Keele University Prospectus Undergraduate | 2016 | Page 95

Course type

Teaching and assessment

Dual honours

English and history uses lectures to convey significant information
and new methods of analysis, but most teaching and learning
takes place in seminars. These classes work as small discussion
groups of around 15 to 20 students, where you will be encouraged
to participate in critical debates. Most modules are assessed by a
mixture of coursework essays, portfolios, examinations, and seminar
performance. The range of assessment is designed to provide clear
feedback on progress and to help students develop key skills in
research, writing, and presentation.

Entry
requirements
BBB/ABC

(For exclusions and other
qualifications please see
the entry requirements
table on page 230 to 239)

Skills and careers

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Key Information

Approximate
intake

Our programme has an excellent record of graduate employment.
A dual honours degree in English and History provides you not just
with extensive subject specific knowledge, but also with a wide
range of practical, transferable skills including oral presentation
skills, writing skills, use of electronic databases and other research
tools, use of archival materials, work based learning, independent
study and time management. Graduates of this degree have gone
on to work in teaching, journalism, the media, the civil service, the
heritage and museum sector, local government and management.
Around a quarter of our graduates go on to take higher degrees,
and the degree opens the doors to many other higher education
opportunities, with many choosing to stay at Keele.

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Study abroad
Yes

Good to know
English achieved a 94% overall satisfaction rate in
the 2014 National Student Survey.
The results of the 2014 Research Excellence
Framework put History at Keele in the top 15
History programmes in the UK.
History has won a number of prestigious research
prizes. Recent ones have included the Yad Vashem
International Book Prize in Holocaust History, the
Institute of Historical Research Pollard Prize, and
the European Society for Environmental History
Article Prize.

UCAS Dual honours programmes
QV31 English and History

www.keele.ac.uk/ugcourses

For other English dual honours
programmes see page 90
For other History dual honours
programmes see page 116

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