BA English Literature and Creative Writing (Placement Year)
Entry requirements
A level: ABB IB: 32 points overall with 16 points from the best 3 HL subjects
About this course
BA Hons in English Literature and Creative Writing (Placement Year), an English Literature and Creative Writing BA (Hons) degree dividing time evenly between literary study and creative writing. Core topics include Research Methods, Project Management, Critical & Analytical Thinking. The programme includes a dedicated work-based learning placement year in the third year, allowing students to gain professional experience in a graduate-level role before returning for their final year. The first year introduces foundational material through compulsory modules Literature in Time and Introduction to Creative Writing. The second year expands technical skills with compulsory modules Critical Theory, Writing Fiction, and Developing Your Writing Practice. The third year consists entirely of the Work Based Learning Year. The final fourth year features the Advanced Creative Writing Workshop, alongside optional modules such as Shakespeare, Romanticism, and the English Literature Dissertation.
Modules
- Literature in Time
- Introduction to Creative Writing
- World Literatures
- Re-Making Tradition
- The Arts and Identity (Discovery module)
- British Cinema
- Understanding Media and Culture
- Foundations of Language
- Critical Theory
- Writing Fiction
- Developing Your Writing Practice
- Critical Practice
- Medieval to Early Modern Literature
- Victorian Literature
- American Literature
- Postcolonial Literature
- Literary Adaptation
- Writing Poetry
- Playwriting
- Taking an Idea and Making it Happen (Discovery module)
- Work Based Learning Year
- Advanced Creative Writing Workshop
- Shakespeare
- Romanticism
- Austen and the Brontës
- Gothic and Science Fiction
- Modernism
- Contemporary Literature
- Literature and Environment
- Special Topics in Theory
- English Literature Dissertation
- Writing Beyond the Text
- Writing Beyond the Moment
- Writing Beyond the Self
- Queer Futures (Discovery module)
- Artistic Fusions (Discovery module)
- Live Performance Criticism