Bachelor of Arts (Honours) - English with Secondary Education (QTS)

The BA (Hons) English with Secondary Education course allows student to explore their chosen subject specialism in depth and gradually moves from an emphasis on the acquisition of subject knowledge and its applications in Year One and Year Two, to an emphasis on the pedagogical and professional knowledge and understanding required by an effective subject specialist teacher in the final year. Alongside their subject modules in Year Two, you will also undertake one education module which aims to introduce you to the foundations of pedagogical theory and effective teaching. In the final year of their study, you will undertake Level 6 education modules alongside postgraduate teacher training students, as well as completing professional practice that will allow student to be recommended for Qualified Teacher Status (QTS). Years Two and Three of your study include educational placement elements in order to prepare you for the workplace. The course design combines the essential elements required to enable you to commence a career in teaching as an Early Career Teacher (ECT).These are: advanced subject knowledge at undergraduate level; knowledge of how children learn and are taught; specialist knowledge required to teach the chosen school subject and experience of being a practitioner in secondary schools.