Description

BA Creative Writing and English

This Creative Writing and English course at University of Hull allows you to focus on honing your craft through a mixture of practical workshops and seminar discussions. You’ll develop your confidence in writing by developing core skills in characterisation, storytelling and creating a sense of place.

Duration

3 years

Starting Date

September

Tuition Fee

Home/EU: £9,250 per year
International: £15,400 per year

Location

Hull, United Kingdom

About the programme

You’ll also create and refine longer pieces of writing, experimenting in different genres and forms – including fantasy and science fiction, non-fiction, scriptwriting, short stories and poetry. As practitioners and published authors, our tutors bring their expertise and creativity into each session.

The Creative Writing and English course at University of Hull provide a first-class grounding in literature from the medieval era to the 21st century, by way of English and American authors of poetry, short fiction, drama and novels. Our writing modules enable you to develop high-quality creative work including short stories, genre fiction, non-fiction, novels, poetry and scripts.

There’s a lot to get involved in outside of the lecture theatre at Hull. You can get involved in extra-curricular activities including our active, student-led English Society and HU Writes.

Creativity lives and breathes at the University of Hull. Always has done, always will. It’s central to what universities do. But at Hull, we’re building something that goes far beyond our four walls.

Future prospects

Teaching
Journalism
Marketing
Advertising
Publishing
Professional writing

You’ll build a varied portfolio of work and develop desirable skills in analysis, research and communication.

The graduates have found employment with a wide range of public and private sector companies and organisations including: East Riding of Yorkshire Council, Sainsbury, Marks and Spencer, and the Ministry of Justice.

The ability to showcase a creative mind through creative writing is also highly valuable to employers as it is a rare skill in today’s employment market.