English and Human Resource Management

- Read texts from a wide range of literary periods, and debate key issues such as identity, race, gender, what it is to be a human.

- Work with staff who are world-leading researchers and prize-winning novelists and poets and benefit from their cutting-edge approaches to the study of literature, language, writing and theory.

- The link drawn between critical and creative approaches make Strathclyde’s a unique approach to the subject.

- Cultivate employable skills in written and verbal communication, analysis of complex cultural ideas and creative thinking.- We offer a wide range of options, many of them unique in the UK, reflecting our staff interests and expertise.

- Gain a comprehensive understanding of English literature, while developing knowledge of areas of management such as recruitment and selection, training and developing and managing conflict at work.

- Graduates have gone on to success in a wide range of careers including in publishing, the civil service, management, marketing, journalism, creative writing, administration and teaching.

Ranked 1st in Scotland for English (The Times/Sunday Times University Ranking 2024)

This course is part of our flexible BA Humanities and Social Science Degree programme. With our BA (Honours) degree you can choose from subjects in Humanities, Social Sciences and Business, with two of your three subject choices taught by the Faculty of Humanities & Social Sciences.

The BA degree is a three year course and the Honours degree is normally a four year course. This allows you to try new subjects, develop your own ideas, develop a broad range of knowledge and enhance your employability.

You should only enter one of the UCAS codes on your application form. Acceptance on one of these subject codes will enable you to study any combination of subjects. Only one application will be considered. This is lifted from page 50 of the prospectus.

https://www.strath.ac.uk/humanities/undergraduate/flexiblebadegree/

Every one of our flexible BA options gives students the chance to gain valuable professional experience as part of a credit-bearing work placement class in their third or fourth year. Learn more about placements- https://www.strath.ac.uk/humanities/undergraduate/placements/