Victorian Gothic - History, Literature and Culture (Distance Learning) University of Portsmouth

Overview

The Victorian Gothic - History, Literature and Culture (Distance Learning) course from University of Portsmouth gives you access to a wealth of online resources and digitised archival material relating to Victorian culture and draws on local literary and cultural resources, such as the Conan Doyle Collection (Lancelyn Green Bequest) in Portsmouth’s Central Library. You'll have the freedom and scope to pursue your own areas of interest and research via an individual research project and 15,000-word dissertation.

Career development

As well as giving you greater expertise in the fields of nineteenth-century history and Victorian Gothic literature, this course also enhances your knowledge and skills in other areas. During this course, you'll:

• develop the skillset required to work in the heritage industry, the arts and media

• develop a strong grounding for pursuing more advanced levels of academic study, including PhDs and careers in academia

• improve your broader academic skills, such as the ability to analyse, assess, synthesise and evaluate

• develop your archival and research skills, as well as data analysis and interpretation abilities

• improve your oral and written communication, time and workload management, and other transferable skills