BA Creative Writing And Modern Languages
Entry requirements
For all Modern Languages courses: Relevant modern language preferred. Our courses are designed to cater for those who have studied one or more languages as well as offering pathways for those beginning a language from scratch - there is no modern language language requirement for the beginner's language route. Offers are tariff based, 104 - 128 tariff points from a Level 3 qualification* e.g.: A Levels: Relevant modern language preferred (no language required for beginner's language route). General Studies and Key Skills not normally accepted. BTEC National Extended Diploma: DMM - DDM Cambridge Technical Extended Diploma: DMM- DDM City & Guilds Advanced Technical Extended Diploma (1080): considered on a case-by-case basis International Baccalaureate Diploma: including grade H5 in a relevant modern language (no language required for beginner's language route) Access: pass required Welsh Baccalaureate*: We will accept this qualification in conjunction with other level 3 qualifications T Levels*: T Levels in a relevant subject considered on a case-by-case basis Extended Project Qualification: Points can include a relevant Extended Project (EPQ) but must include a minimum 2 full A-levels, or equivalent.
About this course
BA (Hons) in English with Creative Writing and Hebrew and Jewish Studies. Core topics include Historical Research, Fieldwork, Research Methods, Project Management, and Global & Comparative Perspective. The programme includes a compulsory year abroad in a country where the studied language is spoken. Creative writing is practised across genres including prose, poetry, and screenwriting.
Modules
- Language and Culture: A Toolkit
- Introduction to Prose: Fact and Fiction
- Introduction to Poetry
- Transnational Cultures
- Beginners French A
- Beginners French B
- Intermediate French A
- Intermediate French B
- Beginners Spanish A
- Beginners Spanish B
- Intermediate Spanish A
- Intermediate Spanish B
- Poetry and Short Fiction: Image, Voice and Narrative
- Creative Writing: The Novel
- Creative Non-Fiction
- Writing and Environments
- Screenwriting for the Industry
- Identities in World Cinema
- Reading Fantastic Literatures
- Galician
- History of Galicia
- Advanced French A
- Advanced French B
- Advanced Spanish A
- Advanced Spanish B
- Study Placement Abroad: Alternative Assessment 1 (Year)
- Study Placement Abroad: Alternative Assessment 1 (Semester)
- Placement Abroad 1 (Year)
- Placement Abroad 1 (Semester)
- Creative Writing Dissertation Project
- Scriptwriting
- Writing and Environments
- Writing the Fantastic
- Creative Non-Fiction
- Short Sharp Shocks: Writing the Supernatural and the Strange
- Writers' Room (Screenwriting)
- Approaching Translation
- Languages and Ecologies
- Reading Contemporary Galician Culture
- Single Honours Dissertation
- Proficient Spanish A
- Proficient Spanish B
- Proficient French A
- Proficient French B