History and Creative Writing

Bachelor's degree

In Wrexham

£ 240 + VAT

Description

  • Type

    Bachelor's degree

  • Location

    Wrexham (Wales)

  • Start date

    Different dates available

Why choose this course? This degree is for anyone who wishes to combine the practical mechanics of writing with a solid underpinning of historical knowledge and context.  The programme will give you awareness of publishing requirements and market need so you’ll become familiar with how the literary industry works and what’s needed to satisfy editors.   You’ll learn how to write creatively for both adults and children in poetry, prose and for radio and screen.  You’ll be given the ability to perfect your writing skills alongside the investigative skills of a historian, studying diverse topics from a wide range of historical periods, developing key skills such as research, analysis and communication.   Here at Wrexham Glyndŵr University we offer a completely supportive study environment with a team of lecturers who have close links to the writing world.  In the most recent National Student Survey, Overall Student Satisfaction was an incredible 100%, the best in Wales.

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Location

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Wrexham
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Mold Road, LL11 2AW

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Subjects

  • IT
  • Writing
  • Skills and Training
  • Creative Writing
  • Communication Training
  • University
  • IT for adults
  • Writing Skills

Course programme

  • Incorporate wide-ranging historical study into your writing
  • Work experience opportunities for history students.
  • Visit aristocratic houses and other sites of historical interest for the purposes of historical research and, for writing students, period inspiration.
  • Develop your research, analysis, interpretation, communication and presentation skills
  • The History degree at Wrexham Glyndwr was recently ranked 2nd (out of 94 institutions) in the UK for Overall Student Satisfaction in the Complete University Guide for 2016/17.

Year 1 (Level 4)


Year 1 introduces students to a range of writing skills and genres. In addition, the history element encourages students to differentiate between fact and fiction.


Modules
History

  • Introducing Historical research
  • The Roman Empire
  • Personal, Professional and Academic Skills
  • Crime and Popular Culture in Victorian Britain
  • National Identity in Europe 1860-1945

Creative Writing

  • Introduction to Creative Writing
  • Introduction to Writing for Children

Year 2 (Level 5)


Year 2 builds upon the investigate skills of the historian and the writer’s imaginative reconstruction of time and place.


Modules
History

  • The British in America, 1607-1783
  • Life in Tudor England and Wales
  • The Georgian Age
  • Culture and Belief in Renaissance Europe
  • Research Methods in Humanities
  • History in the Workplace

Creative Writing

  • Writing Historical Fiction
  • Creative Writing for Adults
  • Writing Crime Fiction and Thrillers

Year 3 (Level 6)


Year Three consolidates previous study and encourages advanced analysis of historical fact and fiction.


Modules
History

  • Rise of a New Society
  • Nineteenth Century Wales
  • Revolution and Readjustment in England and Wales 1625-1690
  • American Frontiers in the Nineteenth Century
  • Dissertation

Creative Writing

  • Writing for Children: Extended Practice
  • Extended Project

The information listed in this section is an overview of the academic content of the programme that will take the form of either core or option modules. Modules are designated as core or option in accordance with professional body requirements and internal academic framework review, so may be subject to change.

History and Creative Writing

£ 240 + VAT