Storytelling is part of every culture and reveals much about a person’s lived experience, values and aspirations within a given time. If reading is a pleasure and creative writing very much a part of you, then an English degree with creative writing might appeal.
If you’re ready to explore more widely, think more deeply and consider how you, as a reader, are placed in relation to a text and how that affects your interpretation, you’ve come to the right place.
Brunel offers one of the most highly regarded creative writing courses in the UK, with many staff members active as novelists, writers for performance, or as cultural critics. Through them you will learn and practice the fundamentals of writing in a variety of forms including poetry and film.
After a first year of introductory writing modules with options in literature to develop your critical reading, your exploration in English and creative writing is very much down to your own interests.
In years two and three a wealth of optional modules await you, covering every period and genre in literature from Shakespeare to Austen, comedy to horror and world literature, alongside further writing options in journalism and modern fiction.
Throughout your course you will be encouraged to express your own thoughts and creativity in your coursework and seminars, which will help you to grow as a critic and writer.
English with Creative Writing BA will equip you with personal skills employers’ prize in graduates – exceptional written and verbal communication and the ability to work collaboratively in teams. At Brunel you will be able to develop these in abundance.
Opt for a placement year and you will gain real-world work experience while you study which will further increase your attractiveness to employers when you graduate.
Outside of your classroom, you can look forward to events and activities organised by the Brunel Centre for Contemporary Writing, including the annual Hillingdon Literary Festival: a free weekend of literary performances from internationally renowned authors, writing workshops and lively debates, right here on campus.
Course Details - Modules
Year 1
Core Modules
Introduction to Writing Fiction
Introduction to Writing Drama
Introduction to Writing Poetry
Workshop Diary
World Literature, World Literacies
Creative Writing Practice
Optional Modules
Critical Reading Portfolio
Creative and Critical Portfolio
Reading Resilience
The Creative Process
Year 2
Optional Modules
Nineteenth-Century Novel
Shakespeare Text and Performance
The Women’s Movement: 20th Century and Contemporary Writing
Post-Colonial Writing
Modernism
Romanticism and Revolution
Contemporary British and Irish Fiction
Genre Fiction
Writing Journalism
Writing the Short Story
Screenwriting
Life Writing
Writing Contemporary Poetry
Horror, Sci-Fi and Fantasy
Creative Writing for Therapeutic Purposes
Year 3 is an optional placement year
Year 4
Core Modules
Project
Optional Modules
Psychogeography
Writing Modern Fiction
Writing Comedy
Writing Film and Television
The Creative Industries
Writing Poetry for Performance
Victorian Literature and Culture
The Muslim World in Early Modern English Literature
Modern and Contemporary Lesbian Literature
Chaucer to Shakespeare
Post-War and Late Twentieth-Century Literature, 1945-2001
Reading for Writers / Writing for Reader
Violence
Course Details – Assessment Method
Assessment Methods are not listed for this Course.
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:
QW81
Institution code:
B84
Campus Name:
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Points of Entry
The following entry points are available for this course:
Year 1
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
Obtain a minimum of 112 UCAS tariff points in an Access to HE Diploma with 45 credits at level 3
in any subject and A-level grade B
in any subject with A level grade B
including Standard Level 5/ Higher Level 4 in English.
in any subject
in any subject
in any subject with A levels grade BB
in any subject with A levels grade BB.
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Minimum Qualification Requirements
Minimum Further Information are not listed for this Course.
English language requirements
Test
Grade
AdditionalDetails
IELTS (Academic)
6.5
with no less than 5.5 in each subsection
Institution's Own Test
with no less than 55% in each subsection
Brunel University London - English Language Requirements