English Literature and Psychology

English literature and psychology is a combination that brings together two disciplines concerned, from very different angles, with understanding what it means to be human. English literature examines how writers have used language and narrative to represent and explore human experience, developing close reading skills, interpretive insight and the ability to analyse how texts create meaning across different genres and periods. Psychology is the scientific study of mind and behaviour, providing empirical frameworks for understanding cognition, emotion, development and the social dimensions of human life.

Studying them together gives you complementary analytical tools and a genuinely broad intellectual formation.

At Liverpool Hope University you will study English literature and psychology over four years of full-time study, beginning with a foundation year that builds the academic and critical foundations for both disciplines before the main degree content begins. Liverpool's cultural richness, its literary festivals, independent bookshops and thriving arts scene, provides an engaged context for literary study, and the city's reading culture and community organisations offer connections between the academic programme and the world beyond the campus. A sandwich year and a year abroad add professional and intercultural experience to your studies, and work placement is integrated into the programme.

The typical tariff of 104 reflects a programme that welcomes students with genuine intellectual curiosity from a range of backgrounds.

Graduates work in education, mental health support, social care, publishing, communications, the civil service, research, counselling and a wide range of roles where the ability to understand people and communicate effectively is valued. Many use this combination as preparation for postgraduate training in psychology, counselling, psychotherapy or social work, or for postgraduate study in English, creative writing or education. The dual grounding in literary sensitivity and psychological understanding is particularly well suited to roles in therapeutic settings, educational psychology, community arts and any environment that requires both careful reading of people and precise communication.