BA (Hons) Creative and Professional Writing (With Foundation Year)

If you want to study creative writing but you don’t meet the standard entry requirements for a degree, this extended course is perfect for you. First, we prepare you for your degree during the foundation year, bringing you up to speed with academic skills and a firm grounding in the subject. Then you can go on to do the full undergraduate degree. And there has never been a more exciting time to be a writer. The internet has changed the world, increasing the scope for writers and their work. Our course recognizes and embraces these opportunities. At UEL, we’re building a community of writers and artists with something to say about themselves, and about the world.

Foundation Year 

• Academic Development
• Creative Project
• Creative Writing Portfolio
• Narrative and Creativity
• Group Film Project
• Professional Development (Mental Wealth)

Year 1

• Critical Approaches to Creative Writing (core)
• Creative Practice 1 (core)
• Media Lab (core)
• Literature: Form & Theory (optional)
• Tradition & Change in Western Literature (optional)

Year 2

• The Writer’s World (core)
• Creative Practice 2 (core)
• Story & Myth (core)
• Adaptation: Form & Practice (optional)
• American Literature (optional)

Year 3

• Dissertation for Creative Writing (core)
• Creative Practice 3 (core)
• Life Writing (core)
• Copywriting (core)
• Research Methods (core)

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