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English and Digital Arts at Royal Holloway, University of London - UCAS

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2024 - 2025
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Royal Holloway, University of London has participated in the Teaching Excellence Framework. These ratings were awarded in 2023, for four years.

Course summary

Across the academy globally, dialogues between those studying literary and digital art forms are reshaping how we understand, and work with, narrative and storytelling. As part of a wider commitment to nurturing these discussions, Royal Holloway is now offering a B.A in Literature and the Digital Arts. This exciting new degree will develop your awareness of the particular characteristics of narrative in literary and digital contexts. You will investigate narrative practices and devices in a variety of domains, gaining a theoretical and practical training in what narrative is what it can be in new media. From more traditional and historical narratives through to early internet storytelling and digital arts to contemporary narratives in interactive media and virtual reality, you’ll study the ways in which digital life and writing affect and transform each other. Students entering work in the creative industries are best-placed to innovate in fields such as video game design, online publishing and broadcasting, animation and video and audio production, if they can first draw on a rigorous and robust sense of how different narratives operate. In year one of the degree, you will sharpen your knowledge of the structures and effects of different storytelling in classes taught by experts across the English and Media Arts departments. By year two, you will have developed a conceptual framework and vocabulary for discussing narrative in a range of contexts, and in your third year you will gain hands-on experience in producing your own media. The basis for all of this innovative work will be your deep thinking about how literature and the digital arts are in mutually-nourishing relation.

  • Study a unique course on narrative from literary history to contemporary digital storytelling.
  • Gain expertise in storytelling in literature, film, TV, videogames, immersive and other media.
  • Option for practical work in digital creative writing.
  • Work towards your future ambitions with an employability focussed pathway into the digital and creative industries.
  • Enjoy a unique blend of both theoretical rigour and creative-critical work.

Modules

Please refer to our website for information: https://www.royalholloway.ac.uk/studying-here/undergraduate/english/english-and-digital-arts/

Assessment method

The proposed BA in English and Digital Arts will be co-taught in a 50/50 split between the Department of Media Arts and the Department of English. The first year will involve 4x30 credit modules with a total 60 credits drawn from English and a total 60 credits drawn from Media Arts. The second year involves 30 core credits, with a total 15 credits drawn from English and a total 15 credits drawn from Media Arts. Students select their remaining credits from a range of elective modules offered in each department, with a 50/50 overall balance between departments mandatory. In the final year students have 30 core credits which must be comprised either of a dissertation in English, a dissertation in Media Arts of a praxis project combining a dissertation with a piece of creative work in digital literature or storytelling. Students select their remaining credits from a range of elective modules offered in each department, with a 50/50 overall balance between departments mandatory. The teaching methods are primarily lecture and seminar led, though some individual tutorials are part of certain modules as per module validation documents and course specification forms. The students will be assigned a personal tutor in English or Media Arts with Dr Alfie Bown operating as convenor of the pathway in Media Arts and Dr Vicky Greenaway operating as convenor in English. The degree assessment involves essays and projects, depending on the student choice among the elective modules.

How to apply

31Jan

This is the deadline for applications to be completed and sent for this course. If the university or college still has places available you can apply after this date, but your application is not guaranteed to be considered.

Application codes

Course code:
QW40
Institution code:
R72
Campus name:
Main Site
Campus code:
-

Points of entry

The following entry points are available for this course:

  • Year 1

Entry requirements

Qualification requirements

Combinations of qualifications will be considered on an individual basis, please contact us on [email protected] to discuss your situation.

Student Outcomes

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65%
Employment after 15 months (Most common jobs)
90%
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Fees and funding

Tuition fees

EU £23800 Year 1
Republic of Ireland £9250* Year 1
England £9250* Year 1
Northern Ireland £9250* Year 1
Scotland £9250* Year 1
Wales £9250* Year 1
Channel Islands £9250* Year 1
International £23800 Year 1

*This is a provisional fee and subject to change.

Tuition fee status depends on a number of criteria and varies according to where in the UK you will study. For further guidance on the criteria for home or overseas tuition fees, please refer to the UKCISA website .

Additional fee information

The tuition fee for UK undergraduates is controlled by Government regulations. For students starting a degree in the academic year 2024/25, the fee is £9,250 for that year. Royal Holloway reserves the right to increase tuition fees annually for overseas fee-paying students. Please be aware that tuition fees can rise during your degree. The upper limit of any such annual rise has not yet been set for courses starting in 2024 but will advertised here once confirmed.  For further information see fees and funding and our terms and conditions. These estimated costs relate to studying this particular degree at Royal Holloway during the 2024/25 academic year, and are included as a guide. Costs, such as accommodation, food, books and other learning materials and printing etc., have not been included.
English and Digital Arts at Royal Holloway, University of London - UCAS