Changes to English and Media Studies BA

We’ve listened to feedback and we have updated the curriculum for the academic year 2025/26 for English and Media Studies BA.

You can review the changes below. By accepting your offer to study at Sussex, we will infer that you are happy with these changes but if you would like to discuss them please feel free to contact us at studyinmah@sussex.ac.uk.

Course changes for the BA in English and Media Studies

Take a look at how the new modules compare to the old structure of the course in the table below. There are no changes to Years 2 and 3.

Year 1

Semester	Old structure	New structure	Comment
1	Encountering Poetry (core)	Encountering Poetry (core)	No change
	Questioning the Media A (core)		Module withdrawn
		Critical Approaches to Contemporary Media (core)	New module
2	Thinking Literature (core)	Thinking Literature (core)	No change
	Debates in Media Studies A (core)		Module withdrawn
		Analysing Media: Objects, Operations, Ontologies (core)	New module

Year 1, Semester 1

Old structure	New structure	Comment
Encountering Poetry (core)	Encountering Poetry (core)	No change
Questioning the Media A (core)		Module withdrawn
	Critical Approaches to Contemporary Media (core)	New module

Year 1, Semester 2

Old structure	New structure	Comment
Thinking Literature (core)	Thinking Literature (core)	No change
Debates in Media Studies A (core)		Module withdrawn
	Analysing Media: Objects, Operations, Ontologies (core)	New module