English Literature and Creative Writing - BA (Hons)

University of Birmingham

Craft a future for yourself in literary analysis and storytelling.Explore and unpack a wide range of critical perspectives as you hone your creative skillset and learn to communicate your ideas.**Why study this course?**- Your study will be guided by a team of published authors, including award-winning poets, novelists and writers for stage and screen.- Choose from a huge selection of optional modules across our Creative Writing and English departments, allowing you to create a degree that suits your interests.- Learn the practise behind writing prose, poetry, dramas and non-fiction and combine your practise with the literary theories behind these formats.- Explore a range of genres (think fantasy, children's literature, sci fi, horror and more) and time periods from the medieval to the contemporary. - Our staff includes award-winning novelist and media practitioner Winnie Li poet and novelist Luke Kennard fiction and screenwriter Richard House novelist and short story writer Anna Metcalfe award-winning poet Isabel Galleymore and best-selling novelist Ruth Gilligan.**Top 3 in the UK for Creative Writing in the Complete University Guide 2025****Top 30 in the world for English Language and Literature (QS World Subject Rankings 2025)**

Department of Film and Creative Writing