BA English Literature and Creative Writing (Extended Degree)
About this course
BA (Hons) in English Language and Literature, exploring literary texts and creative writing. Core topics include Research Methods, Historical Research, Critical & Analytical Thinking, and Social & Cultural Analysis. Students can choose an optional work placement year or study abroad period as part of the four- or five-year duration.
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Entry requirements
UCAS Tariff: 56 to 72 Tariff Points Subject requirements: There are no specific subject requirements for this course.
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What students say
Based on about 20 final-year students who answered, across similar courses at this university (a small group: a rough guide only)
- Teaching on my course: 82%
- Learning opportunities: 73%
- Assessment and feedback: 71%
- Academic support: 90%
- Organisation and management: 73%
- Learning resources: 94%
- Student voice: 77%
Do students stay on the course?
Based on about 45 students who started, across similar courses at this university
- Continued on course: 85%
- Left higher education: 10%
- Moved to a lower qualification: 5%
Where graduates work (5 years on)
Based on about 210 graduates, across similar courses at this university
- North East: 58%
- North West: 11%
- Yorkshire and the Humber: 21%
- East Midlands: 3%
- East of England: 1%
- London: 4%
- South East: 1%
- Scotland: 1%
Who gets in
Based on about 55 students who started, across similar courses at this university
- A levels: 92%
- Access course: 4%
- Foundation course: 2%
- Other HE qualification: 3%
Accreditation & quality ratings
TEF 2023 (whole university): Silver overall, Silver for student experience, Gold for student outcomes.
Modules
- Exploring Identity
- Humanities Portfolio: Skills for University
- Trigger-happy: The Language and Literature of Offence and Discrimination
- Public Humanities: Academic Research in the Wider World
- War and Words
- Foundations of Creative Writing
- Introduction to Literary Studies
- Reading Poetry
- Story
- Creative and Critical Practice
- Talking Texts
- Gothic Stories: Nineteenth Century to the Present
- Skills for Academic Success in a UK University
- Humanities Study Abroad (40 credit)
- Early Modern Cultures
- Modernism and Modernity
- Thinking About Voice
- Working With Structure
- Literary Revolutions, Eighteenth Century to Romanticism
- Pitch to Publication
- Skills for Academic Success in a UK University
- Humanities Work Placement Year
- Humanities Study Abroad Year
- English Dissertation
- Vamps and Virgins: Gothic Sexualities
- Sin, Sex, and Violence: Marlowe in Context
- History, Myth, Narrative: Prose Writing about the First World War
- Boxing with Byron: Romanticism and Popular Culture
- Shaking up Shakespeare
- Creative Writing Project
- Advanced Creative Writing
- Twenty First Century Literature: Writing in the Present
- Writing and Environment
- The Craft of the Playwright
- Victorian Sensation Fiction
- Staging Early Modern Gender
- Audio Storytelling
- Language, Strange and Enchanted
- Skills for Academic Success in a UK University
Questions about this course
How much do graduates of BA English Literature and Creative Writing (Extended Degree) at Northumbria University earn?
The median salary is £20,500 after 3 years, £26,000 after 5 years. After five years the middle half of graduates earn between £21,000 and £31,500. The £26,000 median after five years is £2,000 less than the UK median for Literature in English.
Are students happy with the teaching on BA English Literature and Creative Writing (Extended Degree) at Northumbria University?
82% 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 and Creative Writing (Extended Degree) at Northumbria University?
The typical offer is CA at A level. The average entrant had 117 UCAS points.
Does BA English Literature and Creative Writing (Extended Degree) at Northumbria University 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 Literature and Creative Writing (Extended Degree) at Northumbria University?
85% of students continued into their second year, and 10% left higher education.