English Literature/Latin

English literature and Latin is a combination that brings together the study of literature in English across more than five centuries with the language and literature of ancient Rome, the civilisation that shaped Western culture more deeply than almost any other. Latin is not a dead language in any meaningful sense: its literature, from Virgil, Ovid, and Tacitus to the medieval church fathers, remains intellectually alive and influential, and the ability to read it in the original opens up texts that have shaped how writers in English have thought about history, love, power, and loss. English literature, meanwhile, spans the full range of literary forms and periods, from early modern drama to postcolonial fiction and contemporary poetry.

At the University of Glasgow, this four-year full-time degree lets you explore all aspects of literature in English, from early modern to postmodern, alongside deep study of Latin language and texts. Glasgow's English literature department has expertise across a wide range of areas including American, Irish, and postcolonial literatures, critical theory, creative writing, and the relationships between literature and the arts, media, and sciences. A year abroad is built into the programme, giving you the opportunity to study at an international partner institution and to encounter the disciplines in a different academic and cultural context.

The combination develops exceptional skills in close reading, textual analysis, and critical argument across two very different literary traditions.

Graduates from this combination go on to careers in publishing, journalism, arts organisations, education, the civil service, and the creative industries, among many others. The analytical rigour and communicative precision the degree develops are valued wherever people need to engage seriously with complex texts, construct well-reasoned arguments, and write clearly and persuasively. Postgraduate study in English, classics, comparative literature, or medieval studies is a natural next step for those drawn to academic research.

The typical entry tariff is 200 points.