BA English Literature with Creative Writing
About this course
BA in English Literature with Creative Writing, an English Literature and Creative Writing BA (Hons) degree centred on the study of literary texts alongside practical writing across multiple genres. The first year introduces foundational study through modules such as Writing Creatively, Reading Between the Lines, and Literature, Culture and Critique, alongside optional topics like Drama: Text and Performance and Poetry: Reading and Interpretation. The second year progresses to specialized exploration with compulsory modules including Writing Environments: Literature, Nature, Culture, Body Language: Literature and Embodiment, Developing Creative Writing in Prose, and Developing Creative Writing in Poetry, complemented by options such as Contemporary Literature and Script Writing. The final year focuses on an independent Creative Writing Project alongside specialist creative writing options, with further optional modules available including Bowie, Reading, Writing, Digital Discourse: language, social media, AI, and Shakespeare and Global Cinema.
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Entry requirements
A level: AAA EPQ: Where an applicant is taking the EPQ in a relevant subject this might be considered alongside other Level 3 qualifications and may attract an alternative offer in addition to the standard offer. If you are taking A Levels, this would be AAB at A Level including A in English (Language, Literature or Language and Literature) and grade A in the EPQ. BTEC: We will consider the level 3 QCF BTEC at Subsidiary Diploma level and above in combination with other qualifications. Please contact the Admissions Office for more information. IB: 35 points overall with 17 at Higher Level including 6 in English at Higher Level.
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What students say
Based on about 15 final-year students who answered (a small group: a rough guide only)
- Teaching on my course: 92%
- Learning opportunities: 73%
- Assessment and feedback: 87%
- Academic support: 91%
- Organisation and management: 76%
- Learning resources: 78%
- Student voice: 80%
Do students stay on the course?
Based on about 45 students who started
- Continued on course: 95%
- Left higher education: 5%
What graduates do next
Based on about 5 graduates who answered (a small group: a rough guide only)
- Working: 65%
- Working and studying: 10%
- Further study: 20%
- Unemployed: 10%
Most common jobs
- Business and public service associate professionals: 25%
- Elementary occupations: 12%
- Teaching Professionals: 12%
- Administrative occupations: 8%
- Sales occupations: 6%
- Find their work meaningful: 69%
- Feel on track for their future plans: 62%
- Use what they learnt on the course: 52%
Where graduates work (5 years on)
Based on about 200 graduates, across similar courses at this university
- North East: 3%
- North West: 9%
- Yorkshire and the Humber: 21%
- East Midlands: 3%
- West Midlands: 6%
- East of England: 8%
- London: 41%
- South East: 5%
- South West: 4%
- Wales: 1%
- Scotland: 1%
Who gets in
Based on about 55 students who started
- A levels: 94%
- Baccalaureate: 2%
- Other HE qualification: 4%
Accreditation & quality ratings
TEF 2023 (whole university): Silver overall, Bronze for student experience, Silver for student outcomes.
Modules
- Writing Creatively
- Reading Between the Lines
- Literature, Culture and Critique
- Drama: Text and Performance
- Modern Fictions in English: Conflict, Liminality, Translation
- Poetry: Reading and Interpretation
- Race, Writing and Decolonization
- Writing Environments: Literature, Nature, Culture
- Body Language: Literature and Embodiment
- Developing Creative Writing in Prose
- Developing Creative Writing in Poetry
- Contemporary Literature
- Renaissance Literature
- Life, Love and Death from Chaucer to Marlowe
- Cursing and Courtesy: politeness in the history of English
- Modern Literature
- Postcolonial Literature
- The World Before Us: Literature 1660-1830
- Other Voices: Rethinking Nineteenth-Century Literature
- Script Writing
- Travel and Journalistic Writing
- Power of Language
- Theatre, Society and Self
- Writing for Children and Young Adults
- Creative Writing Project
- Students also choose from a list of creative writing specialist options
- Bowie, Reading, Writing
- Crime Fiction Stylistics: Crossing Languages, Culture, Media
- Digital Discourse: language, social media, AI
- Fictions of the End: Apocalypse and After
- Global African Writing
- Home Bodies: Companion Animals in Contemporary Literature
- Language of the Media
- Postcolonial London
- Refugee Narratives
- Sex and Suffering in the Eighteenth-Century Novel
- Shakespeare and Global Cinema
- Telling Lives: Reading and Writing Family Memoir
Questions about this course
How much do graduates of BA English Literature with Creative Writing at University of Leeds earn?
The median salary is £26,500 after 15 months, £24,500 after 3 years, £32,000 after 5 years. After five years the middle half of graduates earn between £26,500 and £41,000. The £32,000 median after five years is £4,000 more than the UK median for Literature in English.
What do graduates of BA English Literature with Creative Writing at University of Leeds 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 English Literature with Creative Writing at University of Leeds?
92% of final-year students were positive about the teaching in the National Student Survey 2025-26.
What grades do I need for BA English Literature with Creative Writing at University of Leeds?
The typical offer is AAA at A level, or 35 points in the IB. The average entrant had 153 UCAS points.
Does BA English Literature with Creative Writing at University of Leeds include a placement year or year abroad?
The course has an optional year abroad.
How many students continue on BA English Literature with Creative Writing at University of Leeds?
95% of students continued into their second year, and 5% left higher education.