BA (Hons) English Language with Creative Writing

Edge Hill University
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Description

  • Type

    Bachelor's degree

  • Location

    Ormskirk

  • Duration

    3 Years

Studying English Language with Creative Writing gives you considerable scope for investigating all aspects of the form and use of spoken and written English, while also encouraging you as an aspiring author and nurturing a new appreciation of literature. You will consider the ways English has developed over time, how it is changing and how and what it is used for. Gaining skills in listening, transcribing and analysing language, you will investigating topics such as how English became a world language and how identities are forged through the use of different varieties of English. The degree also encourages you to live the writing life and learn to read as a writer, developing creative writing skills and a creative philosophy, underpinned by reflection. If you love to read and write and want to explore the boundaries of your own creativity while immersing yourself in the power and influence of the written and spoken word, then this is the degree for you.

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Ormskirk (Lancashire)
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St Helens Road, L39 4QP

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On request

About this course

Typical careers for English Language graduates include teaching (further training required), speech therapy, library work, media, journalism, arts administration, publishing, public and voluntary sectors. Alternatively, you may wish to progress to further study or research in English Language.

Typical careers for Creative Writing graduates include working in media, education, advertising, publishing, information technology, radio or television, business, and the theatre. Alternatively, you may wish to progress to further study or research in Creative Writing.

120 UCAS Tariff points on the new UCAS Tariff, preferably to include A Level English or equivalent.

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Subjects

  • English
  • Writing
  • Creative Writing
  • English Language
  • Poetry
  • Short Film
  • Writing Short Stories
  • Early English
  • Child Language
  • Psycholinguistics
  • Forensic Linguistics
  • Arts administration

Course programme

Year 1

LNG1015 The Sounds of English (20 credits)

LNG1016 The Structure of English (20 credits)

LNG1017 Studying English Language (20 credits)

LNG1018 Exploring Variation in English (20 credits)

WRI1018 Introduction to Poetry (20 credits)

WRI1019 Introduction to Fiction (20 credits)

Language modules in French, Spanish or Mandarin, delivered at the Edge Hill Language Centre, are available to study as an integral part of this degree. A single Language module can be studied instead of either LNG1015 The Sounds of English or LNG1018 Exploring Variation in English.

Year 2

LNG2130 History and Development of English (20 credits)

LNG2138 Methodology (20 credits)

WRI2023 The Art of Poetry (20 credits)

WRI2024 Writing Short Stories (20 credits)

You will select two of the following modules:

LNG2128 English Language Long Essay (20 credits)

LNG2131 Introduction to Sociolinguistic Variation (20 credits)

LNG2132 Language of Shakespeare and His Time (20 credits)

LNG2133 Analysing Discourse (20 credits)

LNG2134 Early English (600-1500) (20 credits)

LNG2135 Phonetics and Phonology (20 credits)

LNG2136 Modern English Structure and Usage (20 credits)

LNG2137 Regional Varieties of English (20 credits)

LNG2139 Child Language Development (20 credits)

If you studied a Language module in Year 1, you may wish to study a further Language module in Year 2. This would form an integral part of your degree in place of one of the optional modules above.

Year 3

LNG3150 Employability (20 credits)

WRI3021 Poetry and Innovative Form (20 credits)

WRI3022 Advanced Fiction (20 credits)

You will select one of the following modules:

LNG3133 Psycholinguistics (20 credits)

LNG3140 Language and Gender (20 credits)

LNG3143 An Introduction to Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages (TESOL) (20 credits)

You will select a further 40 credits from the following modules:

LNG3141 Communicating Sexuality (20 credits)

LNG3142 Bilingualism (20 credits)

LNG3144 Beyond English (20 credits)

LNG3145 Language and Identity (20 credits)

LNG3147 Corpus Linguistics (20 credits)

LNG3148 Language Dissertation (40 credits)

LNG3149 English in Contact (20 credits)

LNG3152 Forensic Linguistics (20 credits)

If you studied Language modules in Years 1 and 2, you may wish to study a further Language module in Year 3. This would form an integral part of your degree in place of one of the optional modules above.

Optional modules provide an element of choice within the programme curriculum. The availability of optional modules may vary from year to year and will be subject to minimum student numbers being achieved. This means that the availability of specific optional modules cannot be guaranteed. Optional module selection may also be affected by timetabling requirements.

Additional information

International students enrolling on the programme in academic year 2017/18 are £11,575 per annum.

How will I be assessed?

 You will be assessed through a combination of coursework and formal tests or examinations. This includes essays, linguistic analyses, class tests and group work for English Language modules, alongside creative practice, critical practice and reflection for Creative Writing modules.

Who will be teaching me?

You will be taught by an enthusiastic team of linguistic experts and professional writers whose work has been widely published, broadcast and staged. The programme team publish and/or edit a variety of academic and literary journals, including the Journal of British and Irish Innovative Poetry, Short Fiction in Theory and Practice and 21: Journal of Contemporary and Innovative Fiction. They are committed to providing you with an excellent learning experience and update modules regularly to ensure that they are current and relevant.

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