Course Overview

This combined major degree enables you to spend as much time on Creative Writing as you do on English Literature. Our programme offers you a rigorous and inspiring study of Literature while workshops, lectures and readings help you develop your own writing.

In addition to the core English Literature modules, your degree includes an Introduction to Creative Writing in your first year and a Creative Writing Intermediary Workshop in the second year. You can also choose units such as Short Fiction, Poetry Writing and Creative Non-fiction. In your final year, you'll have the choice of a Dissertation or  an Advanced Workshop in Creative Writing.

Career opportunities

Many of our students go on to careers traditionally associated with English Literature and Creative Writing,  such as publishing, journalism, writing, television and the media, teaching and librarianship.

The transferable skills you gain on this degree - communication, self-expression, research and critical understanding - open up a wide range of business and public sector roles in areas such as marketing, advertising, law, social work and professional services.

A sizeable proportion of our graduates take up employment overseas. Other graduates go onto further study, not only in English and Creative Writing, but also in Journalism, Publishing, Law, Public Relations and Business.

Recent graduates have gone on to work or train as speech therapists, teachers of English in the UK and overseas, computer programmers and consultants, videogame storywriters, bankers, chartered accountants, personnel managers and social workers.