BA Creative Writing
Entry requirements
We consider all applications on their own individual merit and potential. Our diverse community is creative, innovative and entrepreneurial. We recognise that these qualities aren’t always shown in academic grades alone. That’s why, while many of our applicants achieve high academic grades, we also welcome those who can demonstrate their potential through an interview. We welcome applications from all subject backgrounds, whether you’ve specialised in STEM, the arts or humanities. Find out more about our Entry Requirements here . Course routes & entry requirements BA/BSc(Hons) three year degree : minimum 96 UCAS Tariff points BA/BSc(Hons) four year degree with professional placement : minimum 96 UCAS Tariff points Check how many points your qualifications are worth
About this course
BA (Hons) in English Literature and Creative Writing. Core topics include Design & Creative Practice. The course includes a collaborative project with placement options in writing-related industries such as publishing houses and literary festivals. Students complete an extended portfolio of creative work in a chosen genre or form.
Modules
- Writing: Craft and Contexts
- Breaking the Rules: Remix and Writing Back
- Exploding the Canon: Writing Then & Now
- Literatures of Revolution
- Publishing Cultures
- Publishing Studio: Technologizing the Word
- Writing Project: Making Your Voice Heard
- Collaborative Project
- Screenwriting
- Poetry
- Games
- Satire & Scandal
- Fiction
- Creative Non-Fiction
- Radio & Theatre
- Magic and the Impossible
- Portfolio
- Experiment and Adaption
- Post-Digital Content
- Beyond Humans: Writing in the Anthropocene
- Crime & Dark Fiction
- Children & Young Adult
- Innovations