BA English and Creative Writing
About this course
BA in English and Creative Writing, an English and Creative Writing BA (Hons) degree centred on the study of literary texts, cultural history, and writing craft. Core topics include Research Methods, Critical & Analytical Thinking, and Artificial Intelligence & Machine Learning. Campus facilities house Special Collections of world-renowned writers, The Bill Douglas Cinema Museum, and a Digital Humanities Lab. The first year covers foundational literature and writing skills through compulsory modules such as Beginnings: English Literature before 1800, Academic English, Write after Reading, Digital Cultures: Narrative, Creativity, Industry, and Imagine This: Prompts for Creative Writing, alongside optional choices including The Novel. The second year provides options spanning various historical periods, media adaptations, and genres, with modules such as Writing for Stage, Screen and Across Media, Adaptations: Text, Image, Culture, Creative Writing: Building a Story, and Creative Writing: Making a Poem.
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Entry requirements
A level: AAB. Required subjects: B in an accepted Humanities or Social Science subject* (see below). *Accepted Humanities and Social Science subjects: Anthropology; Classics and Ancient History; Drama; English; Geography; Government and Politics; History; Law; Media Studies; Modern Languages; Philosophy; Politics; Psychology; Religious Studies; Sociology. IB: 34/665.
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Admissions (2022 entry, home applicants)
Offer rate 73%: 115 offers from 157 applications, from the university's Freedom of Information return.
What students say
Based on about 16 final-year students who answered (a small group: a rough guide only)
- Teaching on my course: 90%
- Learning opportunities: 88%
- Assessment and feedback: 86%
- Academic support: 100%
- Organisation and management: 78%
- Learning resources: 81%
- Student voice: 81%
Do students stay on the course?
Based on about 30 students who started
- Continued on course: 95%
- Left higher education: 5%
What graduates do next
Based on about 5 graduates who answered, across similar courses at this university (a small group: a rough guide only)
- Working: 55%
- Working and studying: 15%
- Further study: 10%
- Unemployed: 10%
Most common jobs
- Business and public service associate professionals: 24%
- Elementary occupations: 9%
- Media Professionals: 9%
- Administrative occupations: 7%
- Artistic, literary and media occupations: 7%
- Find their work meaningful: 77%
- Feel on track for their future plans: 63%
- Use what they learnt on the course: 45%
Where graduates work (5 years on)
Based on about 440 graduates, across similar courses at this university
- North East: 1%
- North West: 3%
- Yorkshire and the Humber: 1%
- East Midlands: 1%
- West Midlands: 6%
- East of England: 8%
- London: 34%
- South East: 22%
- South West: 20%
- Wales: 4%
- Scotland: 1%
Who gets in
Based on about 25 students who started (a small group: a rough guide only)
- A levels: 95%
- Baccalaureate: 5%
Accreditation & quality ratings
TEF 2023 (whole university): Gold overall, Gold for student experience, Gold for student outcomes.
Modules
- Beginnings: English Literature before 1800
- Academic English
- Write after Reading
- Digital Cultures: Narrative, Creativity, Industry
- Imagine This: Prompts for Creative Writing
- The Novel
- The Poem
- Rethinking Shakespeare
- Writing for Stage, Screen and Across Media
- Adaptations: Text, Image, Culture
- Creative Writing: Building a Story
- Creative Writing: Making a Poem
- Comics Studies: Histories, Methodologies, Genres
- Desire and Power: English Literature 1570-1640
- Theatrical Cultures in Early Modern England
- Chaucer and His Contemporaries
- Renaissance and Revolution
- Satire and the City: English Literature 1660-1750
- Revolutions and Evolutions 19C Writings
- Modernism and Modernity: Literature 1900-1960
- Romanticism
- Empire of Liberty: American Literature of the Long Nineteenth Century
- British Cultures: The Exeter Seminar
- Creative Industries: Their Past, Our Future
- Humanities after the Human: Further Adventures in Critical Theory
- Culture, Crisis and Ecology in a Postcolonial World
Questions about this course
How much do graduates of BA English and Creative Writing at University of Exeter earn?
The median salary is £27,000 after 15 months, £25,500 after 3 years, £33,000 after 5 years. After five years the middle half of graduates earn between £27,000 and £42,500. The £33,000 median after five years is £4,000 more than the UK median for English studies.
What do graduates of BA English and Creative Writing at University of Exeter do next?
80% 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 Writing at University of Exeter?
90% 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 Writing at University of Exeter?
The typical offer is AAB at A level. The average entrant had 150 UCAS points.
What is the offer rate for BA English and Creative Writing at University of Exeter?
73% of home applicants received an offer for 2022 entry: 115 offers from 157 applications, according to the university's Freedom of Information return.
Does BA English and Creative Writing at University of Exeter include a placement year or year abroad?
The course has an optional placement year and an optional year abroad.
How many students continue on BA English and Creative Writing at University of Exeter?
95% of students continued into their second year, and 5% left higher education.