Psychology with English Literature

Psychology with English Literature is a combination that brings together the scientific study of the mind with the literary study of human experience as expressed through language and narrative. Psychology examines behaviour, cognition, emotion, and social interaction through empirical research and theoretical frameworks, developing your ability to think quantitatively and experimentally about why people act as they do. English literature explores the same human terrain through the lens of fiction, poetry, and drama, developing the close reading, interpretive, and communicative skills that literary study demands.

At the University of Buckingham, this two-year full-time accelerated programme delivers both disciplines through a distinctive tutorial teaching model in which every module is supported by weekly small-group tutorials of no more than seven students. This intensive academic environment means your tutors come to know your thinking well, encouraging you to engage deeply with course content and to practise the professional communication skills that both disciplines develop. Tutorials are run as professional meetings, with an expectation of preparation and active participation, preparing you for the kind of engaged, structured dialogue that graduate employment in most fields demands.

The two-year format means you complete your degree efficiently without sacrificing the depth of engagement the subjects deserve.

Graduates of this combination go on to careers in mental health support, counselling, education, human resources, user experience research, journalism, publishing, the arts, and the civil service. The analytical rigour of psychology combined with the communicative clarity of literary study makes graduates genuinely versatile. For those who wish to pursue professional training in psychology, further postgraduate study following a BPS-accredited undergraduate degree will be required.

Postgraduate study in psychology, literature, creative writing, or education is a natural route for those who wish to develop their expertise further.