BA Creative Writing and History
About this course
BA (Hons) Creative Writing and History is an undergraduate degree combining creative writing practice with the study of historical analysis, cultural movements, and literary traditions across different periods. Core topics include Research Methods, Fieldwork, Project Management, and Historical Research. The course culminates in independent final-year projects through a Dissertation in Creative Writing and a Dissertation in History. The first year covers core foundations through modules such as The Writer's Notebook: Source and Reflection, Making History, War and Peace: Twentieth Century Europe and Global Conflict, Creative Non-Fiction: Starting From The Self, Introduction to Writing Short Fiction, and The United States: An Introduction (1763 – The Present). Moving into the second year, students build on these ideas with subjects like A Social History of Early Modern England: 1550-1750, Creative Writing: Poetry, Form and Freedom, Creative Writing Non-Fiction: Writing Place, From 'Angry Young Men' to Cool Britannia?: A Historical Analysis of British Cultural Activity After 1945, Kingdom of Heaven: Crusading and the Holy Land: 1095-1291, Popes and Politics, Re-Litigating the Past: State, Media and Historical Injustice in Contemporary Britain, Renaissance to Restoration, Stuart England 1603-88: Rebellion, Restoration and Revolution, Women and Gender: 1000-1600, Approaches to Research, Art & Knowledge in Europe: From Early Renaissance to Baroque: 1250-1650, Creative Non-Fiction: Writing Lives, Culture and Civilisation in Late Medieval England: C.1200-1550, Enlightenment Europe: 1688-1789, Environment and State in Britain Since 1945, Experiments in Fiction: Magic, Detection, Sci Fi and Beyond, Fascism and Post-Fascism in Europe, Fairy Tales: Early Modern to Postmodern, Fiction for Children, Heritage in Practice: Work Placements for History Students, Prose Fiction: The Dynamic of Change, and Romantics, Rebels and Reactionaries. The final year allows further specialisation through modules including British Culture Wars, Digital Writing: Writing for the Community of Strangers, France and the Modern World, Henry VIII and Court Culture 1509-1547: Faction, Faith and Fornication, International Law, Gothic, Romanticism and Women's Writing: From Mary Wollstonecraft to Jane Austen, Kingship, Queenship and Power in Late Medieval and Early Modern Europe, Louis XVI's France: 1643-1715, Making It Strange: Writing the Science Fiction, Fantasy and Modern Gothic Novel, The Cultural History of Death, Unconscious Desires: Psychoanalysis and Culture From Freud to Žižek, Unforgettable Corpses: Literature, Cultural Memory and the First World War, Writing the Novel, A Global History of the Cold War, Birds, Beasts and Bestiaries: Animals and Animal Symbolism in Late Medieval and Renaissance Europe: C.1100-1650, Commerce and Consumption in Early Modern England: C. 1600-1750, Contemporary Short Fiction: Writing the Here and Now, Dictatorship, Conformity and Resistance in Hitler's Germany, Mussolini's Italy and Stalin's Russia, Globalisation and Its Malcontents, Vice to Virtue? The Origins and Outcomes of the French Revolution: 1744-94, Writing, Environment and Ecocriticism, and Writing Flash Fiction.
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Entry requirements
UCAS tariff: 104 tariff points from A levels or combination with Extended Project / BTEC / Cambridge Technical. A level: BCC including English Literature, English Language, English Language and Literature, Creative Writing or Drama at grade B or C. IB: 28 points with English Higher at 4.
Modules
- The Writer's Notebook: Source and Reflection
- Making History
- War and Peace: Twentieth Century Europe and Global Conflict
- Creative Non-Fiction: Starting From The Self
- Introduction to Writing Short Fiction
- The United States: An Introduction (1763 – The Present)
- A Social History of Early Modern England: 1550-1750
- Creative Writing: Poetry, Form and Freedom
- Creative Writing Non-Fiction: Writing Place
- From 'Angry Young Men' to Cool Britannia?: A Historical Analysis of British Cultural Activity After 1945
- Kingdom of Heaven: Crusading and the Holy Land: 1095-1291
- Popes and Politics
- Re-Litigating the Past: State, Media and Historical Injustice in Contemporary Britain
- Renaissance to Restoration
- Stuart England 1603-88: Rebellion, Restoration and Revolution
- Women and Gender: 1000-1600
- Approaches to Research
- Art & Knowledge in Europe: From Early Renaissance to Baroque: 1250-1650
- Creative Non-Fiction: Writing Lives
- Culture and Civilisation in Late Medieval England: C.1200-1550
- Enlightenment Europe: 1688-1789
- Environment and State in Britain Since 1945
- Experiments in Fiction: Magic, Detection, Sci Fi and Beyond
- Fascism and Post-Fascism in Europe
- Fairy Tales: Early Modern to Postmodern
- Fiction for Children
- Heritage in Practice: Work Placements for History Students
- Prose Fiction: The Dynamic of Change
- Romantics, Rebels and Reactionaries
- British Culture Wars
- Digital Writing: Writing for the Community of Strangers
- France and the Modern World
- Henry VIII and Court Culture 1509-1547: Faction, Faith and Fornication
- International Law
- Gothic, Romanticism and Women's Writing: From Mary Wollstonecraft to Jane Austen
- Kingship, Queenship and Power in Late Medieval and Early Modern Europe
- Louis XVI's France: 1643-1715
- Making It Strange: Writing the Science Fiction, Fantasy and Modern Gothic Novel
- Making History
- The Cultural History of Death
- Unconscious Desires: Psychoanalysis and Culture From Freud to Žižek
- Unforgettable Corpses: Literature, Cultural Memory and the First World War
- Writing the Novel
- A Global History of the Cold War
- Birds, Beasts and Bestiaries: Animals and Animal Symbolism in Late Medieval and Renaissance Europe: C.1100-1650
- Commerce and Consumption in Early Modern England: C. 1600-1750
- Contemporary Short Fiction: Writing the Here and Now
- Dictatorship, Conformity and Resistance in Hitler's Germany, Mussolini's Italy and Stalin's Russia
- Globalisation and Its Malcontents
- Vice to Virtue? The Origins and Outcomes of the French Revolution: 1744-94
- Writing, Environment and Ecocriticism
- Writing Flash Fiction
- Dissertation in Creative Writing
- Dissertation in History
Questions about this course
What grades do I need for BA Creative Writing and History at University of Chichester?
The typical offer is BCC at A level, or 28 points in the IB.