Communication, Media and Culture and English Literature BA (Hons)
Oxford Brookes University
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OverviewOur joint honours course allows students to pursue their own areas of interest within Communication, Media & Culture and English Literature whilst also providing them with a solid foundation in the discipline and a range of personal and professional skills which will serve as a springboard for their future career development. The programme is carefully designed to enable students to gradually develop their knowledge and skills and to become autonomous, effective and independent ...Read more

Overview

Our joint honours course allows students to pursue their own areas of interest within Communication, Media & Culture and English Literature whilst also providing them with a solid foundation in the discipline and a range of personal and professional skills which will serve as a springboard for their future career development. The programme is carefully designed to enable students to gradually develop their knowledge and skills and to become autonomous, effective and independent learners.

Communication, Media & Culture is about understanding interpersonal connections between individuals, groups and corporations who construct their identities by means of new media and social interaction, persuasion and propaganda, journalism and branding. English Literature offers students the opportunity to study British and world literatures through a model of progressive specialisation that teaches advanced literary critical skills in the context of periodised, thematised, formal and theoretical modules.

Learning and assessment

In your first year, you’ll gain an understanding of communications, digital culture and the media. You’ll also develop your critical, analytical and specialist writing skills. You’ll build the understanding you need for undergraduate literary studies with modules in critical theory and global literatures.

In your second year, you’ll broaden and deepen your knowledge of literature in relation to movements and cultures past and present. You’ll begin to specialise, following your own interests in power dynamics in society or gender and race in the media. You can also develop practical expertise by building a website, or filming and broadcasting a news bulletin.

In your final year you’ll have the freedom to focus on what you care about most, including your dissertation subject. You can explore literary topics like urbanisation, utopian societies, artificial intelligence, sustainability or even witchcraft. You’ll also develop your talent as a presenter, team-worker, writer and thinker. You’ll be able to gain applicable experience in areas like branding, journalism and podcasting.

Key stats

English
CUG Subject Ranking
CUG Subject Ranking
Source: Complete University Guide 2025
50th
CUG Ranking
CUG Ranking
Source: Complete University Guide 2025
46th
English Studies (Non-Specific)
Drop-out rate
Drop-out rate
The percentage of students who didn't finish the course.
Calculated by 100% - (% of students continuing course + % of students completed course)
100 - 95 = 5% Drop-out rate Source: UNISTATS, 2019
5%
Employment rate
Employment rate
The percentage of students in full-time work 6 months after finishing their course.
Source: UNISTATS, 2019
85%
Average salary
Average salary
Source: UNISTATS, 2019
English Studies (Non-Specific) graduate salary at this uni
£20,000
UK English Studies (Non-Specific) graduate salary
£19,000
Media Studies
Drop-out rate
Drop-out rate
The percentage of students who didn't finish the course.
Calculated by 100% - (% of students continuing course + % of students completed course)
100 - 88 = 12% Drop-out rate Source: UNISTATS, 2019
12%
Employment rate
Employment rate
The percentage of students in full-time work 6 months after finishing their course.
Source: UNISTATS, 2019
75%
Average salary
Average salary
Source: UNISTATS, 2019
Media Studies graduate salary at this uni
£20,000
UK Media Studies graduate salary
£19,000
What students say
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Sofia
31 Mar 22

Great Support and content access for my course. Teachers are helpful and supportive within tutorials, class time and outside of class. Range of choice of module options...Read more

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31 Mar 22

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104 Grades / Points required

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Popular A-level subjects

Media Studies

Top 5 A-levels taken by students who study this subject at uni.

Media Studies
33%
English Literature
30%
Sociology
18%
History
17%
Business Studies
15%
HESA
English Studies (Non-Specific)

Top 5 A-levels taken by students who study this subject at uni.

English Literature
72%
English Language
25%
History
24%
Psychology
19%
Religious Studies & Theology
17%
HESA

Tuition fees

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England

£9,250 per year

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Students from England

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£9,250 per year

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Students from Scotland

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This is the fee you pay if you live within Scotland. Please note, this fee has been confirmed.

£9,250 per year

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Students from Wales

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£9,250 per year

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Students from Northern Ireland

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This is the fee you pay if you live within Northern Ireland. Please note, this fee has been confirmed.

£15,950 per year

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Students from International

This is the fee you pay if you are an International student. Please note, this is subject to change. Please confirm the most up to date fee with the individual institution.

£15950 Per year

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Sofia
31 Mar 22
English Literature BA (Hons)
Great Support and content access for my course. Teachers are helpful and supportive within tutorials, class time and outside of class. Range of choice of module options....
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31 Mar 22
English Literature BA (Hons)
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Oxford Brookes University
Oxford Brookes University , Oxford

Oxford Brookes is one of the most exciting universities in the UK, highly regarded for the quality and breadth of its curriculum,...

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Oxford Brookes University
Gipsy Lane Oxford Oxfordshire OX3 0BP United Kingdom
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