Find out how you’ll learn, and get support with your study or English language skills, as part of your Masters degree in our Guide to Masters study Core modules are taken by all students on the course. They give you a solid grounding in your chosen subject and prepare you to explore the topics that interest you most. Interpretation, Theory, and Research Methods in Literary Study Dissertation (English: Literature, Culture and Theory) Alongside your core modules, you can choose options to broaden your horizons and tailor your course to your interests. This list gives you a flavour of our options, which are kept under review and may change, for example in response to student feedback or the latest research. While it’s our aim for students to take their preferred combinations of options, this can’t be guaranteed and will be subject to timetabling. Options may be grouped and if so, students will be able to choose a set number of options from the selection available in any particular group. Decolonising Modernism: 1850 to the Contemporary The Avant-Garde in North America: Creative and Critical Practice Living and Dying, Medieval to Renaissance Modernist and Contemporary Fictions New Configurations in Critical Theory
Combine specialist study, theoretical inquiry and interdisciplinary investigations to explore literature, culture and history.
On this course, you’ll have the opportunity to pursue innovative work as you shape your course to your particular interests. This can include a focus on a specific period or concept, or engaging with ideas across a wide historical range.
Our faculty research expertise spans the medieval to the modern and contemporary periods. The diverse research interests in the Department of English mean that you’ve got expert support in the topics you choose to focus on. Our particular strengths lie in:
You’ll learn about the theoretical ideas and conceptual methods that underpin research in literature. When you graduate, you’ll have the skills necessary for a range of careers, including education and publishing, or you can choose to pursue further study.
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High level (6.5 overall, including at least 6.0 in each component).
IELTS scores are valid for two years from the test date. You cannot combine scores from more than one sitting of the test. Your score must be valid when you begin your Sussex course. Find out more about IELTS
We accept IELTS One Skills Retake.
We accept IELTS Online.
Check full details of our English Language requirements and find out more about some of the alternative English language qualifications listed below
176 overall, including at least 169 in each skill.
We would normally expect the CAE test to have been taken within two years before the start of your course.
You cannot combine scores from more than one sitting of the test. Find out more about Cambridge English: Advanced
176 overall, including at least 169 in each skill.
We would normally expect the CPE test to have been taken within two years before the start of your course.
You cannot combine scores from more than one sitting of the test. Find out more about Cambridge English: Proficiency
120 overall, with no component score below 110. Duolingo English test scores are valid for two years from the test date. Your score must be valid when you begin your Sussex course.
High level (70 overall, including at least 65 in each component).
LanguageCert Academic SELT scores are valid for two years from the test date. Your score must be valid when you begin your Sussex course. Find out more about LanguageCert Academic SELT
We only accept LanguageCert when taken at SELT Test Centres.
We do not accept the online version. We also do not accept the non-SELT version.
International ESOL SELT B2 with a minimum of 39 in each component.
LanguageCert International ESOL scores are valid for two years from the test date. Your score must be valid when you begin your Sussex course. Find out more about LanguageCert SELT
We only accept LanguageCert when taken at SELT Test Centres. We do not accept the online version.
High level (7 overall, including at least 5 in each component)
Oxford ELLT scores are valid for 18 months from the test date. You cannot combine scores from more than one sitting of the test. Your score must be valid when you begin your Sussex course.
Register to complete the OI ELLT and use our 10% discount code at check out: SUSX10.
We accept Oxford ELLT Global and Oxford ELLT Digital.