BA (Hons) Creative Writing and Philosophy and Ethics at Bath Spa University

Programme overview

Join us at Bath Spa University where writing is the thing we love to do and one of the main things we love to talk about. Apply your knowledge of philosophy to contemporary challenges, issues and debates. Our innovative Philosophy and Ethics course has been designed to enable you to acquire specialised subject knowledge alongside practical and professional skills.

Faculty: School of Creative and Cultural Arts, School of Education and Humanities | Duration: Three years full time, or four years full time with professional placement year. | Study mode: full-time; optional professional placement year (sandwich) | Location: Bath, England, United Kingdom

What you will study

The course is carefully designed to enable you to explore and experiment with your writing and understand the foundations of writing craft. In addition to learning how to give and receive feedback from other writers in the BSU writing workshop, you’ll be experimenting with an array of different writing forms and genres. In addition, you’ll develop your skills in philosophical thinking, and follow a broad curriculum which allows you to ask questions, challenge your own assumptions, interrogate evidence, data and opinions.

Career pathways

The graduates from our Creative Writing and Philosophy degrees have careers in: - The police service - Health administration - Education - Social work - Journalism - Novelist - Science magazine editor - Children’s author - Playwright - Digital Marketing Executive - Social media writer - Commercial copywriter for brands or charities - Regional editor for an online magazine - University lecturer - Editor (Random House) - Poet. Many of our students go on to study one of our specialist MA programmes in either Creative Writing, Writing for Young People, Screenwriting, Travel and Nature, or Children’s Publishing.

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Application information

Entry requirements

A Level – grades BBB-BCC. No specific subject required.; BTEC – Extended Diploma grades from Distinction Distinction Merit (DDM) to Distinction Merit Merit (DMM). No specific subject required.; T Levels – grade Merit. No specific subject required.; International Baccalaureate – a minimum of 32 points. No specific subject required.; Access to HE courses – Access to HE Diploma or Access to HE Certificate (60 credits, 45 of which must be Level 3, at Merit or higher). No specific subject required.; English Language Requirements for International and EU Applicants IELTS 6.0 - for visa nationals, with a minimum score of IELTS 5.5 in each element.

Domestic applicants: GBP 10,050 a year (2027/28). Annual tuition fee, UK full time Source

International applicants: GBP 19,240 a year (2027/28). Annual tuition fee, International full time Source

Duration: Three years full time, or four years full time with professional placement year.

Apply through the official page: https://apphub.bathspa.ac.uk/Connectors/Paperless/MOD/CWAPE_D

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