum: York, Space and Place
Argufying: Rhetoric, Reason and Reflection
Being Human 1: Structure, Agency and Identity
Being Human 2: Culture, Truth and Myth
Freedom and Justice
Imagining the Future: Environment, Apocalypse and the Digital Revolution