Changes to English and Media Studies BA

We鈥檝e listened to feedback and we have updated the curriculum for the academic year 2025/26 for English and Media Studies BA.

You can review the changes below. By accepting your offer to study at Sussex, we will infer that you are happy with these changes but if you would like to discuss them please feel free to contact us at studyinmah@sussex.ac.uk.

Course changes for the BA in English and Media Studies

Take a look at how the new modules compare to the old structure of the course in the table below. There are no changes to Years 2 and 3.

Year 1

SemesterOld structureNew structureComment
1

Encountering Poetry (core)

Encountering Poetry (core)

No change
Questioning the Media A (core)

 

Module withdrawn
 

Critical Approaches to Contemporary Media (core)

New module

2

Thinking Literature (core)

Thinking Literature (core)  No change

Debates in Media Studies A (core)

 

Module withdrawn

 

Analysing Media: Objects, Operations, Ontologies (core)

New module

Year 1, Semester 1

Old structureNew structureComment

Encountering Poetry (core)

Encountering Poetry (core)

No change
Questioning the Media A (core)

 

Module withdrawn
 

Critical Approaches to Contemporary Media (core)

New module

Year 1, Semester 2

Old structureNew structureComment

Thinking Literature (core)

Thinking Literature (core)  No change

Debates in Media Studies A (core)

 

Module withdrawn

 

Analysing Media: Objects, Operations, Ontologies (core)

New module