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English/English Literature and History joint degree

Would you recommend taking English and History as a joint degree rather than picking between the two? Is it much more difficult than just focusing on the one? Are they taught separately?

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returnmigrant

Most single subject degree courses mean you do 2 parallel courses each term - lets say 'Methods in History' and 'The First World War' as examples.
If you do a joint subject degree you'd do one course from one subject and the other from the second - so 'Methods in History' and 'The Romantic Poets' etc.
And this pattern would continue all the way through your course.

It isnt in itself more difficult - you dont have any more classes or lectures than anyone doing a single subject - and often its a great 'brain-trainer' as you get to do the contextual history that surrounds the literature, which is VERY valuable.

As a qualification, a joint degree isnt seen as 'worth less' than a single subject degree. Most mainstream employers are looking for 'a graduate brain' not the specific subject knowledge, and even if you did go into the more specialised heritage/museum sector for instance, a joint degree would still be just as well regarded as a single subject history degree.