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Modules and Teaching

• Starting in October 2027

  • Three years full-time, on campus

    Course structure

    You must complete modules worth a total of 360 credits.

    • Year 1: five compulsory modules
    • Year 2: two compulsory modules, one option module in scriptwriting or poetry and one option module in English literature
    • Year 3: one compulsory module, one option module in scriptwriting or poetry, one or two English literature option modules and a dissertation

    Year 1 compulsory modules

    • Doing English
    • Introduction to Playwriting and Poetry
    • Storytelling: Narrative Archetypes, Forms and Techniques
    • Writing London
    • Writing for Film and TV

    Year 2 compulsory modules

    • Narrative Methods
    • The Novel: Writing the Modern World

    Year 2 option modules

    • Poetry Workshop 1
    • Scriptwriting Workshop 1: The Essentials of Stage and Screen (The 30 Minute Script)

    Year 3 compulsory module

    • The Creative Critical Seam

    Year 3 option modules

    • Poetry Workshop 2: The Open Page
    • Scriptwriting Workshop 2: Writing for the Contemporary Stage

    English literature option modules

    • Benjamin / Barthes
    • Blake
    • Contemporary Fiction: An Introduction
    • Fin-De-Siecle
    • Geoffrey Chaucer
    • Gothic Romance 1764-Present
    • Literature and the Politics of Feelings
    • Medieval and Renaissance Body, Mind, and Soul
    • Milton
    • Reading Joyce's Ulysses
    • Shakespeare and Performance
    • Telling the self
    • Transcultural Encounters: Literature, Empire, Ethnicity

    BA Creative Writing and English dissertation

    • BA Dissertation in Creative Writing and English

  • Four years part-time, on campus

    Course structure

    You must complete modules worth a total of 360 credits.

    • Year 1: four compulsory modules
    • Year 2: three compulsory modules
    • Year 3: one compulsory module, one option module in scriptwriting or poetry and one option module in English literature
    • Year 4: one option module in scriptwriting or poetry, one or two English literature option modules and a dissertation

    Year 1 compulsory modules

    • Doing English
    • Introduction to Playwriting and Poetry
    • Storytelling: Narrative Archetypes, Forms and Techniques
    • Writing London

    Year 2 compulsory modules

    • Narrative Methods
    • The Novel: Writing the Modern World
    • Writing for Film and TV

    Year 3 compulsory module

    • The Creative Critical Seam

    Year 3 option modules

    • Poetry Workshop 1
    • Scriptwriting Workshop 1: The Essentials of Stage and Screen (The 30 Minute Script)

    Year 4 option modules

    • Poetry Workshop 2: The Open Page
    • Scriptwriting Workshop 2: Writing for the Contemporary Stage

    English Literature option modules

    • Benjamin / Barthes
    • Blake
    • Contemporary Fiction: An Introduction
    • Fin-De-Siecle
    • Geoffrey Chaucer
    • Gothic Romance 1764-Present
    • Literature and the Politics of Feelings
    • Medieval and Renaissance Body, Mind, and Soul
    • Milton
    • Reading Joyce's Ulysses
    • Shakespeare and Performance
    • Telling the self
    • Transcultural Encounters: Literature, Empire, Ethnicity

    BA Creative Writing and English dissertation

    • BA Dissertation in Creative Writing and English

  • Four years full-time, on campus, with Foundation Year

    Course structure

    For the Foundation Year, you undertake three core modules and choose one option module: either The Arts: Questioning the Contemporary World or a language module.

    If you successfully complete these modules, you will automatically advance on to our three-year, full-time, evening study BA Creative Writing and English.

    Foundation Year core modules

    • Breaking Boundaries of Knowledge
    • Fundamentals of Study
    • The Arts: Perspectives and Possibilities

    Foundation Year option modules

    • Chinese 1 (Level 4)
    • French 1
    • French 2
    • French 3 (Level 4)
    • French 4 (Level 4)
    • German 1
    • German 2
    • German 3 (Level 4)
    • German 4 (Level 4)
    • Italian 1
    • Italian 2
    • Italian 3 (Level 4)
    • Italian 4 (Level 4)
    • Japanese 1 (Level 4)
    • Japanese 2 (Level 4)
    • Japanese 3 (Level 4)
    • Japanese 4 (Level 4)
    • Korean 1 (Level 4)
    • Spanish 1
    • Spanish 2
    • Spanish 3 (Level 4)
    • Spanish 4 (Level 4)
    • The Humanities and Social Sciences: Global Issues in Historical Perspective

  • Six years part-time, on campus, with Foundation Year

    Course structure

    Our part-time Foundation Year degrees allow you to spread out your Foundation Year studies over two years. As the 'Foundation Year' is made up of 120 credits, as a part-time student you can take 60 credits in each of your first and second years before starting the main four-year BA Creative Writing and English. This means that you can take six years to complete the part-time degree with Foundation Year.

    In Foundation Year 1 you take two core modules and in Foundation Year 2 you take one core module and choose one option module.

    If you successfully complete these modules, you will automatically advance on to our four-year, part-time, evening study BA Creative Writing and English.

    Foundation Year 1 core modules

    • Breaking Boundaries of Knowledge
    • Fundamentals of Study

    Foundation Year 2 core module

    • The Arts: Perspectives and Possibilities

    Foundation Year 2 option modules

    • Chinese 1 (Level 4)
    • French 1
    • French 2
    • French 3 (Level 4)
    • French 4 (Level 4)
    • German 1
    • German 2
    • German 3 (Level 4)
    • German 4 (Level 4)
    • Italian 1
    • Italian 2
    • Italian 3 (Level 4)
    • Italian 4 (Level 4)
    • Japanese 1 (Level 4)
    • Japanese 2 (Level 4)
    • Japanese 3 (Level 4)
    • Japanese 4 (Level 4)
    • Korean 1 (Level 4)
    • Spanish 1
    • Spanish 2
    • Spanish 3 (Level 4)
    • Spanish 4 (Level 4)
    • The Humanities and Social Sciences: Global Issues in Historical Perspective

• Teaching

  We encourage innovative and engaging ways of teaching to help ensure you have the best learning experience and provide a range of different modes of learning to help you juggle study with work and other commitments.

  Find out more about our teaching and teaching hours.

  What are the methods of teaching?

  Teaching is varied and interactive and takes the form of lecturer-led sessions on elements of craft, workshopping of students' creative work, class and home exercises, student readings, and individual and group work.

  The Foundation Year is composed mainly of interactive lectures for large groups and tutorial-style classes that support the development of knowledge, skills, confidence and self-awareness.

• How will I be assessed?

  Creative writing modules are assessed by 100% coursework. This includes short creative projects, essays, presentations, a writer’s notebook, web publishing and an extended creative work in a specific genre.

  English literature modules are assessed by essays, examinations and a range of other exercises.

  An extended project forms part of the course in the final year.

  Please see individual modules for more details.

  Find out more about assessment at ÌÇÐÄlogoÈë¿Ú, including guidance on assessment, feedback and our assessment offences policy.

Entry Requirements

• Full-time study - how many UCAS points do I need?

  • Three years full-time: 112 points (e.g. A-levels BBC)
  • Four years full-time with Foundation Year: 48 points

  For full-time study on this course, you apply via UCAS. The UCAS tariff score applies if you have recently studied a qualification that has a UCAS tariff equivalence. UCAS provides a for you to work out what your qualification is worth.

• Part-time study

  For part-time study our standard requirements are a minimum of two A-levels or equivalent.

• Alternative entry routes

  Three years full-time and four years part-time: Access to Higher Education Diploma with a minimum of 15 credits achieved at Merit or Distinction in the subject area, although we may waive these formal entry requirements and make our own assessment based on the creative writing sample.

  Three years full-time: Pearson BTEC Level 3 National Extended Diploma - DMM
  

• What are the English language requirements?

  If English is not your first language or you have not previously studied in English, our usual requirement is the equivalent of an International English Language Testing System (IELTS Academic Test) score of 6.5, with not less than 6.0 in each of the sub-tests. We also accept other English language tests.

  If you don't meet the minimum English language requirements, please contact us or see our for more details about how we can help.

  Visit the International section of our website to find out more about our English language entry requirements and relevant requirements by country.

• What are the visa and funding requirements?

  If you are not from the UK and you do not already have residency here, you may need to apply for a visa.

  The visa you apply for varies according to the length of your course:

  • Courses of more than six months' duration: Student visa
  • Courses of less than six months' duration: Standard Visitor visa

  International students who require a Student visa should apply to study on our courses full-time as these qualify for Student visa sponsorship. If you are living in the UK on a Student visa, you will not be eligible to enrol to study part-time courses at ÌÇÐÄlogoÈë¿Ú (with the exception of some modules).

  As a Student visa student, you should also apply to study on campus only, as online and flexible options of study  (if they are available for your course) may affect the conditions of your visa.

  For full information, read our visa information for international students page.

  Please also visit the international section of our website to find out more about relevant visa and funding requirements by country.

  Please note students receiving US Federal Aid are only able to apply for in-person, on-campus programmes which will have no elements of online study.

• Credits and accredited prior learning (APL)

  If you have studied at university (or have an HND or Foundation Degree), you may have accumulated credits. It may be possible to transfer these from your previous study to ÌÇÐÄlogoÈë¿Ú or another institution.

Fees

• ÌÇÐÄlogoÈë¿Ú's Lifelong Learning Guarantee

  If you've studied at ÌÇÐÄlogoÈë¿Ú before and successfully completed an award with us, take advantage of our Lifelong Learning Guarantee to gain a reduction on the tuition fee of this course.

• Tuition fees and maintenance loans

  Eligible full-time and part-time students from the UK don't have to pay any tuition fees upfront, as government loans are available to cover them.

  Maintenance loans are also available for eligible full-time and part-time UK students, to help cover living costs, such as accommodation, food, travel, books and study materials. The amount you receive is means-tested and depends on where you live and study and your household income.

  Find out more about tuition fee and maintenance loans, and the financial support available to help with your studies at ÌÇÐÄlogoÈë¿Ú. 

• Can I apply for an international scholarship?

  We provide a range of scholarships for eligible international students, including our Global Future Scholarship. View ÌÇÐÄlogoÈë¿Ú's available scholarships.

Careers and employability

On successfully graduating from this BA Creative Writing and English, you will have gained an array of important transferable skills, including:

• the capacity to think and communicate creatively and critically  
• a sophisticated use of written and spoken English 
• an ability to understand and apply complex ideas 
• effective organisation and time-keeping skills 
• facility and precision in the use of analytical tools 
• strong skills and initiative in collecting and organising complex materials and writing up clear, well-presented reports or fluent critical arguments.Ìý

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ÌÇÐÄlogoÈë¿Ú creative writing graduates include:

• Niki Aguirre
• Sarah Alexander
• Laura Allsop
• Iphgenia Baal
• Phoebe Blatton
• Nicole Burstein
• Tray Butler
• Melissa De Villiers
• Liz Fremantle
• A. J. Grainger
• Julia Gray
• Emma Henderson
• Sally Hinchcliffe
• Anna Hope
• Heidi James
• Olya Knezevic
• Nik Korpon
• Matthew Loukes
• Nii Parkes
• Helen Pike
• Nadim Safdar
• Karin Salvalaggio
• David Savill.

The School of Creative Arts, Culture and Communication's specially designed Careers and Employability provision includes opportunities at all levels to support you in developing your career, including modules,  workshops, placements and other resources directly related to employability, in particular in the creative arts and cultural industries. 

Student Support

How to Apply

• How do I apply to study full-time (UCAS entry)?

  If you are applying for a full-time undergraduate course at ÌÇÐÄlogoÈë¿Ú you apply through UCAS. Use the Apply now button on this course page which will direct you to UCAS. There you will be prompted to sign in and create an account. You will have to give UCAS a few personal details, including your name, address and date of birth, and then you can start working on your application.

  The first UCAS deadline is in January, and the majority of university applications through UCAS are made by then. Find the exact deadline date on the . We welcome applications outside of the UCAS deadlines, so you can still apply through UCAS after the January deadline, depending on the availability of places. We also take late applications via the UCAS Clearing system in August.

• How do I apply to study part-time?

  If you are applying for a part-time undergraduate course (usually four or six years), you apply directly to ÌÇÐÄlogoÈë¿Ú online by using the Apply now button. You will need to prove your identity when you apply.

  Please note that online application opens in September.

• When should I apply?

  You are strongly advised to apply now, to ensure there are still places left, and to give you enough time to complete the admissions process, to arrange funding and to enrol.

  You don't need to complete your current programme of study before you apply - ÌÇÐÄlogoÈë¿Ú can offer you a place that is conditional on your results.

• How can I get help with my application?

  Get all the information you need about the application, admission and enrolment process at ÌÇÐÄlogoÈë¿Ú.

  Our online personal statement tool will guide you through every step of writing the personal statement part of your application.

• International agents

  If you are an international agent applying to ÌÇÐÄlogoÈë¿Ú on behalf of an international student, please use .