**Why choose this course?**
– You’ll have opportunities to get involved in a huge range of activities, including poetry festivals and readings by guest authors, through our Writers’ Centre, Kingston.
– You’ll learn how style and meaning are created and interpreted through spoken and written texts, and apply this knowledge to your own writing.
– Many of our graduates have had their work published. Recently, Oyinkan Braithwaite’s debut novel My Sister, The Serial Killer was longlisted for the Booker Prize 2019.
**About this course**
This degree gives you the creative freedom to experiment with writing in a wide variety of genres and media. Choose from poetry, prose and non-fiction to professional writing, writing for performance on stage, radio and screen. Explore topics and debates in the fields of creative writing, English literature and English language. Examine how literature shapes, and is shaped by, wider social and cultural contexts.
Through this course, you’ll develop oral and written communication skills and establish a solid foundation in the study of literature and language. There is a focus on developing skills in critical reading, writing and analysis.
You’ll graduate with skills that employers seek, such as communication, critical thinking, organisation, intercultural awareness, team work and the ability to work independently.
Course Details - Modules
Foundation year modules - please note that this is an indicative list of modules and is not intended as a definitive list.
- Humanities in Action: Identity, Voice, Style
- Radical Imaginations
- Being Human: History and the History of Ideas
- Communication in Context and Practice
Year 1
- Reading London: Drama, Poetry and Prose
- Introduction to Creative Writing I
- Writing that Works
- Introduction to Communication
Year 2
- Independent Research Studies
- Independent Creative Writing
- Optional modules
Year 3
- Dissertation
- Professional Communication Skills
- Optional modules
Course Details – Assessment Method
Assessment typically comprises exams (eg test or exam), practical (eg presentations, performance) and coursework (eg essays, reports, self-assessment, portfolios).
Course Details – Professional Bodies
Professional Bodies are not listed for this Course.
How to Apply
26 January This is the deadline for applications to be completed and sent for this course. If the university or college still has places available you can apply after this date, but your application is not guaranteed to be considered.
Application Codes
Course code:
WQ38
Institution code:
K84
Campus Name:
Main Site
Campus code:
Points of Entry
The following entry points are available for this course:
Foundation
Entry Requirements for Advanced Entry (Year 2 and Beyond)
Entry Requirements for Advanced Entry are not listed for this Course.
International applicants
Standard Qualification Requirements
48 points (‘DD' or equivalent) from two A2 subjects or equivalent
Please click the following link to find out more about qualification requirements for this course
Employment after 15 months (Most common jobs):
65%
Go onto work and study:
80%
Fees and funding
England
9250.0
Year 1
Northern Ireland
9250.0
Year 1
Scotland
9250.0
Year 1
Wales
9250.0
Year 1
EU
9250.0
Year 1
Additional Fee Information
*This is a provisional fee and subject to change as we are awaiting the Office For Student Guidance on Fee levels for 2021 and beyond.
For foundation year and international fees, please visit:
https://www.kingston.ac.uk/undergraduate/fees-and-funding/fees/
Please visit the provider course webpage for further information regarding additional course costs
Provider information
River House
53-57 High Street
Address3 are not listed for this Course.
Kingston upon Thames
KT1 1LQ
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