Creative Writing
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Key Facts
W801-
UCAS Tariff
120 - 104
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Course duration
3 years
Further details on entry requirements
Apply NowIf you are interested in enhancing, broadening, and developing your voice and, if you want to explore, discover and immerse yourself in the words that have shaped our world, then a degree in Creative Writing in the Department of English and Creative Writing at Aberystwyth University is for you. Our cross-disciplinary degree will introduce you to an ever-expanding industry, providing you with a promising and advantageous start after graduation. Learn the craft of writing poetry, fiction, non-fiction, screenplays and more. You will also develop the critical and analytical skills necessary for a career in a broad array of creative industries. Under the expert guidance of a team of award-winning writers you will discover hidden talents and find out what sort of writer you are. On completion of this degree you will have not only a portfolio of exceptional creative material but also the skills and attributes to flourish in any workplace that demands dexterity with the written word.
Course Overview
Modules September start - 2023
Please note: The modules listed below are those currently intended for delivery during the next academic year and may be subject to change. They are included here to give an indication of how the course is structured.
Module Name | Module Code | Credit Value |
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Beginning Creative Writing Part 1 | WR11020 | 20 |
Beginning Creative Writing Part 2 | WR11120 | 20 |
Creative Practice | WR11320 | 20 |
Critical Perspectives on Creative Writing | WR10220 | 20 |
Options
Module Name | Module Code | Credit Value |
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Academic Writing: Planning, Process and Product | IC17720 | 20 |
American Literature 1819-1925 | EN11220 | 20 |
Ancestral Voices | EN10220 | 20 |
Contemporary Writing | EN10520 | 20 |
Critical Practice | EN11320 | 20 |
Greek and Roman Epic and Drama | CL10120 | 20 |
Introduction to Poetry | WL10420 | 20 |
Language Awareness for TESOL | IC13420 | 20 |
Literature And The Sea | WL11420 | 20 |
Re-imagining Nineteenth-Century Literature | WL10120 | 20 |
Reading for Writers | WR10020 | 20 |
The Beginning of the English Language | EN11520 | 20 |
Module Name | Module Code | Credit Value |
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Beginning the Novel | WR20220 | 20 |
Options
Module Name | Module Code | Credit Value |
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A Century in Crisis: 1790s to 1890s | WL20720 | 20 |
Adventures with Poetry | WR22120 | 20 |
Classical Drama and Myth | CL20320 | 20 |
Contemporary Queer Fiction | EN21620 | 20 |
Contemporary Writing and Climate Crisis | EN21120 | 20 |
Demons, Degenerates and New Women (Fin de Siecle Fictions) | EN23420 | 20 |
Effective Academic and Professional Communication 1 | IC27720 | 20 |
In the Olde Days: Medieval Texts and Their World | EN23120 | 20 |
Literary Geographies | EN21020 | 20 |
Literary Modernisms | EN20920 | 20 |
Literary Theory: Debates and Dialogues | EN20120 | 20 |
Literature and Climate in the Nineteenth Century | EN21220 | 20 |
Literature since 1945 | EN22920 | 20 |
Place and Self | EN22120 | 20 |
Reading and Writing Fantasy Fiction | WL20220 | 20 |
Shaping Plots | WR21720 | 20 |
Short stories: Grit and Candour | WL20320 | 20 |
Telling True Stories: ways of Writing Creative Non-Fiction | WR21120 | 20 |
Writing Selves | WR20620 | 20 |
Writing Women for the Public Stage, 1670-1780 | EN28720 | 20 |
Module Name | Module Code | Credit Value |
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The Writing Project | WR30040 | 40 |
Options
Module Name | Module Code | Credit Value |
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Ali Smith and 21st Century fiction(s) | EN33620 | 20 |
Big Ideas: Writing Popular Science | WR32720 | 20 |
Crisis Writing | WR31820 | 20 |
Effective Academic and Professional Communication 2 | IC37820 | 20 |
Haunting Texts | EN30820 | 20 |
Humour and Conflict in Contemporary Writing | WR32820 | 20 |
Kapow! Reading and Writing Graphic Narratives | WR32320 | 20 |
Literatures of Surveillance | WL35320 | 20 |
Poetry for today | WR31220 | 20 |
Reading Theory / Reading Text | EN30120 | 20 |
Reading and Writing Science Fiction | WL32220 | 20 |
Remix: Chaucer In The Then and Now | WL30620 | 20 |
Romantic Eroticism | EN30520 | 20 |
Speculative Fiction and the Climate Crisis | EN33320 | 20 |
The Mark of the Beast: Animals in Literature from the 1780s to the 1920a | EN31320 | 20 |
Victorian Childhoods | EN30320 | 20 |
Writing Crime Fiction | WR32420 | 20 |
Writing Horror | WR31920 | 20 |
Writing Music | WR32620 | 20 |
Writing and Place | WR32120 | 20 |
Writing in the Margins: Twentieth-Century Welsh Poetry in English | EN30420 | 20 |
* Also available partially or entirely through the medium of Welsh
Careers
Teaching & Learning
Typical Entry Requirements
UCAS Tariff 120 - 104
A Levels BBB-BCC
GCSE requirements (minimum grade C/4):
English or Welsh
BTEC National Diploma:
DDM-DMM
International Baccalaureate:
30-28
European Baccalaureate:
75%-65%
English Language Requirements:
See our Undergraduate English Language Requirements for this course. Pre-sessional English Programmes are also available for students who do not meet our English Language Requirements.
Country Specific Entry Requirements:
International students whose qualification is not listed on this page, can check our Country Specific Entry Requirements for further information.
The University welcomes undergraduate applications from students studying the Access to Higher Education Diploma or T-level qualifications, provided that relevant subject content and learning outcomes are met. We are not able to accept Access to Higher Education Diplomas or T-levels as a general qualification for every undergraduate degree course.
Our inclusive admissions policy values breadth as well as depth of study. Applicants are selected on their own individual merits and offers can vary. If you would like to check the eligibility of your qualifications before submitting an application, please contact the Undergraduate Admissions Office for advice and guidance.