Course: BA (Hons) Literary Studies with Creative Writing

Study Level


Level 6

Location


Lowestoft Campus

Lowestoft Sixth Form College

Duration


Three Years

FT / PT


Full-time

The BA (Hons) Literary Studies with Creative Writing degree offers a stimulating and wide-ranging introduction to English literature and creative writing. You will have the opportunity to study and interpret literature from different historical periods and diverse cultural settings and to develop writing skills in several genres including fiction; poetry and life writing. This will develop a wide-range of sophisticated reading and writing skills across literary, creative and non-fiction genres, different formats and contexts.

Whist this is a full-time course, typically this course generally only requires 1-2 days on campus attendance, supported by self-directed study.  This means you can continue to work alongside your studies and balance other commitments.

Modules you may study include:

  • Introduction to Creative Writing 1: Prose
  • Academic and Professional Skills
  • The Critical Toolkit: Theories of Reading and Writing
  • Shakespeare Undone
  • Blood, Bodices and Bastards
  • The Women of Modernism
  • Contemporary Writing
  • Post-war British Fiction: Looking Back in Anger
  • Publishing and Paratexts

You can apply for this course on the University of Suffolk website to study at the East Coast College Lowestoft campus. Click ‘More Information’ to be taken to the full course and application page.

Requirements

You will need to have achieved 112 UCAS tariff points (or above) and an Access to HE Diploma

GCSE English and Maths at grade C/4 or above.

Applicants who do not hold these qualifications may be considered on an individual basis based upon their overall application and the course applied for.