BA English Language and Creative Writing
Entry requirements
A level: AAB IB: 35 points overall with 16 points from the best 3 HL subjects
About this course
BA Hons in English Language and Creative Writing, an English Language and Linguistics and Creative Writing BA (Hons) degree centred on the study of linguistic structures alongside multi-genre writing practice. Core topics include Research Methods, Project Management, Critical & Analytical Thinking. Students can apply for paid research internships with academic staff to work on active research projects. The first year covers foundational concepts through Introduction to Creative Writing, Foundations of Language, English across Space and Time, English in Use, and Re-Making Tradition. The second year advances core techniques with English Grammar, Developing Your Writing Practice, Language and Creativity in Advertising, and Writing Fiction, while offering optional modules such as Language and Pedagogic Practice, Professional Communication, Writing Poetry, English Phonetics, Language Acquisition, and Discourse Studies. The final year focuses on advanced practice through Advanced Creative Writing Workshop, Language and Social Identities, and Pragmatics, alongside optional choices including Language and Media, Writing Beyond the Text, Language Variation and Change in English, Writing Beyond the Self, Writing Beyond the Moment, and the Linguistics and English Language Dissertation.
Modules
- Introduction to Creative Writing
- Foundations of Language
- English across Space and Time
- English in Use
- Re-Making Tradition
- English Grammar
- Developing Your Writing Practice
- Language and Creativity in Advertising
- Writing Fiction
- Language and Pedagogic Practice
- Professional Communication
- Writing Poetry
- English Phonetics
- Language Acquisition
- Discourse Studies
- Advanced Creative Writing Workshop
- Language and Social Identities
- Pragmatics
- Language and Media
- Writing Beyond the Text
- Language Variation and Change in English
- Linguistics and English Language Dissertation
- Writing Beyond the Self
- Writing Beyond the Moment