English with Writing - BA(Hons)

University of the West of England, Bristol

Bachelor's degree

In Bristol

£ 9,250 + VAT

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Description

  • Type

    Bachelor's degree

  • Location

    Bristol

  • Start date

    Different dates available

Why study BA(Hons) English with Writing?
Our BA(Hons) English with Writing allows you to combine your love of literature with developing your skills in writing for a diverse range of audiences using both print and digital platforms. You will benefit from high-quality teaching and the committed contribution of industry experts. Our graduates emerge as independent, flexible and culturally engaged professional writers equipped for rewarding careers in many different sectors from arts, cultural industries, advertising, professional writing to education.
Why study this course?
You will gain a deep understanding of English literary culture from the Renaissance to the present day, while refining your writing skills in areas such as advertising, marketing and PR, health and social issues, public service broadcasting, journalistic reporting and imaginative fiction.
You will be taught by leading researchers and published writers in a supportive, collaborative community. External professionals offer constructive advice and feedback throughout the course. English with Writing is based at Frenchay campus, where you will work alongside our Arts and Cultural Industries. Bristol's vibrant culture is an exceptional resource and there is ongoing creative exchange between the University and the city.
Real-world experience
Our students find work and volunteering opportunities throughout their degree. We have strong links with the BBC, M Shed and Tobacco Factory Theatres. Working with external partners will enable you to understand the wider forces at work in shaping written forms, such as market impact and financial imperatives, and you will be ready to participate in a range of cultural industries that require your expertise in the written word.
Where it can take you
A broad range of careers will be open to you, including publishing, broadcasting, advertising and marketing, and external and internal communications. Expertise in the written word is required in all sectors...

Facilities

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Bristol (Avon)
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Coldharbour Lane, BS16 1QY

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About this course

Placements
If you choose to study on the four year sandwich route, you will undertake a minimum 26-week placement relevant to your degree. Placements are taken after you have successfully completed the second year of study.
This is a valuable and rewarding aspect of your course allowing you to gain real-world experience, develop key skills and increase your employability on graduation. You will receive support in finding a placement and guidance throughout from our award-winning Careers and Employability service.
Study year abroad
There may be opportunities to undertake a study year...

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Subjects

  • Writing
  • English
  • Teaching
  • Advertising
  • Marketing
  • Broadcasting
  • Advertising and Marketing
  • Word
  • Ms Word
  • University

Course programme

Content

Throughout your degree you will engage in a range of writing techniques, from composing poems to creating journal entries and from writing critical reviews to creative fiction and non-fiction. This writing practice will go hand in hand with a deep study of literary culture from the Renaissance to the present day.

Year one

You will study the following compulsory modules:

  • Literature and Ideas
  • Creativity, Critique and Literature
  • Beyond the Horizon: Places and Spaces in Literature
  • Once Upon a Time: Children: Stories and Literature.

Year two

You will study the following compulsory modules:

  • Forms of Reading/Reading Forms
  • Occasions for Writing.

In addition, you will study two of of the following optional modules:

  • Shakespeare's World of Words
  • Exploring the Eighteenth Century
  • Romanticism Unbound
  • Victorian Frictions
  • British Writing - 1900 - 1950
  • Imagining America: Cultural and Literary Legacies of the United States, 1830-1970.

If you choose to study on the four year sandwich route, you will spend your third year on placement. The curriculum in the second year provides support for the process of securing this.

Final year

You will study the following compulsory modules:

  • English Independent Project
  • Writing in Practice.

In addition, you will study two of the following optional modules OR one if a Study Year Abroad (SYA) or Placement Year has been completed:

  • Gothic Literature
  • Children's Fiction Since 1900
  • Literature and Culture in Britain, 1885 - 1930
  • Moving Words: Travel Writing and Modernity
  • Contemporary American Narrative
  • Fiction in Britain since 1970.

Please also note this structure is for the full-time course delivery only. For part-time delivery, the same modules will be studied. However, the structure will differ.

The University continually enhances our offer by responding to feedback from our students and other stakeholders, ensuring the curriculum is kept up to date and our graduates are equipped with the knowledge and skills they need for the real world. This may result in changes to the course. If changes to your course are approved, we will inform you.

Learning and Teaching

We use a variety of teaching methods including lectures, workshops, practical sessions and smaller discussion-based seminar groups.

For more details see our full glossary of learning and teaching terms.

Study time

You will have 72 hours of taught, contact time spread over four modules per year.

Assessment

You will engage in a range of assessment designed to deliver you a portfolio of work to leave with. This will include edited anthologies, critical essays, review articles, annotated texts and creative pieces including the design of marketing materials.

For more details see our full glossary of assessment terms.

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