[megan.c]

Hey everyone, I'm starting at Keele in September doing English and Film Studies. Was getting ahead of myself last night and looked at loads of the modules we could be doing... may or may not have chose my whole degree already!! I love that we can choose things that aren't related to our course!

Is it true we do about 8 modules a year? Seems like loads!

I'm hoping to do Digital Video and Playing parts for definite in my first year as well as the core one - any one ese have any ideas yet?

[Mijdge]

Hi, I'm a current second year (going into third next year if my results will allow!) and I do English and Educational Studies.
You do four modules a semester, which, in English at least, means one lecture and one seminar a module. I only have about eight hours of contact time a week, so it's really not that much!
I did Playing Parts in my 1st year, and it was fantastic. In regards to modules that aren't related to your course, I did a module in Sociology which was pretty cool, it's worth doing something different just to broaden your horizons. If you've got any other questions or anything just ask x

[megan.c]

Ahh ok, I've been at another uni this past year where we did 3 each semester, they were crap though which is why I left because Keele ones look amazing!

I was thinking of doing the Experience Education module to help me with applying for teaching courses afterwards, and maybe Medieval Europe. My subjects are so similar that I can get my 120 credits over the three years easily and potentially take a lot of different stuff - hopefully

What sociology module did you do?

[Mijdge]

(Original post by megan.c)
Ahh ok, I've been at another uni this past year where we did 3 each semester, they were crap though which is why I left because Keele ones look amazing!

I was thinking of doing the Experience Education module to help me with applying for teaching courses afterwards, and maybe Medieval Europe. My subjects are so similar that I can get my 120 credits over the three years easily and potentially take a lot of different stuff - hopefully

What sociology module did you do?

Yeah, I went to uni before Keele where the module layout was completely different! Keele's modules are worth 15 credits, so 60 credits a semester and 120 credits a year. So getting the 120 credits over 3 years that you need to get your named degree is pretty easy when you think about it...

I think Experience Education might be a new module for this year, which is irritating because I had to organise my own work experience! Never mind..

I'm afraid I have no idea about Medieval Europe!

The Sociology module was called Social Inequalities in the Contemporary World (I think!) x

[megan.c]

(Original post by Mijdge)
Yeah, I went to uni before Keele where the module layout was completely different! Keele's modules are worth 15 credits, so 60 credits a semester and 120 credits a year. So getting the 120 credits over 3 years that you need to get your named degree is pretty easy when you think about it...

I think Experience Education might be a new module for this year, which is irritating because I had to organise my own work experience! Never mind..

I'm afraid I have no idea about Medieval Europe!

The Sociology module was called Social Inequalities in the Contemporary World (I think!) x

At first I was really worried I'd get too enthusiastic with choosing different stuff and wouldn't get my full 120, but the majority of my core/approved electives count towards both subjects anyway!

My boyfriend is a history nerd and loves medieval stuff - I'm partly taking it so I can understand him a bit more. The module page says that no previous medieval knowledge is assumed though Experience Education is part of the foundation year school or something like that? I just spotted it and it looks pretty useful, the placement is in a secondary school though which is a shame as I'm more interested in primary, but I suppose anything I do will help towards post-grad.

There's the sociology module in the second year called "witchcraft and zombies".... I like Zombies

What English modules did you do? If you don't mind my being nosey Do you plan on doing your dissertation in English or Education?

[Mijdge]

(Original post by megan.c)
At first I was really worried I'd get too enthusiastic with choosing different stuff and wouldn't get my full 120, but the majority of my core/approved electives count towards both subjects anyway!

My boyfriend is a history nerd and loves medieval stuff - I'm partly taking it so I can understand him a bit more. The module page says that no previous medieval knowledge is assumed though Experience Education is part of the foundation year school or something like that? I just spotted it and it looks pretty useful, the placement is in a secondary school though which is a shame as I'm more interested in primary, but I suppose anything I do will help towards post-grad.

There's the sociology module in the second year called "witchcraft and zombies".... I like Zombies

What English modules did you do? If you don't mind my being nosey Do you plan on doing your dissertation in English or Education?

I have a feeling that you won't be able to do Experience Education because it's a Foundation Year module.. but check that out because I'm not sure I'm right! I know a few people who did Witchcraft and Zombies, I thought that sounded pretty ace!

In first year I did Reading Literature, Becoming a Critic and Playing Parts. In second year I did Romanticisms, Aspects of the Novel (I'd advise against this module!) and Post-War British Fiction and Poetry (I'd heartily advise doing this module!)

I'm crazy, so I'm actually doing a dissertation in both English and Educational Studies.. I'm sure it's not sensible! x

[megan.c]

(Original post by Mijdge)
I have a feeling that you won't be able to do Experience Education because it's a Foundation Year module.. but check that out because I'm not sure I'm right! I know a few people who did Witchcraft and Zombies, I thought that sounded pretty ace!

In first year I did Reading Literature, Becoming a Critic and Playing Parts. In second year I did Romanticisms, Aspects of the Novel (I'd advise against this module!) and Post-War British Fiction and Poetry (I'd heartily advise doing this module!)

I'm crazy, so I'm actually doing a dissertation in both English and Educational Studies.. I'm sure it's not sensible! x

I checked online and it says it's available to all undergrad students, guess I'll see when I get there

That is crazy! What is your English one on? Sorry if I'm being nosey, just wanting to see what people more advanced on the course are up to

[Mijdge]

(Original post by megan.c)
I checked online and it says it's available to all undergrad students, guess I'll see when I get there

That is crazy! What is your English one on? Sorry if I'm being nosey, just wanting to see what people more advanced on the course are up to

I have a few ideas, I'm thinking something along the lines of a comparison of Laura Wade and Caryl Churchill's work, or something relating to Douglas Coupland.. Or maybe poetry by women in the World Wars! I have the whole summer to decide! It's worth checking to see if Experience Education comes up in your approved electives if you haven't already! You're not being nosey at all, I like answering questions because I'm a geek

[megan.c]

Caryl Churchill is really funny! Or Cloud 9 is anyway, don't think I've read any of her other work and I've not heard of the others. Are you quite interested in drama then?

And it appeared there so I was hoping that I'd be able to do it xD

I may have already started thinking about my dissertation... needless to say I'm a bit of a geek too!

[aym]

(Original post by Mijdge)
Hi, I'm a current second year (going into third next year if my results will allow!) and I do English and Educational Studies.
You do four modules a semester, which, in English at least, means one lecture and one seminar a module. I only have about eight hours of contact time a week, so it's really not that much!
I did Playing Parts in my 1st year, and it was fantastic. In regards to modules that aren't related to your course, I did a module in Sociology which was pretty cool, it's worth doing something different just to broaden your horizons. If you've got any other questions or anything just ask x

Hi sorry to butt in, but you said you do English

I'm doing Eng and American Lit (this Sept) and I was wondering if there's a reading list (I know it's slightly different from course to course, but you might know), or whether we have to wait until we start in Sept?

I kind of wanted to get a head start of my reading before it's all crazy in September, but I've been searching for ages and found nothing

Thanks

[megan.c]

(Original post by aym)
Hi sorry to butt in, but you said you do English

I'm doing Eng and American Lit (this Sept) and I was wondering if there's a reading list (I know it's slightly different from course to course, but you might know), or whether we have to wait until we start in Sept?

I kind of wanted to get a head start of my reading before it's all crazy in September, but I've been searching for ages and found nothing

Thanks

I emailed and got them!
Not sure if you'll be doing these modules but...

Becoming a critic

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Jane Austen Pride & Prejudice: novel (1818; Penguin Classics or any reliable edition) & film (Joe Wright, 2005, with reference to earlier versions)

Michael Ondaatje The English Patient: novel (1992: Bloomsbury) & film (Anthony Minghella, 2004)

The Oxford Book of Caribbean Short Stories, ed. Stewart Brown and John Wickham

Franz Kaka, ‘In the Penal Colony’ is available in a number of collections of his short stories; Metamorphosis and other stories (Penguin) is one that is readily available.

Shorter pieces:
Jonathan Swift, ‘A Modest Proposal’
George Orwell, ‘Shooting an Elephant’ and ‘The Prevention of Literature’
These are available online and will be on WebCT in digitised form.

Rivkin & Ryan, Literary Theory, an anthology (Blackwell)

Reading Literature

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Julie Rivkin and Michael Ryan (eds) Literary Theory: an anthology (2nd edition, Blackwell, 2004) (this is a large and rather expensive tome, but we will be using it in both first year core courses, and subsequently; MCC modules also use it)

Poetry of Aphra Behn, Rochester, Tennyson and Harrison can be downloaded from LION (Literature Online), an electronic database at http://lion.chadwyck.co.uk/ - this can be accessed from the halls intranet and any networked PC on campus. You will need an Athens username and password (from the IT desk) to access it off campus.

William Shakespeare, The Merchant of Venice (Oxford Worlds Classics; other acceptable editions are in the Arden, New Cambridge and Penguin series. Avoid cheap collected editions in discount shops, which generally have no notes and unreliable texts.)

Thomas Middleton and William Rowley, The Changeling (Revels Student edition or New Mermaids; the texts in the Penguin Thomas Middleton, Five Plays and the Oxford Women Beware Women and other plays are also good, but more expensive – although you get some interesting extra plays)

Just look up your course director on the website, and send them a quick e-mail

[Mijdge]

(Original post by aym)
Hi sorry to butt in, but you said you do English

I'm doing Eng and American Lit (this Sept) and I was wondering if there's a reading list (I know it's slightly different from course to course, but you might know), or whether we have to wait until we start in Sept?

I kind of wanted to get a head start of my reading before it's all crazy in September, but I've been searching for ages and found nothing

Thanks

I would say yes, emailing them is great! Although that's only the core modules for each semester, you may well have to wait until you actually start your course to get the reading list, English aren't great at releasing them before you actually start!
But you will get introductory lectures, in which you'll probably get your reading lists and then have about a week to get the books. It does suck a little, and we are *trying* to get English to release them earlier, but at the moment to no avail. I do seem to remember, however, that American Studies/Literature release them in good time

[Mijdge]

(Original post by megan.c)
Caryl Churchill is really funny! Or Cloud 9 is anyway, don't think I've read any of her other work and I've not heard of the others. Are you quite interested in drama then?

And it appeared there so I was hoping that I'd be able to do it xD

I may have already started thinking about my dissertation... needless to say I'm a bit of a geek too!

You can build on your strengths on the English course, which is great! My strengths are drama and poetry, I'm not so great with prose. If it appeared there, that's a pretty good sign that you can do it!