4-Term Pathway - Foundation Certificate in Humanities - Continue to Bachelor of Arts (Honours) - Philosophy and Literature

For students who've finished high school but don’t meet the entry requirements for university, a Foundation Certificate can help them gain entry to an undergraduate degree. After completing this pathway option students qualify for progression to the 1st year of an undergraduate degree at the University of Essex.

A student’s course length is determined mainly by their English language level (UKVI IELTS score). Students on all course lengths take a set of common or similar modules to gain a solid base of skills for university. Students taking a course longer than 2 terms, will take additional modules designed to improve one or more of their English language level, academic skills, and basic knowledge of particular subjects.

Bachelor of Arts (Honours) - Philosophy and Literature

This University of Essex course enables students to study topics from both literature and philosophy, and to explore issues at the cross-sections of these two exciting disciplines. Essex provides a wide-ranging and flexible curriculum, embracing different traditions of philosophical thought, and English literature of several genres and periods. Essex also focuses on the interrelations between the disciplines of philosophy and literature. Philosophy develops student's transferable skills, providing them with the ability to understand all sides of a dispute objectively and without forming a premature opinion; the ability to work in a team, taking a collaborative approach to problems; the ability to interpret dense text and to communicate effectively; analytical and problem-solving skills. University of Essex's School of Philosophy and Art History has been ranked in the Top 20 in the UK for research excellence (2014). Staff specialize in a range of areas including modernism, comparative and world literature, Shakespeare, the Renaissance, travel writing, nature writing, translated literature, cultural geography, Irish and Scottish writing, U.S. and Caribbean literature, and the history of reading. Many employers want graduates with critical thinking skills who can think logically and creatively about practical problems.