BA Education & English and Creative Writing
Entry requirements
A level: ABB-BBB IB: 32-30
About this course
BA in English and English with Creative Writing and Education, covering literary study, creative writing practice, and educational studies. Core topics include Research Methods and Critical & Analytical Thinking. The programme includes placement learning with children aged 0–14 and a work placement module requiring a minimum of 60 hours with publishers or literary agencies. Workshop-based modules span prose, poetry, and screenplay writing.
Modules
- English 1A & 1B
- Understanding Education in the 21st Century
- Placement Learning: Children’s Wellbeing & Development in the Community
- Writing Through Time 1&2
- The Construction of Scotland
- Making the Modern Human
- Culture, Society, Formation
- Education & Learning
- Reading & Writing Prose
- Reading & Writing Screenplays
- Reading & Writing Poetry
- Twentieth Century Literature
- Sex, Revenge & Corruption in Renaissance Drama
- The Body: Theories & Representations
- Writing Short Fiction & Poetry
- Glasgow Narratives
- English & Creative Writing Work Placement
- Dramatic Writing
- The American Novel
- Victorian Literature
- The Near Abroad: Literature & Imperialism within Europe
- Educational Encounters Past & Present
- Adult Education with Placement
- Children & Childhood
- Designing Educational Research
- Writing Gender in Contemporary Literature
- East Asian Literatures
- Historical Fiction
- Wild in the Renaissance
- Creative Economies & the Culture Industry
- 21st Century Science Fiction
- New Narratives
- Victorian Gothic
- Climate Narratives
- Dissertation in Creative Writing
- Dissertation in English
- Educational Representation in Film & Literature
- Dissertation
- Critical Issues in Education
- Independent Study Module
- Creativity in Education
- Second Language Learning
- Explorations in Educational Influence
- Can Culture Educate Us?