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Bachelor of Arts English with Creative Writing

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University of Southampton Malaysia

Bachelor of Arts English with Creative Writing

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University of Southampton Malaysia

Bachelor of Arts English with Creative Writing

Qualification
Bachelor's Degree
Duration
3 years
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English Requirement
IELTS 6.0
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Free
Class Type
Physical
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The Bachelor of Arts in English with Creative Writing program at the University of Southampton Malaysia offers a transformative journey towards becoming a skilled writer. This course focuses on developing both creative and critical writing abilities while exploring the intersections between literature, visual culture, science, and politics. As part of your final project, you will have the opportunity to complete an extended piece of imaginative writing, guided by our esteemed and award-winning novelists, journalists, and playwrights. Throughout the program, you can choose from a variety of Creative Writing and English options each year, allowing you to expand your knowledge of different genres and traditions. The course encourages you to establish connections between your critical analysis and creative practice, fostering a holistic approach to writing. By engaging in this program, you will enhance your writing skills, gain insight from industry professionals, and develop a deep appreciation for the interplay between literature and various disciplines and forms of expression.

Year 1 overview

Your first year will introduce you to new forms of literature and new creative and critical methods.

You'll take 3 core modules that give you a foundation in critical thinking, essay writing and group research. They will help you develop your own perspectives on the subject. You'll also take an introductory module on creative writing, which will explore story structure.

You can choose more modules on topics including:

  • world drama
  • poetic language
  • migration and literature

Year 2 overview

You'll explore creative genres and forms in more depth. Typically, you'll take core modules in 4 areas of creative writing:

  • short stories
  • scriptwriting
  • experimental writing
  • how writers influence each other

You'll learn more about literature from other periods, choosing from core modules in Renaissance culture, romanticism, and modernism. You can also choose additional options across English, film studies, philosophy and beyond, including:

  • African worlds
  • Victorian feelings
  • sweatshops, sex workers and asylum seekers: world literature and visual culture after globalisation
  • images of women
  • film adaptation

Year 3 overview

In your final year, you'll develop your creative writing in prose, poetry, and narrative non-fiction. You'll write a dissertation on a research topic of your choice, or complete a creative project.

You'll choose core creative writing modules covering:

  • writing the novel
  • narrative non-fiction
  • creative writing in schools
  • poetry and the non-human

You'll also be able to choose modules from a wide range of literary topics, including:

  • literatures of islands and oceans
  • American drama
  • utopias and dystopias
  • the historical novel
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