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

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.

Modules

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)

Employability

Our course can open all sorts of other workplace doors, too, because it hones and enhances so many transferable skills suitable for different professions. Employers want applicants with the sort of communication and writing skills you’ll learn here. Our students have gone on to work in areas such as screenwriting, copywriting, teaching, and journalism.