BA Creative Writing (Multidiscipline)
Entry requirements
GCSE: GCSE English Language at grade C/4 or above (or equivalent) is required. You must fulfil our GCSE entry requirements in addition to the Level 3 qualification requirements. UCAS tariff: 104 UCAS points. A level: 104 UCAS points. T level: Merit. BTEC: DMM Scottish Highers: 104 UCAS points. Irish Leaving Certificate: 104 UCAS points. IB: 30-31 points European Baccalaureate: Pass Diploma with 71% overall.
About this course
BA (Hons) in English Literature and Creative Writing. Core topics include Design & Creative Practice. The programme includes a double-credit final-year portfolio module requiring 6,000 words of polished creative work, and a work placement module offering internship experience. Students can study across writing forms including poetry, fiction, playwriting, and screenwriting.
Modules
- Essential Reporting
- Digital and Social Media Reporting
- Production Skills
- Popular Fictions
- The Writer's Practice
- Work Placement Module
- Radio Podcasting and Features
- Feature Writing
- Television Genres
- Comedy Writing and Performance
- Digital Narrative Technologies
- Researching and Planning a Novel
- Writing Poetry in the 21st Century
- Introduction to Children’s Literature
- Playwriting
- Introduction to Screenwriting
- Analysing Media Texts
- Final Portfolio
- Sequential Art (Comics and Graphic Novels)
- Teaching Masterclass
- Journalism and Public Relations
- British Theatre Post-1950
- New Departures: Reading and Writing Innovative Poetry
- Biography: Tradition and Innovation
- Visual Text
- Transmedia Storyworlds
- Scriptwriting for TV and Film
- Screening Britain: Representation, Identity and Power in Film and Television