Studying English: What's It Like?

from Cambridge from the Inside · host Trinity Hall, University of Cambridge

Stay tuned to hear Nadia, 3rd-year student, share everything you need to know about studying English at Cambridge! A full list of discussion points can be found below. 00:00 Introductions 00:50 Why did you choose to study English? And why Cambridge? 02:00 Do you have more freedom in the English degree compared to English at A Level? 03:10 How does English at Cambridge compare to English at other universities? 05:40 What are supervisions? And what are English supervisions like? 10:30 What’s the course structure for English at Cambridge? 12:50 Is there any overlap between departments when it comes to the modules you study? 13:50 Being able to choose modules outside of the English department 14:20 Studying translated texts, the theory of translation itself, and other languages 18:15 What is Practical Criticism? And why is it so central to the English course at Cambridge 28:10 Why is there a compulsory paper on tragedies? 32:50 What modules are you doing? 36:00 Dissertations in the English course 37:20 Choosing between studying English or History 41:00 Choosing between Oxford and Cambridge for studying English