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**Why choose this course**
If you’re an aspiring writer and a literature enthusiast, here’s why you should choose our brand new English Literature and Creative Writing BA (Hons) degree:
-We conduct engaging and intellectually challenging teaching in literature and creative writing. All our academics are acclaimed writers and scholars as well as enthusiastic and experienced teachers who convey ideas and explain techniques and methodologies enthusiastically and accessibly
-As a student of English Literature and Creative Writing at Surrey, you will become part of a c...
**Why choose this course**<br/>If you’re an aspiring writer and a literature enthusiast, here’s why you should choose our brand new English Literature and Creative Writing BA (Hons) degree: <br/><br/>-We conduct engaging and intellectually challenging teaching in literature and creative writing. All our academics are acclaimed writers and scholars as well as enthusiastic and experienced teachers who convey ideas and explain techniques and methodologies enthusiastically and accessibly <br/>-As a student of English Literature and Creative Writing at Surrey, you will become part of a community of literary and cultural scholars, writers, and creative practitioners, and will be able to explore the opportunities and challenges of studying, practising, and producing critical and creative forms of expression. <br/>-We have a firm eye on your future employability. We’ll equip you with skills that employers value – clear and compelling communication skills, independent thinking and collaborative working. If you choose to take one of our award-winning Professional Training placements, you’ll be able to enhance your readiness for employment. <br/>-You’ll gain professional and transferable skills in communications, writing, and critical thinking. You’ll learn how to write at a professional level in a variety of modes: analytical commentary and interpretive analysis, literary criticism, prose fiction, poetry, and writing for stage, screen, gaming and beyond. These skills are paramount in a wide range of professional environments and career paths, such as writing, editing, copywriting, teaching, publishing, marketing, journalism, social media and communications roles. <br/><br/>**What you will study**<br/>On our English Literature and Creative Writing BA (Hons) course, you’ll study vital and influential works of literature, read and discuss contemporary works as well as classics in a wide range of genres. <br/><br/>You’ll explore canonical forms, texts, and authors alongside perspectives, world views, and creative practices that have been historically silenced, marginalised, or endangered. Throughout the programme, you’ll develop sensitivity and appreciation for a diverse range of cultures and forms of artistic expressions, as well as emotional and cultural intelligence when discussing them with your peers and tutors. <br/><br/>The programme includes the refreshed and innovative modules Science Fiction and Renaissance Lives, plus a new Creative Writing poetry module and identities module, alongside our excellent existing creative writing and period-based literary modules in Medieval, Early Modern, 19th Century, Modernist and Contemporary Studies. <br/><br/>You’ll develop a wide range of creative writing skills and knowledge, looking at forms such as novels, short stories, poetry, plays, screenplays, graphic novels, writing for games. <br/><br/>Alongside classic works like those of Shakespeare and George Eliot, you’ll study contemporary works by writers including Kazuo Ishiguro, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie and Jhumpa Lahiri. <br/><br/>Genres you’ll study include travel writing, nineteenth-century theatre and fiction, science-fiction, contemporary global literatures, medieval writing, romantic literature, early modern, modernist and contemporary literatures. <br/><br/>Our creative writing modules will develop your understanding of the techniques used and challenges faced by the writers you study on your English literature modules. You’ll assess the potential and challenges of forms of artistic expression that are increasingly central in contemporary culture and society, such as digital storytelling, video-gaming, blogging and podcasting. Your studies will also help you find inspiration and root your own creative work in the authors and literary traditions you’ll be exploring.
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Course Details
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Study Mode
Full-time
Duration
3 Years
Start Date
15/09/2025
Campus
Stag Hill
Provider Details
Codes/info
Course Code
G669
Institution Code
S85
Points of Entry
Year 1
UCAS TariffNot Accepted Scottish HigherA,A,B,B,B A,B,B,B,B Overall: AABBB-ABBBB Required subjects: English Language or English Literature. GCSE or Equivalent: English Language: Scottish National 5 - C Maths: Scottish National 5 - C. Access to HE DiplomaOverall: QAA recognised Access to Higher Education Diploma with 45 Level 3 credits overall including 30 at Distinction and 15 at Merit - 27 at Distinction and 18 credits at Merit. Required subjects: Please contact us to discuss suitability. International Baccalaureate Diploma Programme33 32 Overall: 33-32 Required subjects: English Literature or English Literature HL5/SL6. GCSE or Equivalent: Mathematics (either course) HL4/SL4. Pearson BTEC Level 3 National Extended Diploma (first teaching from September 2016)GCSE/National 4/National 5GCSE English Language at Grade C(4) and Mathematics at Grade C (4) (or equivalent). Scottish Advanced HigherA,B,B B,B,B Overall: ABB-BBB Required subjects: Grade B in English Language or English Literature. GCSE or Equivalent: English Language: Scottish National 5 - C Maths: Scottish National 5 - C. Extended ProjectA Applicants taking the Extended Project Qualification (EPQ) will receive our standard A-level offer for this programme, plus an alternate offer of one A-level grade lower, subject to achieving an A grade in the EPQ. The one grade reduction will not apply to any required subjects. Applicants can only receive one grade reduction from the published grades, an EPQ grade reduction can’t be applied in addition to other grade reductions made through other schemes such as Contextual Admissions or In2Surrey. Welsh Baccalaureate - Advanced Skills Challenge Certificate (first teaching September 2015)Overall: Pass overall with ABB-BBB from a combination of the Advanced Skills Challenge Certificate and two A levels. Applicants taking an A level science subject with the Science Practical Endorsement are required to pass the practical element. Required subjects: A-level English Literature or English Language. We do not include General Studies or Critical Thinking in our offers. A levelA,B,B B,B,B Overall: ABB-BBB Required subjects: Grade B in English Language or English Literature. Applicants taking an A level science subject with the Science Practical Endorsement are required to pass the practical element. We do not include General Studies or Critical Thinking in our offers. |
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