BA English Literature with Creative Writing with a Placement Year
About this course
BA (Hons) in English Language and Literature and Creative Writing. Core topics include Research Methods. In the first two years, a third of study time is devoted to Creative Writing and two thirds to English Literature. A placement of 9-12 months in the third year provides professional experience, and the balance between creative and literary study can be adjusted at that stage.
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Entry requirements
A level: AAB including English Literature or one of the subjects listed below.
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What students say
Based on about 26 final-year students who answered, across similar courses at this university (a small group: a rough guide only)
- Teaching on my course: 93%
- Learning opportunities: 81%
- Assessment and feedback: 79%
- Academic support: 93%
- Organisation and management: 74%
- Learning resources: 92%
- Student voice: 81%
Do students stay on the course?
Based on about 35 students who started, across similar courses at this university
- Continued on course: 90%
- Left higher education: 10%
Where graduates work (5 years on)
Based on about 35 graduates, across similar courses at this university
- North West: 5%
- Yorkshire and the Humber: 5%
- East Midlands: 5%
- East of England: 30%
- London: 30%
- South East: 10%
- South West: 10%
Who gets in
Based on about 45 students who started, across similar courses at this university
- A levels: 90%
- Other HE qualification: 5%
Accreditation & quality ratings
TEF 2023 (whole university): Silver overall, Silver for student experience, Silver for student outcomes.
Modules
- HUM PLACEMENT YEAR
- CREATIVE WRITING: BEGINNINGS
- ENGLISH LITERATURE: BEGINNINGS
- READING NOW
- EPIC STORYTELLING AND ANCIENT MYTH
- CREATIVE WRITING: EXPERIMENTS IN GENRE
- WRITING ACROSS BORDERS
- MEDIEVAL WRITING: QUEST, FABLE AND ROMANCE (PRE-1789)
- LITERATURE STUDIES SEMESTER ABROAD (SPRING)
- CONTEMPORARY FICTION
- MODERNISM: THE ART OF EXPERIMENT
- CRITICAL THEORY AND PRACTICE
- VICTORIAN WRITING
- ROMANTIC TRANSFORMATIONS: 1740-1830
- SHAKESPEARE (PRE-1789)
- EARLY MODERN WRITING 1600-1740: THE MAKING OF ENGLISH LITERATURE (PRE-1789)
- EUROPEAN LITERATURE
- MAKING IT PUBLIC: PUBLISHING, AUDIENCE, & CREATIVE ENTERPRISE
- THE WRITING OF JOURNALISM (AUT)
- ARTS AND HUMANITIES PLACEMENT MODULE
- READING AND WRITING CONTEMPORARY POETRY
- THE SHORT STORY (AUT)
- CREATIVE WRITING: POETRY (AUT)
- SCRIPTWRITING: STAGE/AUDIO
- CREATIVE WRITING: PROSE FICTION (SPR)
- CREATIVE WRITING: PROSE FICTION (AUT)
- SCRIPTWRITING: SCREEN AND STAGE
- WRITING IN THE WORLD: PLACEMENTS, PODCASTS, CREATIVE NON FICTION
- SCRIPTWRITING: TV/FILM
- LITERATURE AND PHILOSOPHY
- PIRATES, SEAFARERS, SHIPWRECK C. 1500-1750: THE PERILS OF THE SEA
- LGBT AND BEYOND: SEXUAL CULTURES, QUEER IDENTITIES, AND THE POLITICS OF DESIRE
- INTERMEDIATE SPANISH II B1 CEFR
- INTERMEDIATE FRENCH II - B1 CEFR
- CREATIVE WRITING: ADVANCED PROSE (AUT)
- CREATIVE WRITING: ADVANCED POETRY (AUT)
- WRITING TELEVISION DRAMA
- CREATIVE WRITING: ADVANCED SCRIPTWRITING
- CREATIVE WRITING: ADVANCED PROSE
- LITERATURE DISSERTATION: (PRE-1789) (AUT)
- CREATIVE WRITING DISSERTATION (SPR)
- LITERATURE DISSERTATION: (PRE-1789) (SPR)
- LITERATURE DISSERTATION: POST-1789 (AUT)
- CREATIVE WRITING DISSERTATION (AUT)
- LITERATURE DISSERTATION: POST-1789 (SPR)
- MYTHOS: REWRITING THE CLASSICS (PRE-1789)
- THE BIRTH OF THE GOTHIC: ROMANCE, REVOLUTION, EMPIRE
- SHAKESPEARE'S DRAMATIC WORLDS (PRE-1789)
- WOMEN'S WRITING IN EARLY-MODERN BRITAIN: THE EMERGENCE OF FEMALE AUTHORSHIP (PRE-1789)
- BANNED BOOKS
- MONSTERS, MARVELS AND CREATIVE MEDIEVAL HERITAGE (PRE-1789)
- THE ART OF MURDER
- THE ART OF EMOTION: READING AND WRITING FEELING
- CHILDREN'S LITERATURE
- IMAGINARY ENDINGS: BRITISH FICTION AND THE APOCALYPSE
Questions about this course
How much do graduates of BA English Literature with Creative Writing with a Placement Year at University of East Anglia earn?
The median salary is £21,000 after 3 years, £26,000 after 5 years. After five years the middle half of graduates earn between £21,000 and £32,000. 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 with Creative Writing with a Placement Year at University of East Anglia?
93% 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 with a Placement Year at University of East Anglia?
The typical offer is AAB at A level. The average entrant had 132 UCAS points.
Does BA English Literature with Creative Writing with a Placement Year at University of East Anglia include a placement year or year abroad?
The course has a compulsory placement year.
How many students continue on BA English Literature with Creative Writing with a Placement Year at University of East Anglia?
90% of students continued into their second year, and 10% left higher education.