English Language and Creative Writing BA (Hons)
Bachelor's degree
In Preston
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Bachelor's degree
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Preston
Fancy yourself as the next J K Rowling or E L James? Develop the tricks and techniques to produce short stories, poetry and play scripts as you learn to dissect, criticise and even perform writing. Boost your skills as a writer in a variety of genres including fiction, drama, poetry and creative non-fiction. As a result, you'll be able to produce descriptive and accurate pieces of creative writing, which will help you in your career as a professional writer.
2016 National Student Survey English Language courses at UCLan were rated in the top 10 for overall satisfaction on the course and second in the UK for academic support by students who completed the 2016 National Student Survey (NSS).
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Entry Requirements 2017/18 104 points at A2; General Studies accepted
QCF BTEC Extended Diploma: Merit Merit Merit
QCF BTEC Diploma: Distinction Distinction
Pass Access To HE with 106 UCAS points.
International Baccalaureate Diploma: 26P.
IELTS: grade 6 with no subscore lower than 5.5.
5 GCSEs at grade C inc Maths & English or equivalent ...
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Subjects
- English
- Writing
- Creative Writing
- English Language
- Poetry
- Phonology
Course programme
- English Language Workshop I (Employability skills; Study/Academic Writing skills)
- Introduction to Language and Linguistics
- Introduction to English Syntax and Phonology
- Introduction to Creative Writing
- Writing Identities
- A free choice elective which may include an English Literature, an American Literature or a language module.
- English Language Workshop II (Employability skills; Study/Academic Writing skills)
- Creative Writing: Exploring Gender
- Writing Adaptations
A choice of English Language and Creative Writing modules (this is a sample most relevant to your studies):
- Inside English Words (Phonology and Morphology I)
- Foundations of English Grammar
- Sociolinguistics
- Semantics and Pragmatics
- History of English I
- English Dialects I
- Child Language Acquisition
- Stylistics
- Introduction to Rhetoric
- Framing the News
- Creative Writing for Children and Young Adults
- Dissertation (in either English Language or Creative Writing)
- Advanced Creative Writing Workshop
A choice of English Language and Creative Writing Modules (this is a sample most relevant to your studies):
- Inside English Words (Phonology and Morphology II)
- Theory of English: Grammar and Cognition
- Contrastive Linguistics
- Intercultural Communication
- Advanced Pragmatics
- History of English II
- English Dialects II
- English in Education
- Stylistics II
- Philosophy of Language and Communication
- Power in Talk
- Forensic Linguistics
- Performing the Word
- Life-Writing and Autobiography
English Language and Creative Writing BA (Hons)