BA (Hons) English and Creative Writing

How You Study

This course introduces students to literary forms and theories, enabling them to explore texts and authors from past and present. They are able to study the various approaches to creative writing through the close reading of major contemporary authors, examining their techniques and applying them to the production of original, imaginative work.

In the third year, a wide range of optional modules enables students to pursue areas of particular interest and develop their portfolios while engaging in individual research. This reflects the programme's clear focus on employability, which aims to prepare students for a professional writing or publishing career.

First Year

• Introduction to Writing Formats (Core)
• Texts in Time: Medieval to Romantic (Core)
• Texts in Time: Victorian to Contemporary (Core)
• Writing Narrative (Core)
• Writing Poetry (Core)
• Writing Portfolio (Core)

Second Year

• Dis-Locations: the Literature of Late Capitalism (Core)
• Theory Wars (Core)
• Writing and Enterprise (Core)
• After The End: Reading the Apocalypse (Option)†
• American Literature I (Option)†
• American Literature II (Option)†
• British Medieval Literature (Option)†
• Classic and Contemporary Fantasy (Option)†
• Experimental Writing (Option)†
• Literature of the Fin de Siècle (Option)†
• Making It New: An Introduction to Literary Modernism (Option)†
• Postcolonialism (Option)†
• Renaissance Literature (Option)†
• Restoration Literature (Option)†
• Romanticism: Literature 1780-1830 (Option)†
• Study Period Abroad - English and Creative Writing (Option)†
• The Arthurian Myth (Option)†
• The Craft of Creative Non-Fiction (Option)†
• The Craft of Fiction (Option)†
• The Craft of Poetry (Option)†
• The Craft of Scriptwriting (Option)†
• Writing and Enterprise A (Option)†
• Writing and Enterprise B (Option)†

Third Year

• American Detective Fiction and Film: 1930 to the Present Day (Option)†
• Gothic in Literature and Film (Option)†
• Growing Up and Growing Old: Youth and Age across the Nineteenth Century (Option)†
• Independent Study: Creative Writing (Option)†
• Independent Study: English (Option)†
• Irish Writing since 1900 (Option)†
• Life Writing (Option)†
• Literature and the Environment (Option)†
• Nineteenth-Century Women's Writing (Option)†
• Poetry and Innovative Form (Option)†
• Science Fiction (Option)†
• Sex, Texts and Politics: The Works of Geoffrey Chaucer (Option)†
• Shakespeare I (Option)†
• Shakespeare II (Option)†
• Single Author Study A (Option)†
• Single Author Study B (Option)†
• The Literature of Childhood (Option)†
• The Psychological Thriller and Crime Fiction (Option)†
• Twenty-First Century British Fiction (Option)†
• Womens Writing and Feminist Theory (Option)†
• Writing for Children and Young Adults (Option)†
• Writing Science Fiction and Fantasy (Option)†

† Some courses may offer optional modules. The availability of optional modules may vary from year to year and will be subject to minimum student numbers being achieved. This means that the availability of specific optional modules cannot be guaranteed. Optional module selection may also be affected by staff availability.

How You Are Assessed

The University of Lincoln's policy on assessment feedback aims to ensure that academics will return in-course assessments to students promptly - usually within 15 working days after the submission date.

The way students are assessed on this course may vary for each module. Examples of assessment methods that are used include coursework, such as written assignments, reports or dissertations; practical exams, such as presentations, performances or observations; and written exams, such as formal examinations or in-class tests. The weighting given to each assessment method may vary across each academic year. The University of Lincoln aims to ensure that staff return in-course assessments to students promptly.

How You Study

This course introduces students to literary forms and theories, enabling them to explore texts and authors from past and present. They are able to study the various approaches to creative writing through the close reading of major contemporary authors, examining their techniques and applying them to the production of original, imaginative work.

In the third year, a wide range of optional modules enables students to pursue areas of particular interest and develop their portfolios while engaging in individual research. This reflects the programe's clear focus on employability, which aims to prepare students for a professional writing or publishing career.

English and Creative Writing graduates may choose to pursue careers in various literary and creative professions, such as publishing, journalism, advertising, public relations, marketing, the civil service, and communications. Students can continue their studies at postgraduate level or take qualifications in teaching.

Lincoln graduates have gone on to work at regional and national media outlets including the BBC, The Daily Mail, and Channel 4.