Program Overview

Our Creative Writing and English Literature (including foundation year) BA degree is the perfect preparation for undergraduate study and a career in the creative industries if you don't have the necessary requirments to enter the three-year degree. On completiton of this course, you'll graduate with the same title and qualification as students who started on the three-year course. On this four-year course, you'll learn the skills that will form the foundation for academic study, while providing you with the technique and theoretical knowledge used by creative writers and publishers.

Workshops provide students with the opporunity to submit their creative work for group and tutor criticism, both named and anonymously, to engage with immediate feedback. Seminars enable students to debate and explore subjects, questions and assignments with peers and tutors, encouraging an open and collaborative approach to shared learning. Tutorials support individual learning, allowing for individual approaches to study, and catering for individual interests.

For an insight into the projects you'll participate in cultural and professional engagement throughout the School of Art, Architecure, and Design including organised open lectures, exhibitions, competitions and wider public events.

Our undergraduate course with a foundation year combines the disciplines of creative writing and literature. You’ll get the unique opportunity to develop your own distinct creative writing style, while gaining an understanding of literary history and major genres in poetry, drama and prose.

The foundation year, or Year 0, is designed to prepare you for the challenge of studying at undergraduate level. You’ll share this year with students from other disciplines, which will provide you with the unique opportunity to network with students from other courses

As you progress through the full undergraduate course, you'll find yourself, your writing skills and your awareness of the world of literature develop. With the help of our dedicated team of academics you'll:

• Understand the local, national and global context of London's literary and publishing culture
• Consider the ethical, political and environmental conditions writers live and work within
• Study modern and contemporary novels, poetry collections and plays
• Flex your creativity as you complete a long creative project
• Collaborate with fellow students within and outside of the degree
• Learn from and work with published writers and publishing professionals
• Meet publishing industry figures
• Benefit from excellent digital research resources
• Study at a university committed to the transformative power of education and dialogue