BA (Hons) English Literature and History of Art

... United Kingdom
... University College Birmingham

Course Overview

Explore the ways in which the visual and literary arts have engaged with society over time and the ways in which they are evolving our world.

Discover visual and literary culture through a broad range of perspectives, such as social history, global art, philosophy, anthropology, feminism and religion. You will have access to original works, a dedicated fine art library and collection of resources in the Barber Institute of Fine Arts, our acclaimed public gallery on-campus. Here you will find works by artists such as Botticelli, Van Gogh, Monet, Magritte, Vigée LeBrun and Rodin. You will also have access to our Special Collections, which contains over 60,000 rare and early printed books, and over 2 million manuscripts and archive items

General Eligibility

  • Three GCE A levels (including International A Levels)

  • The International Baccalaureate Diploma

  • SQA Highers and Advanced Highers (many programmes will accept Highers without additional Advanced Highers)

  • The Cambridge Pre-U (minimum three separate subjects)

  • A mix of A levels and Cambridge Pre-U subjects (minimum three in total)

  • The Irish Leaving Certificate Higher Level

  • The European Baccalaureate

  • Welsh Baccalaureate Advanced Skills Challenge Certificate (the grade required will be the same as from an A level and must be combined with 2 A levels.)

Part Time Work Details

20 Hours of Work permit weekly for international students.

Language Requirement

  • In order to undertake a programme of study here at the University, you will need to demonstrate that you have a suitable level of English proficiency.

    You can demonstrate your level of English with IELTS/TOEFL/PTE or alternative qualifications. The sections below will tell you what grades you need in these qualifications for the subject area you want to study.

    English tests/qualifications normally need to have been taken within two years of the start date of your programme.

    For those joining us for 2022, we will accept the following additional tests as evidence of English language proficiency:

    • TOEFL Home Edition

    • IELTs Online

    • PTE Academic Online

Programme Information
...
Course Category

English literature


...
Campus Name

Birmingham, England


...
Course Level

Undergraduate


...
Duration

Full-time, 3 years


...
Available Intake

September


...
IELTS Score

0.0


...
Tuition Fees Range

Home full-time: £9,250, International full-time: £21,780,


Subject Recommendations for You
B.F.A. Music Theatre
Florida Atlantic University
Campus

Boca Raton, Fort Lauderdale, Davie, Jupiter, Dania Beach

Entry Score

6.0

Course Level

Undergraduate

Total Course Fee

$ Up to $8,000

B.A. English
James Madison University
Campus

Holland Yates Hall

Entry Score

4.5

Course Level

Undergraduate

Total Course Fee

$ IY 1-Semester $12,559; IY 2-Semester $25,118​; IY 3-Semester $34,903; IY 3-Semester $34,903 & General $30,152

Campus

Plymouth, England

Entry Score

6.5

Course Level

Undergraduate

Total Course Fee

£ 16300

Discover Your Next Read
...
Why you will go UK for better study ? Learn more from this blog...
...
Why you will go UK for better study ? Learn more from this blog...
Request history8.1.11PHP Version899msRequest Duration2MBMemory UsageGET course-details/{id?}Route
  • warninglog[19:52:15] LOG.warning: Calling static trait method App\Traits\Service::get_intake_with_next_year is...
  • Booting (16.84ms)time
  • Application (882ms)time
  • 1 x Application (98.13%)
    882ms
    1 x Booting (1.87%)
    16.84ms
    4 templates were rendered
    • course-detailscourse-details.blade.php#?blade
    • ajax.homejshomejs.blade.php#?blade
    • layouts.appapp.blade.php#?blade
    • ajax.menusearchjsmenusearchjs.blade.php#?blade
    uri
    GET course-details/{id?}
    middleware
    web
    controller
    App\Http\Controllers\CourseController@details
    namespace
    prefix
    where
    file
    app/Http/Controllers/CourseController.php:130-145
    13 statements were executed, 3 of which were duplicates, 10 unique. Show only duplicated856ms
    • Connection Establishedstaging_liveCourseController.php#131
      Backtrace
      • 15. app/Http/Controllers/CourseController.php:131
      • 16. vendor/laravel/framework/src/Illuminate/Routing/Controller.php:54
      • 17. vendor/laravel/framework/src/Illuminate/Routing/ControllerDispatcher.php:43
      • 18. vendor/laravel/framework/src/Illuminate/Routing/Route.php:260
      • 19. vendor/laravel/framework/src/Illuminate/Routing/Route.php:205
    • select * from `courses` where `id` = 'c804c5045370464288e456a7c7ba2c6a' limit 1
      3.46msstaging_liveCourseController.php#131
      Bindings
      • 0: c804c5045370464288e456a7c7ba2c6a
      Backtrace
      • 16. app/Http/Controllers/CourseController.php:131
      • 17. vendor/laravel/framework/src/Illuminate/Routing/Controller.php:54
      • 18. vendor/laravel/framework/src/Illuminate/Routing/ControllerDispatcher.php:43
      • 19. vendor/laravel/framework/src/Illuminate/Routing/Route.php:260
      • 20. vendor/laravel/framework/src/Illuminate/Routing/Route.php:205
    • select * from `institutes` where `institutes`.`id` in ('55')
      1.35msstaging_liveCourseController.php#131
      Bindings
      • 0: 55
      Backtrace
      • 21. app/Http/Controllers/CourseController.php:131
      • 22. vendor/laravel/framework/src/Illuminate/Routing/Controller.php:54
      • 23. vendor/laravel/framework/src/Illuminate/Routing/ControllerDispatcher.php:43
      • 24. vendor/laravel/framework/src/Illuminate/Routing/Route.php:260
      • 25. vendor/laravel/framework/src/Illuminate/Routing/Route.php:205
    • select * from `represent_countries` where `represent_countries`.`id` in ('1')
      920μsstaging_liveCourseController.php#131
      Bindings
      • 0: 1
      Backtrace
      • 26. app/Http/Controllers/CourseController.php:131
      • 27. vendor/laravel/framework/src/Illuminate/Routing/Controller.php:54
      • 28. vendor/laravel/framework/src/Illuminate/Routing/ControllerDispatcher.php:43
      • 29. vendor/laravel/framework/src/Illuminate/Routing/Route.php:260
      • 30. vendor/laravel/framework/src/Illuminate/Routing/Route.php:205
    • select * from `countries` where `countries`.`id` in ('235')
      840μsstaging_liveCourseController.php#131
      Bindings
      • 0: 235
      Backtrace
      • 31. app/Http/Controllers/CourseController.php:131
      • 32. vendor/laravel/framework/src/Illuminate/Routing/Controller.php:54
      • 33. vendor/laravel/framework/src/Illuminate/Routing/ControllerDispatcher.php:43
      • 34. vendor/laravel/framework/src/Illuminate/Routing/Route.php:260
      • 35. vendor/laravel/framework/src/Illuminate/Routing/Route.php:205
    • select `id`, `course_level_name` from `course_levels` where `course_levels`.`id` in ('1')
      810μsstaging_liveCourseController.php#131
      Bindings
      • 0: 1
      Backtrace
      • 21. app/Http/Controllers/CourseController.php:131
      • 22. vendor/laravel/framework/src/Illuminate/Routing/Controller.php:54
      • 23. vendor/laravel/framework/src/Illuminate/Routing/ControllerDispatcher.php:43
      • 24. vendor/laravel/framework/src/Illuminate/Routing/Route.php:260
      • 25. vendor/laravel/framework/src/Illuminate/Routing/Route.php:205
    • select * from `categories` where `categories`.`id` in ('37') order by `category_name` asc
      930μsstaging_liveCourseController.php#131
      Bindings
      • 0: 37
      Backtrace
      • 21. app/Http/Controllers/CourseController.php:131
      • 22. vendor/laravel/framework/src/Illuminate/Routing/Controller.php:54
      • 23. vendor/laravel/framework/src/Illuminate/Routing/ControllerDispatcher.php:43
      • 24. vendor/laravel/framework/src/Illuminate/Routing/Route.php:260
      • 25. vendor/laravel/framework/src/Illuminate/Routing/Route.php:205
    • select * from `courses` where `course_level_id` = '1' order by RAND() limit 3
      843msstaging_liveCourseController.php#138
      Bindings
      • 0: 1
      Backtrace
      • 15. app/Http/Controllers/CourseController.php:138
      • 16. vendor/laravel/framework/src/Illuminate/Routing/Controller.php:54
      • 17. vendor/laravel/framework/src/Illuminate/Routing/ControllerDispatcher.php:43
      • 18. vendor/laravel/framework/src/Illuminate/Routing/Route.php:260
      • 19. vendor/laravel/framework/src/Illuminate/Routing/Route.php:205
    • select * from `institutes` where `institutes`.`id` = '3e507e884b4b42499b4472ac06be2163' limit 1
      1.19msstaging_livecourse-details.blade.php#258
      Bindings
      • 0: 3e507e884b4b42499b4472ac06be2163
      Backtrace
      • 22. view::course-details:258
      • 24. vendor/laravel/framework/src/Illuminate/Filesystem/Filesystem.php:124
      • 25. vendor/laravel/framework/src/Illuminate/View/Engines/PhpEngine.php:58
      • 26. vendor/laravel/framework/src/Illuminate/View/Engines/CompilerEngine.php:72
      • 27. vendor/laravel/framework/src/Illuminate/View/View.php:207
    • select `id`, `course_level_name` from `course_levels` where `course_levels`.`id` = '1' limit 1
      600μsstaging_livecourse-details.blade.php#274
      Bindings
      • 0: 1
      Backtrace
      • 22. view::course-details:274
      • 24. vendor/laravel/framework/src/Illuminate/Filesystem/Filesystem.php:124
      • 25. vendor/laravel/framework/src/Illuminate/View/Engines/PhpEngine.php:58
      • 26. vendor/laravel/framework/src/Illuminate/View/Engines/CompilerEngine.php:72
      • 27. vendor/laravel/framework/src/Illuminate/View/View.php:207
    • select * from `institutes` where `institutes`.`id` = 'f00f4bf0b76749c886d6ec81e1bfe3e9' limit 1
      870μsstaging_livecourse-details.blade.php#258
      Bindings
      • 0: f00f4bf0b76749c886d6ec81e1bfe3e9
      Backtrace
      • 22. view::course-details:258
      • 24. vendor/laravel/framework/src/Illuminate/Filesystem/Filesystem.php:124
      • 25. vendor/laravel/framework/src/Illuminate/View/Engines/PhpEngine.php:58
      • 26. vendor/laravel/framework/src/Illuminate/View/Engines/CompilerEngine.php:72
      • 27. vendor/laravel/framework/src/Illuminate/View/View.php:207
    • select `id`, `course_level_name` from `course_levels` where `course_levels`.`id` = '1' limit 1
      540μsstaging_livecourse-details.blade.php#274
      Bindings
      • 0: 1
      Backtrace
      • 22. view::course-details:274
      • 24. vendor/laravel/framework/src/Illuminate/Filesystem/Filesystem.php:124
      • 25. vendor/laravel/framework/src/Illuminate/View/Engines/PhpEngine.php:58
      • 26. vendor/laravel/framework/src/Illuminate/View/Engines/CompilerEngine.php:72
      • 27. vendor/laravel/framework/src/Illuminate/View/View.php:207
    • select * from `institutes` where `institutes`.`id` = '114' limit 1
      860μsstaging_livecourse-details.blade.php#258
      Bindings
      • 0: 114
      Backtrace
      • 22. view::course-details:258
      • 24. vendor/laravel/framework/src/Illuminate/Filesystem/Filesystem.php:124
      • 25. vendor/laravel/framework/src/Illuminate/View/Engines/PhpEngine.php:58
      • 26. vendor/laravel/framework/src/Illuminate/View/Engines/CompilerEngine.php:72
      • 27. vendor/laravel/framework/src/Illuminate/View/View.php:207
    • select `id`, `course_level_name` from `course_levels` where `course_levels`.`id` = '1' limit 1
      480μsstaging_livecourse-details.blade.php#274
      Bindings
      • 0: 1
      Backtrace
      • 22. view::course-details:274
      • 24. vendor/laravel/framework/src/Illuminate/Filesystem/Filesystem.php:124
      • 25. vendor/laravel/framework/src/Illuminate/View/Engines/PhpEngine.php:58
      • 26. vendor/laravel/framework/src/Illuminate/View/Engines/CompilerEngine.php:72
      • 27. vendor/laravel/framework/src/Illuminate/View/View.php:207
    App\Models\Course
    4Course.php#?
    App\Models\Institute
    4Institute.php#?
    App\Models\CourseLevel
    4CourseLevel.php#?
    App\Models\RepresentCountry
    1RepresentCountry.php#?
    App\Models\Country
    1Country.php#?
    App\Models\Category
    1Category.php#?
        _token
        eV9B2Lj4nG6GCFKYWmv45SwLShwvC0jQo9hixLjh
        current_url
        https://staging.bheuni.io/course-details/c804c5045370464288e456a7c7ba2c6a
        _previous
        array:1 [ "url" => "https://staging.bheuni.io/course-details/c804c5045370464288e456a7c7ba2c6a" ]
        _flash
        array:2 [ "old" => [] "new" => [] ]
        PHPDEBUGBAR_STACK_DATA
        []
        path_info
        /course-details/c804c5045370464288e456a7c7ba2c6a
        status_code
        200
        
        status_text
        OK
        format
        html
        content_type
        text/html; charset=UTF-8
        request_query
        []
        
        request_request
        []
        
        request_headers
        0 of 0
        array:16 [ "cookie" => array:1 [ 0 => "_tt_enable_cookie=1; _ttp=01JXQZZW8EVNHE3RSV6RXPVRTH_.tt.1; XSRF-TOKEN=eyJpdiI6Ijg0enAwZDd1YUlOdU9zZlpRUk15N0E9PSIsInZhbHVlIjoiT3JSeDRndTZCdC9PbWc0UktoQ1JnT1BSa1JZUldjd1I1L09RSjhDU05tS1B6THZZVHR1c0d0QU1sL08vWGN2ZThRQUJtb2ZLb3V3cDVLdkNHVHo0eHBqSDZjanpOcUUzQ3Y0ME5KelZITUpBMmF5cjJFK1Q0QmFldHRGb2prVWUiLCJtYWMiOiJlZGJiNDFmYWJjMTQ5OGUwZTBjZjllZGU5OGYxZmEwZjk1NjhhZjIwM2JlMGE2YWExNTRjZjJjMmFiZDNlYWE2IiwidGFnIjoiIn0%3D; bhe_uni_session=eyJpdiI6InFZbU5CaHlGNWQ2VVY3cXJ4WmUxRXc9PSIsInZhbHVlIjoiMlcwR0xoMEVjTitHYVFpRnJPbDlxZE85eit2akQwYk1jRitBcmtVTGhnTWl2YTR3RmVQNG1NblozazVUNHZ1RVdSUysxZStNcVpuY29JSFB1MmpuRlBncWtQdkFQTk5tS2M4dHVJQkRUeTcvb1M1T2dtV3hQNXhxM0RpYjRVU2YiLCJtYWMiOiJjMjIxYzQ5Nzg4MmIxMjQ5MTZlM2NmMTg0ZjRjZDdjMzZmYjhmMDlmNmJiM2Y5MDY5MDdkNTY3MmQ1MmZhZDc3IiwidGFnIjoiIn0%3D; _fbp=fb.1.1749930733945.92624729152399518; ttcsid=1749930733845::EpqmlBqEjGeR4c6iyoJ7.1.1749930734333; ttcsid_CLKVGJRC77U3V0M5NEGG=1749930733845::WIfRCohGIV3ubElzi05y.1.1749930734461_tt_enable_cookie=1; _ttp=01JXQZZW8EVNHE3RSV6RXPVRTH_.tt.1; XSRF-TOKEN=eyJpdiI6Ijg0enAwZDd1YUlOdU9zZlpRUk15N0E9PSIsInZhbHVlIjoiT3JSeDRndTZCdC9PbWc0UktoQ1JnT1BSa" ] "priority" => array:1 [ 0 => "u=0, i" ] "accept-encoding" => array:1 [ 0 => "gzip, deflate, br, zstd" ] "sec-fetch-dest" => array:1 [ 0 => "document" ] "sec-fetch-user" => array:1 [ 0 => "?1" ] "sec-fetch-mode" => array:1 [ 0 => "navigate" ] "sec-fetch-site" => array:1 [ 0 => "none" ] "accept" => array:1 [ 0 => "text/html,application/xhtml+xml,application/xml;q=0.9,image/avif,image/webp,image/apng,*/*;q=0.8,application/signed-exchange;v=b3;q=0.7" ] "user-agent" => array:1 [ 0 => "Mozilla/5.0 AppleWebKit/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko; compatible; ClaudeBot/1.0; +claudebot@anthropic.com)" ] "upgrade-insecure-requests" => array:1 [ 0 => "1" ] "sec-ch-ua-platform" => array:1 [ 0 => ""Windows"" ] "sec-ch-ua-mobile" => array:1 [ 0 => "?0" ] "sec-ch-ua" => array:1 [ 0 => ""Chromium";v="130", "HeadlessChrome";v="130", "Not?A_Brand";v="99"" ] "cache-control" => array:1 [ 0 => "no-cache" ] "pragma" => array:1 [ 0 => "no-cache" ] "host" => array:1 [ 0 => "staging.bheuni.io" ] ]
        request_cookies
        0 of 0
        array:7 [ "_tt_enable_cookie" => null "_ttp" => null "XSRF-TOKEN" => "eV9B2Lj4nG6GCFKYWmv45SwLShwvC0jQo9hixLjh" "bhe_uni_session" => "jFdvyxNmiHk2B4Zpqp72xmxyrjjGudaZywDDsFU5" "_fbp" => null "ttcsid" => null "ttcsid_CLKVGJRC77U3V0M5NEGG" => null ]
        response_headers
        0 of 0
        array:5 [ "content-type" => array:1 [ 0 => "text/html; charset=UTF-8" ] "cache-control" => array:1 [ 0 => "no-cache, private" ] "date" => array:1 [ 0 => "Sat, 14 Jun 2025 19:52:15 GMT" ] "set-cookie" => array:2 [ 0 => "XSRF-TOKEN=eyJpdiI6IjhWMEU4R1JMdDYyV2FhWVk3Ym9zckE9PSIsInZhbHVlIjoiRUFRVEdaaVUrMFQ2ZkVFTHBVY1dZYXFiZWEvYjMxYmRlYWdoeiszWFYzejlIQWttWWorOWRYYmlxZFlRNytOUkxhaXlmSllCNW9lcWVMeldwSjRoRVRtL1MyRU5ITTRrS0N3WHE1TURFdk5WbGxHbmhBVjJua1FJaVNlY1FKeW0iLCJtYWMiOiI1NmY4NDQyZWNiM2I5NjYwN2JmYjZlOGI3NTA4YWI5NjIxMjk5MmQ4MWJhYzIyYTlmMDcwOWI4NWIwZWY2ZDNkIiwidGFnIjoiIn0%3D; expires=Sun, 15 Jun 2025 15:52:15 GMT; Max-Age=72000; path=/; domain=.bheuni.io; secureXSRF-TOKEN=eyJpdiI6IjhWMEU4R1JMdDYyV2FhWVk3Ym9zckE9PSIsInZhbHVlIjoiRUFRVEdaaVUrMFQ2ZkVFTHBVY1dZYXFiZWEvYjMxYmRlYWdoeiszWFYzejlIQWttWWorOWRYYmlxZFlRNytOUkxhaXlmS" 1 => "bhe_uni_session=eyJpdiI6ImFzY2JFR1FKVzR5NTFsOXI0cEthSFE9PSIsInZhbHVlIjoiZFZJeS9jcjJ1SDEvS3FRWVQ3SVZVTWNRR0hoVGZOYWVBblA1ZWJKYlYxVUdWMUlFUnRaeVNIcTdoNzNvbnBrd1NnMk85b3B2MnpSelUyN2hyMlJtVHdGSVg2ck5xdGFrRkRuYktqMm9sRWh5N3QwdGhpSEgyZDZ0Mlo1Wjc5cS8iLCJtYWMiOiI1ZjdlNTZmZmEyNjVhYWQyZTlhMzBmMGJkMzRjNjdhYjE2YThjOGUwNzRhZDM4MDYxMTI0NWQzY2RiMDg0NzdlIiwidGFnIjoiIn0%3D; expires=Sun, 15 Jun 2025 15:52:15 GMT; Max-Age=72000; path=/; domain=.bheuni.io; secure; httponlybhe_uni_session=eyJpdiI6ImFzY2JFR1FKVzR5NTFsOXI0cEthSFE9PSIsInZhbHVlIjoiZFZJeS9jcjJ1SDEvS3FRWVQ3SVZVTWNRR0hoVGZOYWVBblA1ZWJKYlYxVUdWMUlFUnRaeVNIcTdoNzNvbnBrd1Nn" ] "Set-Cookie" => array:2 [ 0 => "XSRF-TOKEN=eyJpdiI6IjhWMEU4R1JMdDYyV2FhWVk3Ym9zckE9PSIsInZhbHVlIjoiRUFRVEdaaVUrMFQ2ZkVFTHBVY1dZYXFiZWEvYjMxYmRlYWdoeiszWFYzejlIQWttWWorOWRYYmlxZFlRNytOUkxhaXlmSllCNW9lcWVMeldwSjRoRVRtL1MyRU5ITTRrS0N3WHE1TURFdk5WbGxHbmhBVjJua1FJaVNlY1FKeW0iLCJtYWMiOiI1NmY4NDQyZWNiM2I5NjYwN2JmYjZlOGI3NTA4YWI5NjIxMjk5MmQ4MWJhYzIyYTlmMDcwOWI4NWIwZWY2ZDNkIiwidGFnIjoiIn0%3D; expires=Sun, 15-Jun-2025 15:52:15 GMT; domain=.bheuni.io; path=/; secureXSRF-TOKEN=eyJpdiI6IjhWMEU4R1JMdDYyV2FhWVk3Ym9zckE9PSIsInZhbHVlIjoiRUFRVEdaaVUrMFQ2ZkVFTHBVY1dZYXFiZWEvYjMxYmRlYWdoeiszWFYzejlIQWttWWorOWRYYmlxZFlRNytOUkxhaXlmS" 1 => "bhe_uni_session=eyJpdiI6ImFzY2JFR1FKVzR5NTFsOXI0cEthSFE9PSIsInZhbHVlIjoiZFZJeS9jcjJ1SDEvS3FRWVQ3SVZVTWNRR0hoVGZOYWVBblA1ZWJKYlYxVUdWMUlFUnRaeVNIcTdoNzNvbnBrd1NnMk85b3B2MnpSelUyN2hyMlJtVHdGSVg2ck5xdGFrRkRuYktqMm9sRWh5N3QwdGhpSEgyZDZ0Mlo1Wjc5cS8iLCJtYWMiOiI1ZjdlNTZmZmEyNjVhYWQyZTlhMzBmMGJkMzRjNjdhYjE2YThjOGUwNzRhZDM4MDYxMTI0NWQzY2RiMDg0NzdlIiwidGFnIjoiIn0%3D; expires=Sun, 15-Jun-2025 15:52:15 GMT; domain=.bheuni.io; path=/; secure; httponlybhe_uni_session=eyJpdiI6ImFzY2JFR1FKVzR5NTFsOXI0cEthSFE9PSIsInZhbHVlIjoiZFZJeS9jcjJ1SDEvS3FRWVQ3SVZVTWNRR0hoVGZOYWVBblA1ZWJKYlYxVUdWMUlFUnRaeVNIcTdoNzNvbnBrd1Nn" ] ]
        session_attributes
        0 of 0
        array:5 [ "_token" => "eV9B2Lj4nG6GCFKYWmv45SwLShwvC0jQo9hixLjh" "current_url" => "https://staging.bheuni.io/course-details/c804c5045370464288e456a7c7ba2c6a" "_previous" => array:1 [ "url" => "https://staging.bheuni.io/course-details/c804c5045370464288e456a7c7ba2c6a" ] "_flash" => array:2 [ "old" => [] "new" => [] ] "PHPDEBUGBAR_STACK_DATA" => [] ]
        ClearShow all
        Date ↕MethodURLData
        #12025-06-14 19:52:15GET/course-details/c804c5045370464288e456a7c7ba2c6a141315