BA (Hons) English with Creative Writing
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Bachelor's degree
In Ormskirk
Description
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Bachelor's degree
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Ormskirk
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Duration
3 Years
If you have a passion for literature, language and writing and want to be challenged to extend your knowledge and broaden your horizons, then you will want to consider this degree. You will develop communication skills, independent thinking and self-expression. Stimulated and educated in language and literature by studying an impressive array of specialist modules, you will also be encouraged to live the writing life and learn to read as a writer, developing creative writing skills and a creative philosophy, underpinned by reflection. The programme develops written and oral fluency, both prized by potential employers, and also embodies the latest scholarship and research.
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Typical careers for English graduates include teaching (further training required), speech therapy, library work, media, journalism, arts administration, publishing, managerial work, public and voluntary sectors. Alternatively, you may wish to progress to further study or research in English.
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
- Psycholinguistics
- Gothic Romanticism
- Forensic Linguistics
- Creative Writing
- Advertising
- Publishing
- Education
- Poetry
- Renaissance Literature
- Romanticism
Course programme
Year 1
LIT1020 Ways of Reading (20 credits)
LIT1022 Introduction to Literary Periods and Genres 1 (20 credits)
LNG1015 The Sounds of English (20 credits)
LNG1016 The Structure of 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 LIT1022 Introduction to Literary Periods and Genres 1 or LNG1015 The Sounds of English.
Year 2
LNG2130 History and Development of English (20 credits)
WRI2023 The Art of Poetry (20 credits)
WRI2024 Writing Short Stories (20 credits)
You will select one of the following modules:
LIT2040 Renaissance Literature: Self and Society (20 credits)
LIT2050 Romanticism (20 credits)
You will select two of the following modules. It may also be possible to select one of these additional modules from the remaining Year 2 option above.
LIT2027 Texts in Motion: Film Adaptation (20 credits)
LIT2041 Literature Dissertation Project (20 credits)
LIT2042 Literature and Globalisation (20 credits)
LIT2043 Literatures of Conflict (20 credits)
LIT2044 About Love (20 credits)
LIT2045 Modern American Literature: 1865 to the Present Day (20 credits)
LIT2046 Pilgrims Progress: British Children's Literature from the 18th Century to the Present Day (20 credits)
LIT2047 Producing a Literary Publication (20 credits)
LIT2048 Renaissance Drama (20 credits)
LIT2049 Literature 1660-1760 (20 credits)
LIT2051 Special Author 1 (20 credits)
LIT2052 Satire in the Long Eighteenth Century (20 credits)
LIT2053 Writing the Female Body (20 credits)
LIT2054 Writing the Supernatural (20 credits)
LIT2055 Rogues' Gallery: Crime and Criminality in the Long 19th Century (20 credits)
LIT2056 Vampire Fictions (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)
LNG2138 Methodology (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
WRI3021 Poetry and Innovative Form (20 credits)
WRI3022 Advanced Fiction (20 credits)
You will select one of the following modules:
LIT3040 The Victorians At Work (20 credits)
LIT3041 The Victorians At Play (20 credits)
LIT3042 Modernisms (20 credits)
LIT3043 Contemporary Literature in English (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 two of the following modules. It may also be possible to select one or both of these additional modules from the remaining Year 3 options above.
LIT3034 Gothic Romanticism (20 credits)
LIT3044 Early American Literature: 1500-1865 (20 credits)
LIT3045 Hosting a Literary Festival (20 credits)
LIT3046 Narratives of Nation and Empire (20 credits)
LIT3047 Neo-Victorian Literature and Culture (20 credits)
LIT3048 Sex, Drugs and Rock 'N' Roll: Young Adult Fiction (20 credits)
LIT3049 Special Author 2 (20 credits)
LIT3050 Sexuality and Subversion (20 credits)
LIT3051 The Shakespeare Problem (20 credits)
LIT3052 Late-Victorian Gothic (20 credits)
LIT3124 Dickens and Popular Culture (20 credits)
LIT3125 Speculative Fiction (20 credits)
LNG3141 Communicating Sexuality (20 credits)
LNG3145 Language and Identity (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
How will I be assessed?
You will be assessed through a combination of coursework and formal tests or examinations. This includes critical essays, short analyses, oral presentations, research projects and group work for English modules, alongside creative practice, critical practice and reflection for Creative Writing modules. Emphasis is placed on work produced in your own time or formally presented in class.
Who will be teaching me?
You will be taught by an enthusiastic and approachable team of English tutors and professional writers whose work has been widely published, broadcast and staged. You will be carefully guided, no matter what area of English or Creative Writing you decide to study. When you choose an option module, your tutor will be an active specialist in this area, producing and publishing current research. Members of the programme team have been successful in winning national research awards from bodies such as the British Academy, the Arts and Humanities Research Council and The Leverhulme Trust.
BA (Hons) English with Creative Writing
