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BA (Hons) English and Creative Writing

Leeds Beckett University, United Kingdom
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Course Overview

As part of this course, you’ll:

  • Examine literature past and present, and from around the world

  • Be taught by award-winning writers

  • Have the chance to work on an extended creative writing project as you collaborate with your peers to produce an anthology and plan a related launch event

  • Explore a range of literary and writing contexts to develop the ability to respond creatively to the world around you

  • Join a vibrant creative community of students and lecturers with connections to literary festivals and events in the region

  • Get the chance to work with our range of industry professionals in the city and beyond 
     

We’ll nurture your passion by developing your creative and critical thinking. You’ll benefit from:

  • Inspired teaching and intellectual debate

  • Interaction with award-winning authors and playwrights

  • A rolling programme of media industry professionals published lecturers and world-renowned researchers

Leeds is the Northern heart of culture and the arts. Your campus sits in the very centre of the city, surrounded by museums, art galleries, theatres, film production companies and recording studios. We work directly with Leeds museums and galleries and many regional events, including Leeds Lit Fest, poetry performance events and the Leeds West Indian Carnival.

General Eligibility

Access to HE Diploma:

Pass overall with a minimum of 104 UCAS tariff points.

T Levels:

Pass overall with a minimum of 104 UCAS tariff points, including a C or above on the core.

Scottish Awards:

104 UCAS tariff points from a minimum of 5 Highers of which at least 2 must be grade B or above.

Irish Leaving Certificate:

104 UCAS tariff points from a minimum of 5 subjects at a higher level of which at least 3 must be grade H3 or above.

International baccalaureate:

104 UCAS tariff points from a minimum of 3 Highers of which at least 2 must be grade H5 or above.

Part Time Work Details

20 hours of work permit weekly for international students.

What You'll Study

1 Year 1
  • Contemporary Literary Studies

  • Writers' Workshop 1

  • Short Stories

  • Writers' Workshop 2

  • Poetry

  • Adaptation: Literary Afterlives

2 Year 2
  • Theory into Practice

Option modules may include

  • Writing Poetry

  • Writing Fictions

  • The 20th Century: Alienation & Dystopia

  • Black British Culture

  • Postcolonial Literature

  • 19th-Century Contexts

  • The 18th Century: Revolutions in Writing

  • Applied Humanities: Live Brief Learning

  • Screenwriting

3 Year 3
  • Dissertation or Creative Writing Project

Option modules may include

  • Experimental Writing

  • Life Writing

  • Narrative & Disability

  • Wild Justice: Power, Violence & Identity in Revenge Tragedy

  • Cultural Crossings: Race, Writing & Resistance

  • Masculinity & the Long 18th Century

  • Modern American Drama

  • Postcolonial Cities

  • The Gothic: Literature, Culture, Theory

  • 20th-Century Women Novelists: Genre & Gender

  • Writing in a Time of Violence: Literature & Politics in Northern Ireland

  • ‘Career Cartographies’: Work-Integrated Learning in Humanities

  • Storytelling for Social Impact

  • Editing the Victorians

Language Requirement

  • IELTS6.0
  • TOEFL78
  • PTE58
  • Duolingo79

IELTS 6.0 with no skills below 5.5, or an equivalent qualification.

Additional Information

This course is available: Part-time, 6 years

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For any enquiries or further details, please don't hesitate to contact us. Let's take the next step in your academic journey together.

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