English Literature and Spanish BA (Hons)
University of Surrey
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Bachelor of Arts (with Honours) - BA (Hons)

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Stag Hill

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SEP-25

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4 Years

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Bachelor of Arts (with Honours) - BA (Hons)

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Stag Hill

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SEP-25

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4 Years

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**Why choose this course**• Our focus is on your employability, preparing you for careers in journalism, publishing, marketing, media, communications, education, and copywriting. • A course for the digital age in which youll develop future-proof skills that are highly valued by employers such as applied creativity, problem solving and emotional intelligence, plus modules which balance traditional texts with modules on Writing Gaming, Queer Ecologies, Monsters, Mystics, and Demons, and The ...Read more


Why choose this course

• Our focus is on your employability, preparing you for careers in journalism, publishing, marketing, media, communications, education, and copywriting.
• A course for the digital age in which you'll develop 'future-proof' skills that are highly valued by employers such as applied creativity, problem solving and emotional intelligence, plus modules which balance traditional texts with modules on Writing Gaming, Queer Ecologies, Monsters, Mystics, and Demons, and The Gothic Imagination'.
• Excellent pastoral care with small class sizes, sector-leading staff-student ratio and an individualised approach.
• Outstanding professional placement and study abroad opportunities with companies such as EDF, Volkswagen, Macmillan, Disney and with our partner universities across the globe.


What you will study

The English literature part of this course covers a range of literary periods, authors, genres and theories. You’ll analyse classic works, as well as innovative texts and genres, such as travel writing, nineteenth-century theatre and fiction, science-fiction, and contemporary global literatures.The foreign language component is taught almost exclusively in Spanish, giving you high-level language training. You can spend your third year on placement in a country where Spanish is spoken, giving you the opportunity to study English literature at one of our partner institutions across Europe and/or work in one of the many companies with which we have links.

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English
WUSCA ranking:
WUSCA student ranking
These are the 2024 rankings, based on ratings given by past and current students.
23/101
CUG Subject Ranking
CUG Subject Ranking
Source: Complete University Guide 2025
24th
CUG Ranking
CUG Ranking
Source: Complete University Guide 2025
12th
Iberian 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 - 90 = 10% Drop-out rate Source: UNISTATS, 2019
10%
Employment rate
Employment rate
The percentage of students in full-time work 6 months after finishing their course.
Source: UNISTATS, 2019
95%
Average salary
Average salary
Source: UNISTATS, 2019
Iberian Studies graduate salary at this uni
£23,000
UK Iberian Studies graduate salary
£21,000
Literature in English
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 - 96 = 4% Drop-out rate Source: UNISTATS, 2019
4%
Employment rate
Employment rate
The percentage of students in full-time work 6 months after finishing their course.
Source: UNISTATS, 2019
80%
Average salary
Average salary
Source: UNISTATS, 2019
Literature in English graduate salary at this uni
£21,000
UK Literature in English graduate salary
£19,000
What students say
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04 Mar 25

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Luke
13 Jan 25

It has all been absolutely brilliant so far - the University of Surrey is absolutely fantastic! All the students are really nice, the lecturers are very knowledgeable and there is..Read more

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Entry requirements

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A level

A level:

BBB Grades / Points required

Scottish Higher:

ABBBB Grades / Points required

Scottish Advanced Higher:

BBB Grades / Points required

Access to HE Diploma:

D:27,M:18 Grades / Points required

Extended Project:

A Grades / Points required

International Baccalaureate Diploma Programme:

32 Grades / Points required

Pearson BTEC Level 3 National Extended Diploma (first teaching from September 2016):

DDM Grades / Points required

Welsh Baccalaureate - Advanced Skills Challenge Certificate (first teaching September 2015):

Not currently available, please contact university for up to date information.

Overall: BBB. Alternatively, ABC with grades of AB in the required subjects.Required subjects: Spanish and either English Language or English Literature.If you do not have Spanish at the required level but you have achieved GCSE grade A* in a modern language OR you expect to achieve at least A-level grade B in a modern language, we can consider offering you a place in the Spanish ab initio group. Ab initio study will involve additional contact hours and intensive study of the language during the first year of the programme. Please be aware: English language would not be treated as a modern language.Applicants taking an A level science subject with the Science Practical Endorsement are required to pass the practical element. We do not include General Studies or Critical Thinking in our offers.

Overall:ABBBBRequired subjects: Spanish and English Language or Literature.Please contact us if you do not have Spanish at the required level but you are interested in studying Spanish ab initio. This will involve additional contact hours and intensive study during the first year of the programme.GCSE or Equivalent: English Language: Scottish National 5 - C Maths: Scottish National 5 - C.

Overall:BBB. Alternatively, ABC with grades of AB in the required subjects.Required subjects: Spanish and either English Language or English Literature.If you do not have Spanish at the required level but you have achieved GCSE grade A* in a modern language OR you expect to achieve at least A-level grade B in a modern language, we can consider offering you a place in the Spanish ab initio group. Ab initio study will involve additional contact hours and intensive study of the language during the first year of the programme. Please be aware: English language would not be treated as a modern language.GCSE or Equivalent: English Language: Scottish National 5 - C Maths: Scottish National 5 - C.

Overall:QAA recognised Access to Higher Education Diploma with 45 Level 3 credits overall including 27 at Distinction and 18 at Merit. Required subjects: Please contact us to discuss suitability.

Applicants taking the Extended Project Qualification (EPQ) will receive our standard A-level offer for this programme, plus an alternate offer of one A-level grade lower, subject to achieving an A grade in the EPQ. The one grade reduction will not apply to any required subjects.Applicants can only receive one grade reduction from the published grades, an EPQ grade reduction can’t be applied in addition to other grade reductions made through other schemes such as Contextual Admissions or In2Surrey.

Overall:32Required subjects: English Language/ Literature HL5/SL6. Spanish HL5/SL6, unless you wish to be considered for Spanish ab initio.Please contact us if you do not have Spanish at the required level but you are interested in studying Spanish ab initio. This will involve additional contact hours and intensive study during the first year of the programme.GCSE or Equivalent: Maths (either course) HL4/SL4.

Overall:DDM Required subjects: Please contact us to discuss suitability.

Overall:Pass overall with BBB from a combination of the Advanced Skills Challenge Certificate and two A levels. Required Subjects:A-level Spanish and either English Literature or English Language.Please contact us if you do not have Spanish at the required level but you are interested in studying Spanish ab initio. This will involve additional contact hours and intensive study during the first year of the programme. Applicants taking an A level science subject with the Science Practical Endorsement are required to pass the practical element. We do not include General Studies or Critical Thinking in our offers.

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Literature in English

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English Literature
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History
31%
Psychology
27%
Sociology
18%
Religious Studies & Theology
18%
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