Creative Writing and English Literature BA (Hons)

at University of Worcester

Modules:
 

• Introduction to Writing
• Writing Poetry
• Writing Fiction
• Literary Forms and Genres
• Ways of Reading, Ways of Writing
• Writing Worcester Past and Present
• Exploding the Canon: Literary Theory and Practice
• Writer as Researcher

• 104 UCAS Tariff points

Tuition fee for International/EU students £14,700 per year.

The Creative and Professional Writing element of the course will provide a foundation for students who are interested in developing writing as a profession, for example in the creative industries and/or commercial markets and an understanding of how writers make a living. Graduates may equally go on to work in sectors such as publishing, the media, marketing and communications. The course also provides an excellent basis for further study or for self-employment as a freelance writer.
 

Graduates from this course will be very successful candidates for careers in teaching because of the emphasis on writing in the new English curricula. Many English Literature graduates will take a fourth year postgraduate Certificate in Education before entering the teaching profession. Other students will take a certificate in TEFL and become teachers of English as a second language at home or abroad.
 

Those graduates who achieve particularly good results in their first degree will choose to progress to a Masters course, which will then often lead to a career as a researcher or further study to PhD. Many students progress to careers requiring good communication skills such as Public Relations or develop research careers with media or publishing companies.