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- Creative Writing and Modern Languages BA (Hons)
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Qualification
Bachelor of Arts (with Honours) - BA (Hons)
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Location
Main Site
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Study mode
Full time
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Start date
22-SEP-25
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Duration
4 Years
Course summary
About This Course
This degree course will enable you to develop a personal creative practice as a writer, offering imaginative approaches in a variety of forms, while gaining skills and critical insights in modern languages and cultures. It offers an exploration of the techniques and contexts of the novel, the short story, poetry, and writing for performance and media. You will be taught by research experts and published writers.
Our cross-disciplinary Creative Writing and Modern Languages degree will give you to opportunity to learn about the cultures and societies of the countries in which your chosen language is spoken, whilst also helping you to hone you own creative voice as a writer. You use the degree as an opportunity to try out new languages (you might want to specialise in more than one), but also to try out different literary genres, whether fiction or non-fiction.
Why choose Bangor University for this course?
- Small group teaching and lectures and one-to-one supervision.
- Creative Writing is part of a vibrant Arts and Culture scene that includes Pontio, the Universitys £40 million Arts Centre, local theatres, poetry groups and student societies.
- Former students have gone on to edit, publish and write creatively in a variety of literary fields and media contexts.
Careers
Taught by experienced academics and published novelists and poets, this cross-disciplinary degree offers students valuable critical insight not only into the study of languages, but the publishing industry itself, and part of what our lecturers can offer is the valuable insight needed to embark on your own career as a writer.
You will develop the critical and analytical skills necessary for careers in a broad range of industries, including publishing, journalism, marketing and communications, translation, and teaching.
Application deadline
29 January
Tuition fees
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£ 17,000per year
Tuition fees shown are for indicative purposes and may vary. Please check with the institution for most up to date details.
Entry requirements
Choose a qualification
QUALIFICATION TYPE
- A level
- Scottish Higher
- UCAS Points
- Access to HE Diploma
- International Baccalaureate Diploma Programme
- OCR Cambridge Technical Extended Diploma
- Pearson BTEC Level 3 National Extended Diploma (first teaching from September 2016)
- T Level
- Welsh Baccalaureate - Advanced Skills Challenge Certificate (first teaching September 2015)
A level :
Relevant modern language preferred (not required for beginner's language route). General Studies and Key Skills not normally accepted.
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