BA English Language and Creative Writing (Study Abroad)
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 (Study Abroad), an English Language and Linguistics and Creative Writing BA (Hons) degree uniting textual creation with the systematic study of language. Core topics include Research Methods, Project Management, Critical & Analytical Thinking. The third year is spent studying abroad at an international partner university. The first year covers the foundations through Introduction to Creative Writing, Foundations of Language, English across Space and Time, English in Use, and Re-Making Tradition. Year two develops technical capabilities through 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 fourth year advances professional capacities with Advanced Creative Writing Workshop, Language and Social Identities, and Pragmatics, alongside 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
- Your Year Abroad
- 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