Below is a list of approved programsin the United Kingdom and Ireland. By clicking on a particular university or college you will be directed to their respective English departments. Many of the programs below are full year; however, many also offer shorter periods of study as well. Programs in literature may also be undertaken in other various countries throughout the world including Australia, New Zealand, and South Africa. It is also possible, with approval, to take a literature class in a foreign language and have it count towards the English major. Many of the programs also offer creative writing courses. Each year many English majors pursue study abroad options. Below, one current senior recounts his experience and how it has broadened and deepened his understanding of literature in general.
England:
Goldsmith's College, University of London
King's College London
Oxford University: Harris Manchester College
Oxford University: Lincoln College
Queen Mary, University of London
Royal Holloway, University of London
University College London
University of Birmingham
University of Bristol
University of Durham
University of East Anglia
University of Lancaster
University of Leeds
University of Manchester
University of Nottingham
University of Sussex
University of York
University of Warwick
Arcadia University
Butler University
Scotland:
Aberdeen University
University Edinburgh
University of Glasgow
University of St. Andrew's
University of Stirling
Arcadia University
Butler University
Wales:
University of Wales, Abervstwyth
University of Wales, Bangor
University of Wales, Cardiff
University of Wales, Lampeter
University of Wales, Swansea
Arcadia University
Ireland and Northern Ireland:
National University of Ireland, Galway
Queen's University, Belfast
Trinity College, Dublin
University College, Cork
University College, Dublin
University of Limerick
Arcadia University
Butler University
Study Abroad Profile
Name: Mike McCarthy
Major: English
Abroad Location: Galway, Ireland
Mike McCarthy attended the National University of Ireland in Galway for a year. As an English major he enrolled in a number of literature classes including Post-Modernism and Drama and Theater Studies. His favorite and most rewarding class was a seminar on Joyce and Keats. "I spent half the year reading Ulysses. Ireland is the perfect place to read it, to be able to go back to Dublin and be able to trace whatever steps you want."