BA (Hons) English Literature and Creative Writing at Lancaster University

From the sonnet to the novel, and theatre to video-games, you will hone your craft with extensive professional support from our many celebrated novelists, poets, and playwrights. You’ll be part of a vibrant culture with literary events in the city’s Castle Quarter, multiple student-run literary journals, visiting authors, and opportunities to present your writing live. Lancaster was one of the very first UK universities to teach Creative Writing.

Faculty: Faculty of Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences  |  Department: School of Arts  |  Duration: Full time 3 years  |  Study mode: full-time  |  Location: Lancaster, England, United Kingdom

What you will study

Year 1 core modules: Literature in Time, Introduction to Creative Writing. Year 2 core modules: Critical Theory, Developing Your Writing Practice, Writing Fiction. Year 3 core modules: Advanced Creative Writing Workshop.

Career pathways

Our creative writing graduates have gone on to publish their own stories, novels, videogames, graphic novels, and poems with major publishers, and have had their scripts produced in national festivals and on national radio. Our graduates also go on to careers in traditional fields such as publishing, journalism and arts management or becoming an editor, copywriter or librarian.

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