BA English and Creative and Professional Writing
About this course
BA (Hons) in English Language and Linguistics and English Literature and Creative Writing. Core topics include research methods, data analysis, and entrepreneurship. The programme includes an optional placement year between the second and final stage, and a final-year independent research project extending over two semesters. Optional modules cover themes including crime, fantasy, gender and society.
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Entry requirements
UCAS tariff: 112 A level: BBC (At least a grade C in English or related subject (or equivalent qualification) T Level: Merit BTEC: DMM GCSE: GCSE Maths and English Grade 4/Grade C (or above) or equivalent qualification Access to HE: Pass Access to HE Diploma with 60 credits: 45 at Level 3 with a minimum of Distinction: 15, Merit: 24, Pass: 6. Must include passes in compulsory Level 3 subjects English language: IELTS: 6.0 (with at least 5.5 in each skills area)
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What students say
Based on about 10 final-year students who answered, across similar courses at this university (a small group: a rough guide only)
- Teaching on my course: 98%
- Learning opportunities: 99%
- Assessment and feedback: 99%
- Academic support: 100%
- Organisation and management: 100%
- Learning resources: 96%
- Student voice: 93%
Do students stay on the course?
Based on about 25 students who started, across similar courses at this university (a small group: a rough guide only)
- Continued on course: 85%
- Left higher education: 15%
What graduates do next
Based on about 9 graduates who answered, across similar courses at this university (a small group: a rough guide only)
- Working: 90%
- Further study: 10%
Most common jobs
- Artistic, literary and media occupations: 25%
- Customer service occupations: 20%
- Sales occupations: 20%
- Teaching Professionals: 5%
- Elementary occupations: 5%
- Find their work meaningful: 55%
- Feel on track for their future plans: 15%
- Use what they learnt on the course: 30%
Where graduates work (5 years on)
Based on about 75 graduates, across similar courses at this university
- North West: 1%
- Yorkshire and the Humber: 9%
- East Midlands: 61%
- West Midlands: 14%
- East of England: 6%
- London: 2%
- South East: 5%
- South West: 1%
- Northern Ireland: 1%
Who gets in
Based on about 25 students who started, across similar courses at this university (a small group: a rough guide only)
- A levels: 90%
- Access course: 10%
Accreditation & quality ratings
TEF 2023 (whole university): Gold overall, Gold for student experience, Silver for student outcomes.
Modules
- Placement Learning and Professional Development
- Theorising Literature and Meaning (PDP)
- Mutants and Monsters: Interpreting Fantasy
- Shakespeare and Early Modernity
- Introduction to Creative Writing and Publishing
- The Story
- The Workshop
- Literature, Identity and The Real
- Modernism
- Nineteenth-Century Realism: Conscience and Context
- Poetry and Revolution in the British Romantic Period
- The English Conference
- Research in Practice
- Language and the Poetic 1
- Copy-editing for Writers and Editors
- Writing and Publishing Non-fiction
- Short Fiction
- Power, Passion and Persuasion
- Writing and Publishing for Children and Young Adults
- Reading the Contemporary
- Writing and Publishing: Gaming
- The Long Workshop
- Development 1
- English Independent Study (PDP)
- Advanced Research in Practice
- After The Modern: Existentialism and Postmodernism
- Riots and Rebels: Studies in Intercultural Drama
- Colonialism and Independence
- The Art of Crime
- Tragedy
- Modern and Contemporary Poetry
- Gender and Identity in Contemporary Literature
- Eighteenth-Century Literature: Terror Wit and Letters of Love
- Genre
- Self-Publishing
- The Written World in the Twenty-first Century
- Language and the Poetic 2
- Principles and Practice of Business in the Creative Industries
- Skills for Contemporary Publishing
- Development 2
- Independent Study in Writing and Publishing
Questions about this course
How much do graduates of BA English and Creative and Professional Writing at University of Derby earn?
The median salary is £24,000 after 15 months, £19,500 after 3 years, £23,500 after 5 years. After five years the middle half of graduates earn between £20,000 and £27,500. The £23,500 median after five years is £4,500 less than the UK median for English language.
What do graduates of BA English and Creative and Professional Writing at University of Derby do next?
100% were in work or further study 15 months after finishing (Graduate Outcomes 2023-24).
Are students happy with the teaching on BA English and Creative and Professional Writing at University of Derby?
98% of final-year students were positive about the teaching in the National Student Survey 2025-26.
What grades do I need for BA English and Creative and Professional Writing at University of Derby?
The typical offer is BBC at A level. The average entrant had 97 UCAS points.
Does BA English and Creative and Professional Writing at University of Derby include a placement year or year abroad?
The course has an optional placement year.
How many students continue on BA English and Creative and Professional Writing at University of Derby?
85% of students continued into their second year, and 15% left higher education.