BA Creative Writing and English
Entry requirements
Most importantly, you need ambition. Together with our support and opportunities, you can go further than you ever thought possible. Our typical offer for this course is 96–112 UCAS points . Our contextual offer is 96 points. But there’s no ceiling on ambition. At least 80 points must come from A levels, BTEC, or other equivalent qualifications. Remember, we look at your whole application – not just grades. Achievements, work experience, extracurricular activities: they all count here. We also consider qualifications and experience from the UK and worldwide that may not exactly match those listed. Not sure if you’ll meet the entry requirements? Talk to our Admissions team today . We’ll look at your circumstances, give you personalised guidance and help you understand your options, one of which could be a Foundation Year . Alternative qualifications IB Diploma: 28 points Pass Access to HE Diploma overall with a minimum of 96-112 UCAS tariff points
About this course
BA (Hons) in English and English Literature and Creative Writing. Core topics include Communication & Writing, Research Methods, Global & Comparative Perspective, Data Analysis, and Artificial Intelligence & Machine Learning. The programme includes a final-year Creative Writing Portfolio project and a collaborative Engaging Audiences module developed with HMPPS and local colleges. The course features performances, showcases, podcasts and publication projects.
Modules
- Foundation in Data Analysis
- Introduction to Study in the Humanities
- Research in the Humanities, Social Sciences and Education
- Group Challenge (Humanities)
- Academic Writing Skills
- Preparing for Learning in Higher Education
- The Writer’s Toolkit
- Facts into Art
- Poetry, Performance, Play
- Just Read
- Emotional and Artificial Intelligence
- Transforming Stories
- The Storyteller’s Art
- Engaging Audiences
- Scriptwriting
- Writing Poetry Now
- The Short Story
- Shakespeare and co.
- Visual Narratives: Reading Word and Image
- Literary Lovers
- Scandalous Lives
- Dystopian Worlds
- Difference and Divergence
- Green Thoughts, Blue Stories: Literature and the Environment
- Creative Writing Portfolio: Preparation
- Creative Writing Portfolio
- Research Project (Eng % CW)
- Writing the Novel
- Sci-Fi, Fantasy and Horror: Writing the Wondrous and the Weird
- Urban Writing – Scripted Worlds & Creative Non-Fiction
- Prized Texts
- Terror, Horror, and the Gothic
- Banned Books: Literature on Trial
- Movement and Migration
- Writing Now
- Cults, Conspiracies, and Criminal Worlds