STA Programme Requirements 2025/26

3. English

First Year 2025-26	Second Year 2025-26	Final Year 2025-26
ESH4101 Introduction to Creative Writing (30 credits) ESH102 Reading, Theory and Interpretation (30 credits) ESH101 Shakespeare (30 credits) ESH126 London Global (30 credits)	30 credits of ESH-coded Creative Writing modules at Level 5 60 credits from List 1, List 2 or List 3 (the 60 credits must come from two different lists) 30 credits from List 1, List 2, List 3, List 4 or optional modules from the School of the Arts/the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences modules	EITHER: ESH6000 English Research Dissertation (30 credits) OR ESH6199 Creative Writing Dissertation (30 credits) 30 credits of Creative Writing options at Level 6 30 credits of ESH-coded modules at Level 6 30 credits of optional modules from the School of the Arts/the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences modules

All students are required to take 120 credits in each academic year. It is not possible to take less, or more than 120 credits.
Students should normally take a balance of 60-60 credits worth of modules in each semester. A 75-45 split might be accepted as an exception, but it will mean a workload-heavy Semester 1 that students may find challenging. A 45-75 split is not permitted.
Some programmes allow modules to be taken at a different level of the student’s programme of study (first year = Level 4, second year = Level 5, final year = Level 6), but we strongly recommend that students going into their second year choose all their credits to be at Level 5, and students going into their final year choose all their credits to be at Level 6. This is to ensure that students meet their progression and/or degree classification requirements as explained in the Academic Regulations.