3. English

3.5. English with Creative Writing (WAYA)

First Year Second Year Final Year
  • ESH4101 Introduction to Creative Writing (30 credits)
  • ESH102 Reading, Theory and Interpretation (30 credits)
  • ESH101 Shakespeare (30 credits)
  • ESH126 London Global (30 credits)
  • ESH5103 Creative Writing: Prose (15 credits)
  • ESH5104 Creative Writing Poetry and Performance (15 credits)
  • 60 credits from English 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, or List 4
    • See Module Info for Lists

English with Creative Writing students cannot take ESH6043 Creative Writing Prose Fiction as part of their choices in final year. They also cannot take both Dissertations.

Students MUST choose their modules from one of the following combinations:

COMBINATION 1 – Dissertation:

EITHER:

  • ESH6000 English Research Dissertation (30 credits)

OR:

  • ESH6199 Creative Writing Dissertation (30 credits)

30 credits of Creative Writing Modules from the following:

  • ESH6115 Writing Climate Crisis (15 credits, Semester 1)
  • ESH6114 The Past Persists: Hauntings & Memory in Creative Writing (15 credits, Semester 2)
  • ESH6109 Creative Writing Advanced Fiction: Serious Play - Ludic Strategies for Writing Fiction (15 credits, Semester 2)
  • 2 × 30 credit ESH-coded modules at Level 6 (30 credits in Semester 1 and 30 credits in Semester 2)

COMBINATION 2 – No Dissertation:

30 credits of Creative Writing Modules from the following:

  • ESH6115 Writing Climate Crisis (15 credits, Semester 1)
  • ESH6114 The Past Persists: Hauntings & Memory in Creative Writing (15 credits, Semester 2)
  • ESH6109 Creative Writing Advanced Fiction: Serious Play - Ludic Strategies for Writing Fiction (15 credits, Semester 2)
  • 2 × 30 credit ESH-coded modules at Level 6 (30 credits in Semester 1 and 30 credits in Semester 2)
  • 2 × 15 credits of ESH-coded modules at Level 6 (15 credits in Semester 1 and 15 credits in Semester 2)

  • You are required to take 120 credits in each academic year. It is not possible to take less or more than 120 credits.
  • Pay attention to the semester balance of modules, you will need to take 60 credits in each semester. A 75 credits in Semester 1 and 45 credits in Semester 2 split will only be considered in exceptional circumstances. Any other imbalance of module weightings will not be allowed.
  • You need to take modules which match your current level of study i.e. Level 5 modules for Year 2, Level 6 modules for Final Year.
  • Students may choose an optional language module at a lower or higher level than their developmental year provided their language level is appropriate for the chosen level and their programme allows this option.

Please refer to the Module choice guidance for more information.