English Literature and Creative Writing BA 36 months Undergraduate Programme By University of Birmingham |TopUniversities

Programme overview

Main Subject

English Language and Literature

Degree

BA

Study Level

Undergraduate

Study Mode

On Campus

Craft a future for yourself in literary analysis and storytelling.


Explore and unpack a wide range of critical perspectives as you hone your creative skillset and learn to communicate your ideas.


Course highlights


  • Your study will be guided by a team of published authors, including award-winning poets, novelists and writers for stage and screen.
  • Choose from a huge selection of optional modules across our Creative Writing and English departments, allowing you to create a degree that suits your interests.
  • Learn the practise behind writing prose, poetry, dramas and non-fiction and combine your practise with the literary theories behind these formats.
  • Explore a range of genres (think fantasy, children's literature, sci fi, horror and more) and time periods from the medieval to the contemporary. 
  • Our staff includes award-winning novelist and media practitioner Winnie Li; poet and novelist Luke Kennard; fiction and screenwriter Richard House; novelist and short story writer Anna Metcalfe; award-winning poet Isabel Galleymore; and best-selling novelist Ruth Gilligan.

Programme overview

Main Subject

English Language and Literature

Degree

BA

Study Level

Undergraduate

Study Mode

On Campus

Craft a future for yourself in literary analysis and storytelling.


Explore and unpack a wide range of critical perspectives as you hone your creative skillset and learn to communicate your ideas.


Course highlights


  • Your study will be guided by a team of published authors, including award-winning poets, novelists and writers for stage and screen.
  • Choose from a huge selection of optional modules across our Creative Writing and English departments, allowing you to create a degree that suits your interests.
  • Learn the practise behind writing prose, poetry, dramas and non-fiction and combine your practise with the literary theories behind these formats.
  • Explore a range of genres (think fantasy, children's literature, sci fi, horror and more) and time periods from the medieval to the contemporary. 
  • Our staff includes award-winning novelist and media practitioner Winnie Li; poet and novelist Luke Kennard; fiction and screenwriter Richard House; novelist and short story writer Anna Metcalfe; award-winning poet Isabel Galleymore; and best-selling novelist Ruth Gilligan.

Admission Requirements

32+
67+
6.5+
176+
88+
1350+
A levels: A Level English Literature or English Language and Literature is required.
IB Diploma: 6,6,5 in Higher level subjects plus 32 points overall, including higher level English Literature or English Language and Literature.
BTEC qualifications
  • BTEC Extended Diploma: DDM, plus a B at A level in the required subject/s mentioned above.
  • BTEC Diploma: DD, plus a B at A level in the required subject/s mentioned above.
  • BTEC Subsidiary Diploma: D, plus AB at A level, including the required subject/s mentioned above.

3 Years
Sep

Tuition fees

Domestic
9,790 GBP
International
26,400 GBP

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