Enhance your knowledge of history and literature in English by studying them together on this English and History degree. You could study the novels of Jane Austen alongside the history of the naval wars at the time she wrote. Or, you could study African literature to gain a different perspective on the history of the modern city.

History at Southampton covers the ancient world to the present day. Our English modules explore writing from around the world and its connection to politics, the arts, identity and more.

With our advice you can shape your degree to suit your own development. For example, you can:

• learn to write screenplays
• study Victorian sensation fiction
• take several modules on the history and literature of oceans

Your studies will include critical analysis, presentations and group work. These will help you develop your conceptual thinking, communication and research skills.

Our graduates have gone on to careers involving history and English including:

• advertising account executive
• academic
• festival co-ordinator
• journalist
• marketing manager
• museum curator
• political researcher
• PR officer
• retail manager
• teacher
• translator