Creative Writing with English Language Studies BA (Hons)

University of Winchester
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  • Type

    Bachelor's degree

  • Location

    Winchester

The course enhances the skills of every evolving writer and linguist at your own pace and in your own way, all the while showing you how your work relates to the wider realms of literary, cultural, social and political contexts. The programme seeks to move you progressively through a structured series of writing assignments and exercises, working on all genres of writing in the first year alongside introductory modules on linguistics and language study. You are then able to specialise in Year 2 and 3. It develops your own work by giving you positive critical encouragement and direction throughout. Both the Creative Writing and English Language elements of the degree allow you to work practically on your own writing but also the language of others.In Year 2, the focus becomes more specific with modules that look at elements of different genres such as writing for children, media writing, poetry, song and play, film and TV script, discourse analysis, language and identity. In Year 3, the modules explore the relationships between writing and the world beyond the University, looking to publishing, producing, community audiences, writing and teaching, and cognitive stylistics.

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Winchester (Hampshire)
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University Of Winchester, SO22 4NR

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On request

About this course

Our aim is to shape 'confident learners' by enabling you to develop the skills needed to excel in your studies here and as well as onto further studies or the employment market. You are taught primarily through a combination of lectures and seminars, allowing opportunities to discuss and develop your understanding of topics covered in lectures in smaller groups.In addition to the formally scheduled contact time such as lectures and seminars etc.), you are encouraged to access academic support from staff within the course team, your personal tutor and the wide range of services available to you within the University.Independent learningOver the duration of your course, you will be expected to develop independent and critical learning, progressively building confidence and expertise through independent and collaborative research, problem-solving and analysis with the support of staff. You take responsibility for your own learning and are encouraged to make use of the wide range of available learning resources available.Overall workloadYour overall workload consists of class contact hours, independent learning and assessment activity.While your actual contact hours may depend on the optional modules you select, the following information gives an indication of how much time you will need to allocate to different activities at each level of the course .Year 1 (Level 4): Timetabled teaching and learning activity* Teaching, learning and assessment: 276 hours Independent learning: 924 hoursYear 2 (Level 5): Timetabled teaching and learning activity* Teaching, learning and assessment: 276 hours Independent learning: 912 hours Placement: 12 hoursYear 3 (Level 6): Timetabled teaching and learning activity* Teaching, learning and assessment: 276...

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Subjects

  • Sociolinguistics
  • Voice
  • English Language
  • Teaching
  • Creative Writing
  • English
  • University
  • Project
  • Writing
  • Media
  • Poetry

Course programme

Year 1 ​Mandatory modules:
  • ​Fictional Writing
  • Scriptwriting
  • Creative Non-fiction
  • Poetry Now!
  • Creative Voice 1
  • Publishing 1


Plus 2 of the following (chosen by the programme Leader)​

  • Approaches to Language Study
  • Understanding Language 1
  • Understanding Language 2
  • Understanding Language 3
  • Language CSI
  • History of the English Language



Year 2

Mandatory modules:


  • ​Rewriting & Adapting
  • Creative Voice 2


Optional modules


Students must take 4 Creative/Professional writing modules from the following list:


  • ​Publishing II: e-books
  • The Short Story
  • Fiction for Children
  • Composing Song Lyrics
  • Creating Short Screenplays
  • Playwriting 1
  • Poetry: Making it New
  • Author Study
  • Writing & the Environment
  • Fairy Tale Fictions
  • Creative Writing Project
  • Fiction for Children 1: In the Beginning
  • Fiction for Children 2: From Middle to End (only for students who have also taken Fiction for Children 1)
  • Creativity & the Imagination
  • Myths, Dreams & Creative Writing
  • Horror Fiction
  • Professional Placement Module
  • Writing & Ethnicity: Special Study
  • Copywriting
  • Report & Policy Writing
  • Scriptwriting for Mainstream Television
  • Travel Writing
  • Life Writing & Biography
  • Telling True Stories
  • Media Writing
  • Speechwriting


Students must take 2 English Language modules from the following list:


  • ​Volunteering for English Language Studies with Creative Writing
  • Ethnicity, diversity, and sexuality in popular music
  • Research Methods
  • Middle English: Texts in Context
  • Old English I
  • Analysing Discourse
  • Language and the Mind
  • Sociolinguistics
  • Language and Identity
  • Language Acquisition
  • Forensic Linguistics


Year 3


Mandatory modules:


  • ​Extended Creative Project
  • Creative Voice 3


Optional modules


Students must take 3 Creative/Professional writing modules from the following list:


  • ​Publishing III: hard-copy publishing
  • Playwriting 2
  • Creative Vigilance: fictions & metafictions
  • Non-Realist Writing
  • Scriptwriting: innovating within popular forms
  • Creative Non-fiction for Children
  • Poetry: Writing for Publication
  • Special Study
  • Writing for Display
  • Writing Comics & Graphic Novels
  • E-Writing
  • Script to Film
  • Page to Stage
  • Academic Writing
  • Advanced Fictional Writing
  • Film Script Development
  • Creativity: writing & teaching
  • Creative Visions
  • Experimental Writing
  • Adapting Crime Fictions
  • Poetry: Writing for Publication
  • The Writers’ Retreat
  • Creating an Author Collective
  • Business Storytelling
  • Writing-History-Fiction
  • Science Fictions & Fantasies
  • Writing for Radio


Students must take 2 English Language modules from the following list:


  • ​Old English II (only for students who have taken Old English 1)
  • The Evolution of Language
  • Crafted Text (only for students who have taken Analysing Discourse)
  • Cognitive Stylistics (only for students who have taken Analysing Discourse or Language and the Mind)
  • Language Death, Revival and Change (only for students who have taken Sociolinguistics)
  • English on the Periphery? (only for students who have taken Sociolinguistics)
  • English and the World
  • Language in Scotland (only for students who have taken Middle English: Texts in Context, Old English 1 or Sociolinguistics)
  • The History of Linguistics
  • Ethnography (only for students who have taken Analysing Discourse or Sociolinguistics)Language Crimes (only for students who have taken Forensic Linguistics)​

Please note the modules listed are correct at the time of publishing, for full-time students entering the programme in Year 1. Optional modules are listed where applicable. Please note the University cannot guarantee the availability of all modules listed and modules may be subject to change. For further information please refer to the terms and conditions at /termsandconditions. The University will notify applicants of any changes made to the core modules listed above.

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