Creative Writing BA Placement offered

Typical Modules

Level 1

• Introduction to Writing Fiction (20 credits)
• Introduction to Writing Drama (20 credits)
• Introduction to Writing Poetry (20 credits)
• World Literature (30 credits)

Level 2

• Writing Contemporary Poetry (20 credits)
• Writing the Short Story (20 credits)
• Writing Journalism (20 credits)
• Screenwriting (20 credits)
• Horror, Sci-fi and Fantasy (20 credits)
• Writing the Self (20 credits)
• Nineteeth-Century Novel (20 credits)
• Shakespeare Text and Performance (20 credits)
• The Women's Movement and 20th Century Writing (20 credits)
• Modernism (20 credits)
• Romaticism and Revolution (20 credits)
• Contemporary British Fiction (20 credits)
• Genre Fiction (20 credits)

Level 3

• Major Project or Dissertation (40 credits)
• Writing Modern Fiction (20 credits)
• Writing Comedy (20 credits)
• Minor Project or Dissertation
• Writing Modern Drama (20 credits)
• The Creative Industries (20 credits)
• Psychogeography (20 credits)
• Performance Poetry (20 credits)
• Postcolonial Perspectives (20 credits)
• Victorian Literature and Culture (20 credits)
• Chaucer to Shakespeare (20 credits)
• The Muslim World in Early Modern English
• Post War and Late Twentieth Century Literature 1945-2001 (20 credits)
• Reading for Writers / Writing for Readers (20 credits)
• Writing Ireland (20 credits)
• Modern and Contemporary Lesbian Literature (20 credits)
• Pyschogeography (20 credits)
• Violence (20 credits)

In the final year, you will be able to create a major writing project, which may take the form of a short story, a novel fragment, a portfolio of poems, a short play, a short script or a collection of journalism, as well as a minor project in another discipline.

You will work on a critical project that supports your writing – so if you choose to write a film comedy, you will be encouraged to study contemporary screen comedy, or if you opt for a short story on a post-colonial theme, you will similarly be expected to study post-colonial fiction.

This is your opportunity to pursue your individual interest. Whether it’s writing an epic poem, a blockbuster screenplay or a portfolio of journalism, we have members of staff who will share your enthusiasm and help you to achieve your aim.

Read more about the structure of undergraduate degrees at Brunel and what you will learn on the course.