Course Summary

**Course Overview** - Step into your own world of writing with our English Language and Creative Writing Foundation Entry course. - Our Foundation Entry degree courses are ideal if you’ve got the ability to study for a degree, but don’t have the necessary formal qualifications to directly join an honours programme. It’s a great stepping stone to a full degree. - You’ll learn the skills required for writing as a professional practice and try your hand at writing across a wide variety of genres, from poetry and drama to fiction and creative non-fiction. - You’ll study the development of English as a multicultural literary landscape, as well as key theories that explore the impact of race, gender, class, national identity and ethnicity on the production and reading of literary texts. **Why study with us** - Literature in English at the University is 1st in the North West and 2nd in the UK for academic support - National Student Survey (NSS) 2019. - Creative Writing at the University is ranked in the UK's top 20 - the Complete University Guide 2020. - You’ll access our Live Literature Room, where you’ll share your work with peers and attend events and literary readings from industry professionals.

Course Details - Modules

Year 1: Essential Study Skills for Higher Education, Developing Academic Knowledge, Introduction to English Language and Linguistics, Introduction to Literature, Introduction to Creative Writing, Skills for Language Students, Foundation in TESOL, Extended Course Essay Year 2: Compulsory modules; Reading Texts: Literary Theory, Introduction to Renaissance Literature, Introduction to Creative Writing, Writing Identities, Plus two options from our English Language, American Literature or English Literature modules or an Elective in another subject in our School (e.g. one of the thirteen different languages we teach). Year 3: Compulsory Modules; Live Literature Project, A World of Difference: Literature and Globalisation, Either Restoration to Revolution: Literary Culture 1660-1789 OR Romantics to Decadents: Literary Culture 1789-1900, Exploring Genre, Writing Adaptations, Plus a module from the list below: Optional modules; Reading and Writing Fairy Tales, The Graphic Novel, Reading and Writing Science Fiction and Fantasy, CSI: Literature, Creative Writing for Children and Young Adults Year 4: Compulsory modules; Advanced Creative Writing Workshop, The Shock of the New: Modern and Contemporary Literature, Dissertation in English Literature OR Dissertation in Creative Writing, Plus two modules from the list below: Optional modules, Life-writing and Autobiography, Otherworlds: Reading and Writing Science Fiction and Fantasy, American Texts, Black Atlantic Writing, British Children’s Literature, Literature and Film

Course Details – Assessment Method

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Course Details – Professional Bodies

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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: 7K56

Institution code: C30

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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

64 UCAS points at A2

P (D or E)

64 UCAS points

64 UCAS points

64 UCAS points

64 UCAS points at Higher Level subjects


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Minimum Qualification Requirements

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English language requirements

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IELTS (Academic) 6.0 with no component score less than 5.5 (To have been taken within two years of the course commencement date)
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Unistats information

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Fees and funding

England 6000.0 Year 1
Northern Ireland 6000.0 Year 1
Scotland 6000.0 Year 1
Wales 6000.0 Year 1
Channel Islands 6000.0 Year 1

Additional Fee Information

Please note fees for the foundation year will be £6,000, and then £9,250 per year for the remainder of the course. *subject only to annual increase in line with UK Retail Price Index inflation rate

Provider information

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Preston
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