Awards
Target Award
Alternative Exit
Alternative Exit
Programme Offerings
Part-Time
F2F-JMU-SEP
Educational Aims of the Course
To enable students to develop a range of analytical skills and theoretical concepts relevant to the study of literature and cultural history, which are also adaptable and transferable. To develop students' knowledge of a wide range of texts from the early modern period to the present. To enable students to understand current developments and critical interventions at the forefront of the discipline in literary studies and cognate disciplines. To enable students to develop skills in analytical, critical and original thinking. To enable students to develop the skills in scholarly presentation, documentation, evaluation, and communication of ideas commensurate with postgraduate level study. To provide a relevant, coherent, and intellectually stimulating experience which will encourage students to deal creatively and systematically with complex issues. To enable students to identify, access and employ appropriate bibliographical resources, archives and other sources of relevant information.