Year 1: English modules cover: Renaissance drama; history of the English language; approaches to literature; History modules cover: modern history; early modern history; making history. Year 2: English modules: Chaucer; medieval literature; early modern literature; History modules: 2 from the ideas in history portfolio, covering the study of ideas as conceptual forces in history writing; 1 option; students wishing to take a 3rd-year dissertation in History take the historical research methods in place of the option module. Year 3: Choice of modules, dissertation and special subjects available in English and History.