BA (Hons) English and Creative Writing at University of Portsmouth

Develop your creative skills under the guidance of published authors, poets and playwrights on our English and Creative Writing degree course. Take your love of literature to a higher level and refine your writing skills with academic rigour on our English and Creative Writing degree course. Explore literature through an academic lens in theory and in practice, enhancing your understanding of each through participation in the other.

Duration: 3 years full-time; 4 years sandwich with work placement  |  Study mode: full-time (sandwich/placement option)  |  Intake: September 2027  |  Location: Portsmouth, England, United Kingdom

What you will study

In each year, you need to study modules worth a total of 120 credits. Modules include Body Politics: Desire and Power in Literary History; Creative Writing: Telling Tales; Creative Writing: True Stories; Popular Culture; Literary Prizes and Public Acclaim; Finding Form - Fiction; Finding Form - Nonfiction; Crime Writing; Dystopian and Apocalyptic Environments: Ecocrisis in the Literary Imagination; Screenwriting.

Career pathways

An excellent writer and speaker will prosper in a vast field of career opportunities. You’ll graduate from this course with outstanding writing and speaking skills, as well as proofreading and grammar proficiency.

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