English Language with Creative Writing BA (Hons)

Bachelor's degree

In Bangor

£ 11,750 VAT inc.

Description

  • Type

    Bachelor's degree

  • Location

    Bangor (Wales)

  • Duration

    3 Years

  • Start date

    September

During this course you will spend two thirds of your time studying English Language (as described on the English Language page) and one third studying Creative Writing (as described on the English with Creative Writing page).

Facilities

Location

Start date

Bangor (Gwynedd)
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LL57 2DG

Start date

SeptemberEnrolment now open

About this course


The course aims to enable understudies to: Knowledge of a broad range of imaginative literature.

An awareness of the importance of revision and editing in bringing your work to a near professional standard.

The ability to write concise, expressive, grammatical English.

Knowledge of fiction (short story) and non fiction writing techniques.


A degree from the School of Linguistics and English Language equips you with knowledge and skills which will open many doors for you when choosing a career.

Our courses in Child Language Acquisition, Speech and Language Disorders offer a good foundation for those who wish to pursue postgraduate training in speech and language therapy in order to qualify as a speech and language therapist.
Our courses on English Grammar and Child Language Acquisition offer a good foundation for those who wish to pursue a PGCE (teacher training qualification).
Courses in Teaching English as a foreign Language are invaluable for those who wish to teach English Overseas.

300 260 points or equivalent, no specific subjects required
We consider mature students and Access students with non standard qualifications.

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Subjects

  • English Language
  • Credit
  • IT
  • Creative Writing
  • English
  • Writing
  • Bilingualism
  • Academic skills
  • Subfields of linguistics
  • Basic linguistic terminology
  • English Language with Creative Writing
  • Sound structure of language
  • Word structure (morphology)
  • Sentence structure (syntax)
  • Cultural aspects
  • Welsh medium modules
  • Core aspects of linguistics

Course programme

What will you study on this course? Year 1 You will take four 20 credit modules in English Language and two in Creative Writing. Compulsory 20 credit modules for English Language: You will take four 20 credit modules in English Language and two in Creative Writing. Compulsory 20 credit modules: Introduction to Language: how to be a linguist; the different subfields of linguistics; introduce basic linguistic terminology; academic skills. Describing Language: sound structure of language and using the IPA; word structure (morphology); sentence structure (syntax); metaphor and meaning. English and Society or Language and Culture: how language varies according to dialect and social aspects; the relationship between language and cultural aspects such as language policy and bilingualism. You will also have the option of taking Welsh medium modules on core aspects of linguistics. Years 2 and 3 Over the two years you will take the equivalent of eight 20 credit modules in English Language and four 20 credit modules in Creative Writing. Compulsory modules for English Language: Compulsory 2nd year modules will include such topics as phonology, syntax, semantics, and the history of English. In year 3 you will get a choice from a wide range of English Language and Creative Writing modules. For more details see the listing for English Language, including the requirement for a dissertation. Please see the Creative Writing modules on this page for your other module selections. Examples of recent dissertation topics include: The acquisition of consonant clusters by a Down’s syndrome child; Lawyers’ question strategies in the Harold Shipman trials; A syntactic analysis of verb second in Swedish; Pronunciation change in popular music; Children’s attitudes to accents; An analysis of doctor patient interactions.

English Language with Creative Writing BA (Hons)

£ 11,750 VAT inc.