You will need 5 GCSEs at Grade C or above (including English Language), or equivalent qualifications at the appropriate level. You will also need to attend an interview at College.
Please contact the Sixth Form Centre on 01527 572960.
Complete the application form on-line, from the prospectus or request a form from Reception at either Redditch or Bromsgrove campus (01527 570020).
Once you have decided which A Levels to do, you can apply by doing one of the following:
You will learn how to analyse and respond to plays, poems and novels. Your writing skills will develop and you will have the chance to develop your skills as an independent learner.
This course is suitable for students who enjoy:
Unit 1: Explanations in Prose and Poetry
In this unit you will study the conventions and techniques used by poets and study a range of thematic issues explored by novelists. For example you may consider moral issues and the presentation of masculinity in Graham Greene's Brighton Rock and Brian Moore's Lies of Silence, or the social restrictions of women in the nineteenth century as represented in Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice and Charlotte Perkins Gilman's The Yellow Wallpaper.
Unit 2: Explorations in Drama
In this unit you will study a play by Shakespeare and two other plays written between 1300 and 1800. The plays to be studied will be chosen from the following:
Much Ado About Nothing by William Shakespeare, Measure For Measure by William Shakespeare, The Taming of the Shrew by William Shakespeare, The Duchess of Malfi by John Webster, The Rover by Aphra Behn
Unit 3: Interpretations of Prose and Poetry
You will be required to answer questions on an unprepared prose passage or an unprepared poem, and then to write about your response to prose and poetry texts that you have studied.
Unit 4: Reflections in Literary Studies
This is a coursework unit. You will write a maximum of 2500-3000 words on a range of texts that you have chosen to study.
You can apply to do a degree in a wide range of subjects, such as English, journalism, media and communication studies or law. You can also apply for a job with training in the public and voluntary sectors.
By studying literature you will become expert at reading and responding to a wide variety of texts; at interpreting, analysing and gathering and assessing evidence; and at working independently and creatively. In the real world, including the world of work, we are bombarded with texts; the skills that you will learn, therefore, including those of powerful and effective communication, are highly valued by employers.
