BA Film Studies and Creative Writing
About this course
BA (Hons) English with Creative Writing and Film Studies, combining literary and screen-based study. Core topics include Research Methods, Design & Creative Practice, and Critical & Analytical Thinking. Professional experience modules in both second and final year offer work placements or client projects. An optional four-week summer school in the American South is available at Level 5.
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Entry requirements
A level: BBC in three A Levels. IB: 554 in three Higher Levels or 29 points.
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What students say
Based on about 36 final-year students who answered, across similar courses at this university
- Teaching on my course: 85%
- Learning opportunities: 85%
- Assessment and feedback: 88%
- Academic support: 87%
- Organisation and management: 70%
- Learning resources: 81%
- Student voice: 80%
Do students stay on the course?
Based on about 50 students who started, across similar courses at this university
- Continued on course: 75%
- Gained a higher qualification: 10%
- Left higher education: 15%
- Moved to a lower qualification: 5%
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: 75%
- Working and studying: 20%
- Unemployed: 10%
Most common jobs
- Sales occupations: 15%
- Managers, directors and senior officials: 10%
- Secretarial and related occupations: 10%
- Teaching Professionals: 10%
- Caring personal services: 10%
- Find their work meaningful: 80%
- Feel on track for their future plans: 45%
- Use what they learnt on the course: 45%
Where graduates work (5 years on)
Based on about 35 graduates, across similar courses at this university
- North West: 10%
- Yorkshire and the Humber: 5%
- West Midlands: 35%
- East of England: 5%
- London: 10%
- South East: 10%
- South West: 10%
- Wales: 5%
Who gets in
Based on about 30 students who started, across similar courses at this university
- A levels: 85%
- Other HE qualification: 5%
- Other qualifications: 5%
Accreditation & quality ratings
TEF 2023 (whole university): Gold overall, Gold for student experience, Silver for student outcomes.
Modules
- Filmmaking Fundamentals
- Delivery, Performance and Other Platforms: All the Writing Selves
- Writing Scripts
- Becoming a Cultural Citizen
- Discoveries: Self and Society in Post-war British Children's Fiction
- Writing Fiction
- History in Media and Film: The Presentation of the Past in Contemporary Culture
- Sights and Sounds: Analysing Film
- Genre, Form and Modes
- Global Cinemas: Beyond Hollywood
- Professional Experience for Film Studies and Creative Writing (Year 2)
- Pathways with Film and Creative Writing: Developing Your Profile
- The Power of Cinematic Representation
- Screenwriting: Principles and Practices
- Documentary Film
- The American South: US Summer School (Level 5)
- Creative Arts and Humanities in Society
- Sources of Writing
- Local Literature in Action
- Extended Screenwriting Project
- Professional Experience for Film and Creative Writing (Year 3)
- Employing Film and Creative Writing: Putting Your Subject into Practice
- Britain on Film: Trends, Theories, Debates
- Youth and Film: Growing Up on Screen
- Into the Matrix: Postmodernism in Fiction, Film and Theory
- Life Writing
- Writingscapes
- Working Class Fictions
- Thresholds: Young Adult Fiction
- Other-than-human worlds: nature writing, environmental writing
- The American South: US Summer School (Level 6)
- Shakespeare on Film: Adaptation and Appropriation
Questions about this course
How much do graduates of BA Film Studies and Creative Writing at Keele University earn?
The median salary is £21,000 after 3 years, £24,000 after 5 years. After five years the middle half of graduates earn between £19,000 and £31,000. The £24,000 median after five years is £500 more than the UK median for Creative writing.
What do graduates of BA Film Studies and Creative Writing at Keele University do next?
90% were in work or further study 15 months after finishing (Graduate Outcomes 2023-24).
Are students happy with the teaching on BA Film Studies and Creative Writing at Keele University?
85% of final-year students were positive about the teaching in the National Student Survey 2025-26.
What grades do I need for BA Film Studies and Creative Writing at Keele University?
The typical offer is BBC at A level, or 29 points in the IB. The average entrant had 116 UCAS points.
How many students continue on BA Film Studies and Creative Writing at Keele University?
75% of students continued into their second year, and 15% left higher education.