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Integrated Master in Literature: Literature

You've read the classics, but you want a fresh take on literature, old and new. Perhaps you want to explore particular genres, themes or periods of literature in more depth; or perhaps you want to discover that your new favourite author is someone you've never heard of before. Studying literature widens your horizons, sharpens your critical skills, develops your writing ability, and introduces you to the great cultures, thoughts, ideas and imaginations of the world.

Studying at Essex will challenge and revolutionise the way you think about literature. We'll invite you to reflect on how literature shapes, and is shaped by, the world. Drawing on key texts, core theories and concepts, you'll develop critical thinking and creative problem-solving skills that will help you make your own mark.

On our four-year MLitSt Literature, you will be part of an interdisciplinary department where literary critics work alongside practising poets, dramatist, film-makers, novelists and journalists.

You have the flexibility to choose from a wide range of optional modules across different topics and areas of specialism, including;

Literatures of slavery and emancipation
Themes of love, desire and death
Identity, diversity and voice in United States literature
Shakespeare's tragedies
Postcolonial literature
Romantic, Gothic, naturalist, realist and sentimental writing
20th and 21st century literature
Modernism, postmodernism, dystopias, and science fiction
European, Caribbean and Transatlantic literature
Poetic, contemporary, avant-garde and political writing
In your fourth year, as a post-graduate student, you will be able to choose from the following masters level modules in literature and, if you wish, creative writing:

Shakespeare and the Modern
Research Methods in Literary and Cultural Analysis
The Modern City: From Modernism to Postmodernism
Caribbean Crossings: Literature across continents
African American Literature
Dramatic Structure
Memory Maps
Oulipo and the Avant Garde
US Avant Garde poetry
At Essex, you can study modules which examine a variety of genres, including travel writing, the podcast, and autobiography among others, and work across different media, including books, newspapers, plays and film. Our modules not only span momentous historical, political and social worldwide events, but also examine the alternative worlds that literature has produced.

At Essex we believe in radical, challenging and interdisciplinary approaches to the study of literature and while we are respectful of conventions, we're not bound by them.

A typical timetable involves a one-hour lecture and a one-hour seminar or a two-hour seminar for each module every week, but there are variations in place depending on the module.

Campus Information

Colchester campus

Wivenhoe Park, Colchester CO4 3SQ, United Kingdom

Intakes

Application Processing Time in Days: 30

Minimum English Language Requirements

English Level Description	IELTS (1.0 -9.0)	TOEFL IBT (0-120)	TOEFL CBT (0-300)	PTE (10-90)
Expert	9	120	297-300	86-90
Very Good	8.5	115-119	280-293	83-86
Very Good	8	110-114	270-280	79-83
Good	7.5	102-109	253-267	73-79
Good	7	94-101	240-253	65-73
Competent	6.5	79-93	213-233	58-65
Competent	6	60-78	170-210	50-58
Modest	5.5	46-59	133-210	43-50
Modest	5	35-45	107-133	36-43
Limited	4	32-34	97-103	30-36
Extremely Limited	< 4	< 31	< 93	< 30

Job Opportunity Potential

You get more than just a degree with Essex Business School, you get a head start on your career.
Our courses allow you to experience the cutting edge of modern business practices and are designed to equip you with the essential skills and knowledge that you will need for an exciting and fast-paced career in business and beyond.

On this page you will find information on a wide variety of career pathways for business school graduates. From Accountant to Wall Street Wizard (yes, we encourage our graduates to build their own job titles where possible) you will discover where a degree from Essex Business School could take you.

We are a big department with academic expertise in five key subject areas: accounting, finance, entrepreneurship, management and marketing. Therefore, this page will guide you through the key skills and alumni destinations for each of our subject areas.

As business themes operate through every industry you will find that doors open for business school graduates in virtually every sector. On this page you’ll hear from business school graduates who have taken their opportunities and built upon the skills gained on their degrees to become entrepreneurs, traders, business leaders and so much more.

Which career will suit me?

Graduates from business subjects typically have good commercial awareness which makes them very versatile candidates and attractive to recruiters.
Many graduates go on to have successful careers in HR, finance, marketing, new venture creation and consulting and are often suited to professional level employment soon after graduation.
Graduates from Essex Business School are very well suited to entrepreneurship and often set up their own businesses either as students or shortly after graduating.

At Essex Business School, we have five core subject areas, plus The Essex MBA. To find out about the specific career prospects for your chosen subject, click on one of the panels below. To find out more about how Essex Business School supports your employability skills and career prospects more generally as a department, please keep scrolling.

PSW Opportunity

2 Years PSW is applicable after completing a minimum duration of 9 months course (like- Undergraduate, Postgraduate Level)
3 Years PSW is applicable after completing PhD level courses.

Admission Requirement / Eligibility Criteria

FOR INDIA

Most of our Undergraduate Bachelor degree courses will consider an average of 60% from the best four subjects from Indian high school qualifications. If you achieve 70% in English from CBSE or CISCE exam board qualification, you will not normally require a separate English language test score.

FOR BANGLADESH

Previous university/college study is required in addition to local high school qualifications for our Undergraduate Bachelor degree courses. We accept a number of international qualifications, including the International Baccalaureate with the majority of our courses requiring grade 30 or above, or the SATR with the majority of our courses requiring a minimum of 1100 out of 1600 with 550 in each test.

FOR NEPAL

Previous university/college study is required in addition to local high school qualifications for our Undergraduate Bachelor degree courses. We accept a number of international qualifications, including the International Baccalaureate with the majority of our courses requiring a grade 30 or above or the SATR with the majority of our courses requiring a minimum of 1100 out of 1600 with 550 in each test.

FOR SRI LANKA

Most of our Undergraduate Bachelor degree courses will consider BBB from Sri Lanka Advanced Level.

IELTS (Academic)

6.0 overall with a minimum of 5.5 in each component

Second and Final Year Direct Entry

6.5 overall with a minimum of 5.5 in each component

Essex Pathways degrees including foundation year (EU applicants only)

5.5 overall with a minimum of 5.5

Certificate of Higher Education in East 15 Acting School in each component

5.0 overall with a minimum of 4.0 in each component

TOEFL (iBT)

76 overall, with a minimum of 18 in reading, 17 in listening, 20 in speaking and 17 in writing

Pearson Test of English Academic

50 overall, with a minimum of 42 in each component

Cambridge English Qualifications

A score of 169 overall on the Cambridge English Scale, with a minimum of 162 in each component

University of Essex

Colchester , England ,United Kingdom