**Course Overview**
- On our English Language and Creative Writing course you’ll develop the skills and techniques you need to write in a whole range of genres. You’ll also study the history, use and application of English.
- On this course we’ll help you to enhance your skills as a creative writer and gain experience of writing in a wide range of different styles and genres.
- You’ll develop the skills and techniques you need to create new works in everything from science fiction and fantasy to fairy tales, horror, crime, and fiction for children and young adults. Along the way you’ll produce a variety of short stories, poetry, play scripts and more.
- Our modules enable you to delve beneath the surface of language to explore the connections between sound and meaning, and understand how English has developed over time.
**Why study with us**
- Our English Language courses are ranked 4th in the UK for overall student satisfaction – National Student Survey (NSS) 2019.
- Our Creative Writing courses are ranked in the UK’s top 20 - Complete University Guide 2020.
- Our unique English Language Skills Initiative for Employability (ELSIE) programme gives you opportunities to gain vital work experience in public relations, client publications, copywriting and other area
Course Details - Modules
Year 1: English Language Workshop (Employability skills; Study/Academic Writing skills), Analysing Texts, Introduction to English Syntax and Phonology, Introduction to Creative Writing, Writing Identities, Plus a free choice elective which may include an English Literature, an American Literature or language module.
Year 2: Academic Writing and Graduate Development, Exploring Genre, Writing Adaptations, Plus a choice of English Language and Creative Writing modules (this is a sample most relevant to your studies): Inside English Words (Phonology and Morphology I), Language, Mind and Brain, Foundations of English Grammar, Sociolinguistics, Semantics and Pragmatics, Accents and Dialects, Child Language Acquisition, Framing the News, Creative Writing for Children and Young Adults
Year 3: Dissertation (in either English Language or Creative Writing), Advanced Creative Writing Workshop, Plus a choice of English Language and Creative Writing Modules (this is a sample most relevant to your studies): Inside English Words (Phonology and Morphology), Clinical Linguistics, Discourse and Argumentation, Advanced Pragmatics, English in Education, Power in Talk, Forensic Linguistics, Life-Writing and Autobiography, Otherworlds: Reading and Writing Science Fiction and Fantasy
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:
Q3W0
Institution code:
C30
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Points of Entry
The following entry points are available for this course:
Year 1
Year 2
Year 3
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
104 to 112 UCAS points at A2
104 to 112 UCAS points
104 to 112 UCAS points
104 to 112 UCAS points
104 to 122 UCAS points at Higher Level subjects
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Minimum Qualification Requirements
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English language requirements
Test
Grade
AdditionalDetails
IELTS (Academic)
6.0
with no component score less than 5.5 (To have been taken within two years of the course commencement date)
English Language Entry Requirement Information are not listed for this Course.
Unistats information
Student satisfaction :
0%
Employment after 15 months (Most common jobs):
0%
Go onto work and study:
0%
Fees and funding
England
9250.0
Year 1
Northern Ireland
9250.0
Year 1
Scotland
9250.0
Year 1
Wales
9250.0
Year 1
Channel Islands
9250.0
Year 1
Additional Fee Information
*subject only to annual increase in line with UK Retail Price Index inflation rate
Provider information
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Preston
PR1 2HE
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