English: If you enjoy reading and writing, have an interest in culture and creativity, and want to develop your critical thinking skills, English at Dundee is for you. Our English programmes mix tradition and innovation, giving you a solid grounding on your subject, as well as exploring the new and the cutting-edge. Politics: While politics at Dundee is big enough to have a real international presence, it is still small and intimate enough to offer a friendly and responsive home for students from all backgrounds. Your performance on modules is assessed by a wide variety of means - from formal exams where you answer essay-type questions from a previously unseen paper to 'seen' exams where you know the questions in advance but still must answer them in timed exam conditions. Prepared essays on a specific topic are also part of the assessment of almost all modules. Politics graduates from Dundee score highly in surveys of graduate employment. While you may not become a politician (though many of our students over the years have: as MPs, MSPs and MEPs), your degree will open up a range of opportunities in both the private and public services.