BA English Literature and Creative Writing
Entry requirements
96 – 112 UCAS tariff points Your grades are just one part of your story, which is why at UoG we accept any grades from any combination of level 3 qualifications. A-level CCC – BBC BTEC MMM – DMM T-level Merit Here’s an example of how 96 – 112 UCAS tariff points might look for some common level 3 qualifications. GCSE in English Lang/Lit and Maths at grade 4/C or above are usually required. Entry can also be gained by portfolio if you can send us some of your writing (prose and/or poetry and/or scripts). Unsure if we could offer you a place? Check out the UCAS tariff calculator or contact our admissions team if you have any questions.
About this course
BA (Hons) in English Language and Literature and Creative Writing, combining the study of literary traditions with creative practice. Core topics include research methods, design and creative practice, and entrepreneurship. The course includes a partnership with the Everyman Theatre in Cheltenham, where students develop short plays performed by professional actors. A final-year dissertation of 9,000 words is completed under supervisor guidance.
Modules
- Words in Action: Study Skills for English Literature and Creative Writing
- Shaping Stories, Shaping Worlds
- The Verse and the Stage: Introduction to Poetry and Drama I
- Putting it on the page
- Sacred and Profane Stories: Myth and Culture
- Contemporary Fiction: Society and the Self
- Connecting Words and Worlds: Community and Career Skills
- Stories to Live By
- Poetry and Poetics
- Short Stories, Big Impacts
- Writing for Performance: the Everyman Theatre showcase
- The Novel
- Whose Liberty? Exploring North American Writing
- Victorian Dreams, Victorian Nightmares
- Crime Fiction: from Sherlock Holmes to True Crime
- Writing Nature/Nature Writing: British Romantic Literature
- Beyond the Page: Careers in English Literature and Writing
- Dissertation
- Collaborative project
- Writing in the Virtual World
- Experimental Writing
- Writing Non-Fiction
- On the Trail: Travel Writing
- Decolonisation: Postcolonial and World Writing
- Imagining New Worlds: Eighteenth-Century Literature
- Banned Books: Gender and Sexuality in Literature