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BA (Hons) English and Creative Writing with foundation year

University of Greater Manchester, United Kingdom
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Course Overview

This degree gives you a unique and exceptional opportunity to enhance your creative and analytical abilities – by developing your creative writing talents alongside the critical study of English through literature. We aim to help you develop the skills and knowledge to craft confident, evocative and persuasive prose. Creativity, curiosity and self-motivation are valuable transferable skills, along with the oral and written communication, time-management and organisational attributes sought by employers across the sectors.

General Eligibility

48 UCAS points. Your Level 3 subjects should normally include English; for instance, A-level English Language and Literature. You should also have five GCSEs at grade C or above or grade 4 to 9 (or equivalent) including English. If you don't have the above qualifications but have a strong portfolio of relevant work then we encourage you to apply. You may be required to attend an interview and/or provide a portfolio of work.

Part Time Work Details

Apprentices will need to be employed by your organization for a minimum of 30 hours per week. Your organization will also need to commit to sponsoring apprentices to complete this qualification.

What You'll Study

1 Modules
The modules listed below may be a mixture of compulsory and optional. You may not have the opportunity to study all the modules shown as part of the course. The Text Creativity Representations Ways of Reading Literary Influences Languages of Writing Scholarship Stories and Narrative Introduction to Literature: Form and Genre Introduction to Literature: Text and Context Writing Poetry and Fiction Writing Drama Future Directions Critical Dialogues The Literature of Love Perspectives on Poetry Aspects of Prose Fiction Approaches to Drama Writing Drama: The Turn of the Story Writing Fiction: The Character of the Writing Writing Poetry: The Shape of the Voice Writing for Publication Gothic Narratives Adaptation Ambivalent Intimacies: Reading Contemporary British Fiction Virtual Victorians Children's Literature Narrative Representations of Female Desire Special Authors Renaissance Drama The Writers' Room: Drama The Writers' Room: Fiction The Writers' Room: Poetry The Writer's World The Professional Author Contemporary Poetry Creative Dissertation Gothic Narratives Dissertation and Research Skills

Language Requirement

  • IELTS5.5
  • TOEFL59
  • PTE50
  • Duolingo69
If English isn’t your first language, you’ll also need IELTS 6.0 with no less than 5.5 in any band (or equivalent). We also accept a range of other English language qualifications

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