BA (Hons) Literary Studies with Creative Writing at University of Suffolk

The BA (Hons) Literary Studies with Creative Writing degree, a comprehensive program designed to cultivate both your creative talents and your analytical abilities. This course offers a dynamic exploration of the art and craft of writing across various forms, opening up a diverse array of career opportunities in the literary and communication fields. Throughout your studies, you will refine your writing skills across creative and non-fiction genres, working in different formats and contexts to develop a versatile writing portfolio.

Faculty: Partner Colleges  |  Department: East Coast College (Great Yarmouth)  |  Duration: Three years full-time  |  Study mode: full-time  |  Intake: September 2027  |  Location: Ipswich, England, United Kingdom

What you will study

Year 1: Introduction to Creative Writing 1: Prose (Mandatory), Reimagining the Canon 1: Gender and Representation (Mandatory), Reimagining the Canon 2: Placing the Postcolonial (Requisite), Introduction to Creative Writing 2: Poetry (Requisite), The Critical Toolkit: Theories of Reading and Writing (Requisite), Academic and Professional Skills (Mandatory). Year 2: Creative Writing Development 1: Voice (Mandatory), A Place of One’s Own: Researching the Locality (Requisite), Shakespeare Undone (Mandatory), Creative Writing Development 2: Storytelling in the 21st Century (Mandatory), Blood, Bodices and Bastards (Mandatory), The Women of Modernism (Mandatory).

Career pathways

The BA (Hons) Literary Studies with Creative Writing that will support you into a progression route to meet your intended career aspirations, such as; Various other roles which require high level communication and writing ability

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