English with Creative Writing - BA (Hons)

University of Nottingham

Course overviewWould you love to see your name in print? Are you curious about the creative industries? Or maybe there’s a poem or novel in you that's waiting to come out?If you want to develop your creative work alongside studying a broad range of English literature, language and drama, this course is for you.You’ll write both fiction and poetry, exploring different forms and genres along the way, including environmental and political poetics, creative non-fiction, flash fiction and short stories. The work in English studies will strengthen your creative writing. Then, in your second and third years, there’s flexibility to specialise in the areas you enjoy most, including digital storytelling. Careers overviewAs an English with Creative Writing graduate, you will have gained the following key transferable skills:Strong communication, both oral and writtenpresenting ideas and information, including collaborativelytext analysisplanning and researching written workcreative writingwriting for different audiences