Course summary

Our brand-new English Literature with Digital Media and Communications degree explores the many ways we talk to one another – face-to-face conversation, news and social media, cinema and theatre and beyond. It will also introduce you to a broad range of periods and types of literature – everything from medieval literature to twenty first century digital literary culture. This degree will prepare you for life beyond your studies in a variety of careers - in journalism, media, marketing, creative arts, advocacy and many more. You will explore literary genres alongside the key principles in digital cultures, media studies and professional communication through a range of exciting modules. This degree gives you a balance of classroom-based study and practical, hands-on learning, in our state-of-the-art facilities, including our world-leading Shakespeare Institute, language labs, studio spaces and editing suites. You will choose from a diverse portfolio of modules, including: literature marketing social policy sustainability and environmental politics coding You will also gain key employability skills with work-based placements and employability focused modules. You may also be interested in the BA Digital Media and Communications programme. Why study this course? Interdisciplinary learning from the experts – draw on the unique specialisms of researchers and practitioners in the School of English, Drama and Creative Studies and blend theoretical learning with practice-led teaching in literature, digital studies, new media and communication from an elite Russell Group institution. Personalise your degree – with optional modules incorporated throughout all three years of your undergraduate degree, study widely and develop your passions across Cultural Studies and English Literature. Get a head start in the graduate market – take advantage of our work-based placements and employability focused modules and enter the workplace with the skills required to shape the digital and creative agendas of the future. Be supported – whether it’s helping you improve your academic writing, organising student forums, hosting alumni networking events or facilitating wellbeing activities, be assured that Birmingham is committed to your development whilst at university and beyond. Live on a vibrant campus and play in an exciting city – write for our University newspaper, present for our TV and radio stations or join one of our many writing, film and drama societies and put your study into practice. Then take your expertise out into the city and get involved in the numerous literature, film, drama and arts festivals and make use of Birmingham’s many cultural attractions, including its many theatres, the country’s oldest working cinema and Europe’s largest regional library. Top 15 for English in the Complete University Guide 2023 30th in the world for English Language and Literature (QS World Subject Rankings 2022)