BA English Language and Creative Writing (Placement Year)
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 (Placement Year), an undergraduate English Language and Linguistics and Creative Writing BA (Hons) degree combining literary composition with the scientific study of language. Core topics include Research Methods, Project Management, Critical & Analytical Thinking. Students undertake a full-year professional placement in their third year to gain graduate-level industry experience. The first year establishes core foundations through Introduction to Creative Writing, Foundations of Language, English across Space and Time, English in Use, and Re-Making Tradition. The second year advances practical writing and analytical abilities via English Grammar, Developing Your Writing Practice, Language and Creativity in Advertising, and Writing Fiction, alongside optional choices such as Language and Pedagogic Practice, Professional Communication, Writing Poetry, English Phonetics, Language Acquisition, and Discourse Studies. The fourth year concludes the degree with Advanced Creative Writing Workshop, Language and Social Identities, and Pragmatics, while offering optional modules including Language and Media, Writing Beyond the Text, Language Variation and Change in English, Linguistics and English Language Dissertation, Writing Beyond the Self, and Writing Beyond the Moment.
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
- Work Based Learning Year
- 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