IELTS 6.0 overall with minimum 5.5 in each skill
With our creative writing and English literature degree, you'll explore great literary works and be inspired to find your own creative voice.
Our degree in creative writing and English literature explores literature, drama, poetry, fiction, visual art and theatre, mostly from 1800 onwards. You will examine the works themselves and the social and historical contexts in which they were written. The creative writing aspects of the course complement this, enabling you to focus on writing fiction, poetry, performance writing, playwriting, screenwriting and journalism.
Popular career options for our creative writing and English literature graduates include professional writing, research, teaching, journalism, publishing and arts administration. You can continue your studies or move into areas such as teaching with one of our postgraduate degrees.
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Year 1
Students are required to study the following compulsory modules.
Literary Forms of Representation (30 credits)
Writing for Stage and Screen (30 credits)
Writing Poetry and Prose (30 credits)
The Canon: A Short History of Western Literature (30 credits)
Year 2
Students are required to choose 60 credits from this list of options.
Advanced Poetry Writing (30 credits)
Playwriting (30 credits)
Short Story Writing (30 credits)
Writing for the Screen (30 credits)
Writing Journalism (30 credits)
Students are required to choose 30 credits from this list of options.
Poetry and Drama in Context (30 credits)
Prose Fiction in Context (30 credits)
Students are required to choose 30 credits from this list of options.
American Fictions (30 credits)
International Bestsellers (30 credits)
Poetry and Drama in Context (30 credits)
Prose Fiction in Context (30 credits)
Shakespeare, Then and Now (30 credits)
Work Placement (Level 5) (30 credits)
Year 3
Students are required to study the following compulsory modules.
Literature and Publishing Since 1820 (30 credits)
Creative Project (LLT) (30 credits)
Students are required to choose 30 credits from this list of options.
The Literature of the Gothic (30 credits)
English in World Literatures: Postcolonial and Transnational Writing (30 credits)
Contemporary Writing and Critical Theory (30 credits)
Britain on the Modern Stage (30 credits)
Dissertation (LLT) (30 credits)
Modern Identities: Literature of the Global Eighteenth Century (30 credits)
Work Placement (Level 6) (30 credits)
Students are required to choose 30 credits from this list of options.
Novel Writing (30 credits)
Advanced Screenwriting (30 credits)
Advanced Playwriting (30 credits)
Journalism in Practice (30 credits)
Contemporary Publishing (30 credits)
The skills you acquire through studying our courses will prepare you for careers in a wide range of industries and jobs. Graduates of this course have gone on to pursue a career in research, journalism, publishing, the media or arts administration, or central or local government. You may even become a professional writer.
There is also the option to continue your studies or move into teaching or social work by studying for a postgraduate qualification.
Insurance - Single: 300 (£) per year
