BA (Hons) English Language & Creative Writing

The English Language and Creative Writing BA course offered by the University of Central Lancashire (UCLan) allows students to study both language and literature with elements of linguistics, creative writing, and English language. It provides students with a range of skills that can be applied to both the creative and analytical sides of language use and study.Course Content: The course covers a wide range of topics including comparative text studies, language structure and meaning, writing genres, literary linguistics, and language acquisition. It allows students to learn key techniques of stylistic analysis and apply these to a wide range of spoken and written texts, explore the connections and tension between description and interpretation in academic discourse, and introduce and reflect on the methodological considerations relevant to English language and linguistics.Key Modules: The course comprises modules such as Essential Study Skills, Speaking & Listening, Reading & Writing, English In The World, Love & Death: Studies In Medieval Writing, Literary Research: Skills and Methods, Doing Language Research: Corpus Approaches, Introduction to Poetry, and Language, Mind and Brain. Future Careers: Graduates of the Bachelor’s programme in English Language and Creative Writing will be equipped to work in areas such as teaching, publishing, the civil service, the media sector (journalism, PR, advertising), information technology, professional writing, and performance-related professions. For more information on this course, please visit the official course page.