BA Creative Writing (Full-time) (
University of Wales Trinity Saint David
About this course
BA Hons Creative Writing is an undergraduate humanities degree focused on narrative techniques, scriptwriting, and the mechanics of prose and verse. Core topics include Social & Cultural Analysis. Teaching is delivered through small-group classes involving discussion and learning activities. The first year introduces foundational concepts through modules such as Myths and Mythology: How Stories Shape the World, Historicising Texts, Introduction to the Craft of Writing, and Popular Fiction. The second year expands into specialized mediums and critical perspectives with modules including Writing for TV, Film and Radio, Writing for Theatre, Novel writing, and Independent Creative Project. The final year consolidates practical output and independent research through modules such as Independent Project, Writing for Theatre, Novel writing, and Speculative Fiction: Sci-fi, fantasy, magic realism and other imagined worlds.
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Entry requirements
96-112 UCAS Tariff Points
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What students say
Based on about 10 final-year students who answered, across similar courses at this university (a small group: a rough guide only)
- Teaching on my course: 85%
- Learning opportunities: 86%
- Assessment and feedback: 69%
- Academic support: 77%
- Organisation and management: 58%
- Learning resources: 71%
- Student voice: 64%
Do students stay on the course?
Based on about 15 students who started, across similar courses at this university (a small group: a rough guide only)
- Continued on course: 80%
- Gained a higher qualification: 5%
- Left higher education: 15%
What graduates do next
Based on about 7 graduates who answered, across similar courses at this university (a small group: a rough guide only)
- Working: 60%
- Working and studying: 20%
Where graduates work (5 years on)
Based on about 25 graduates, across similar courses at this university (a small group: a rough guide only)
- North West: 5%
- West Midlands: 15%
- London: 10%
- South East: 10%
- South West: 10%
- Wales: 50%
- Northern Ireland: 5%
Who gets in
Based on about 15 students who started, across similar courses at this university (a small group: a rough guide only)
- A levels: 60%
- Access course: 5%
- A degree: 5%
- Other HE qualification: 15%
- No formal qualifications: 15%
Modules
- Myths and Mythology: How Stories Shape the World
- Exploring the Humanities
- Historicising Texts
- Introduction to the Craft of Writing
- The Study of Literature: Text and Theory
- Popular Fiction
- Approaches to form
- People’s worlds: Interactions with the Environment
- Green to the very door: Ecocriticism and Romanticism
- Writing for TV, Film and Radio
- Error and Sweet Violence: Shakespeare and Renaissance Comedy and Tragedy
- Make it New: Aspects of 20th and 21st Century Writing
- Speculative Fiction: Sci-fi, fantasy, magic realism and other imagined worlds
- Special Collections Research: The Roderic Bowen Library and Archives
- The Book, the Body, and the World: Renaissance Humanism, Medicine, and Exploration
- Writing for Theatre
- International Mobility Opportunity
- A troubled unity: Philosophy, Society and Civil War in the Literature of the Seventeenth Century
- Glancingly from the side: Writing the Short story
- Off the Page: Performance Poetry
- Psyche, Text, and Society: Critical and Cultural Theory
- Professional Placement
- Novel writing
- Independent Creative Project
- The Art of the Pitch: Writing as a Career
- African Modernities
- Independent Project
- Error and Sweet Violence: Shakespeare and Renaissance Comedy and Tragedy
- Green to the very door: Ecocriticism and Romanticism
- Special Collections Research: The Roderic Bowen Library and Archives
- Speculative Fiction: Sci-fi, fantasy, magic realism and other imagined worlds
- The Book, the Body, and the World: Renaissance Humanism, Medicine, and Exploration
- Writing for Theatre
- Make it New: Aspects of 20th and 21st Century Writing
- Novel writing
- The Art of the Pitch: Writing as a Career
Questions about this course
How much do graduates of BA Creative Writing (Full-time) ( at University of Wales Trinity Saint David earn?
The median salary is £14,500 after 3 years, £19,500 after 5 years. After five years the middle half of graduates earn between £11,500 and £27,000. The £19,500 median after five years is £9,500 less than the UK median for English studies.
What do graduates of BA Creative Writing (Full-time) ( at University of Wales Trinity Saint David 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 Creative Writing (Full-time) ( at University of Wales Trinity Saint David?
85% of final-year students were positive about the teaching in the National Student Survey 2025-26.
How many students continue on BA Creative Writing (Full-time) ( at University of Wales Trinity Saint David?
80% of students continued into their second year, and 15% left higher education.