English and Creative Writing with Foundation Year

Program Overview

This four-year English and Creative Writing program with Foundation Year provides an alternative entry route for students seeking a degree. It focuses on developing creative writing skills, literary analysis, and key English and Creative Writing abilities. Students can pursue careers in various fields, including film production, journalism, and teaching. The program offers unique opportunities such as field trips, collaborations with experienced writers, and a focus on student-led presentations.

Program Outline

English and Creative Writing with Foundation Year

Degree Overview:

This four-year program includes an initial full-time Foundation Year, offering an alternative route into university and gaining a degree for those who don't have the necessary qualifications, haven't finished their education, or are returning to it and need support. The program focuses on developing creative writing skills, imaginative flexibility, and literary analysis of English texts from different historical periods and genres. Students can develop key skills in English and Creative Writing, with options to study English Language and Linguistics. They'll work with published writers and subject specialists to learn how to communicate and create for both professional and personal purposes. The program includes creative writing workshops focused on giving and receiving constructive criticism, and introduces students to speech-writing and the power of words, as well as writing their own life stories and the stories of others. They will also learn about writing in English through reading, discussing, and responding creatively to a range of great literary texts. The program teaches students how to read and analyze poetry and short stories, as well as how to compare past and modern texts in the same genre.

Outline:

Foundation Year:

• Students will take four core modules:
• Academic Skills and Studying with Confidence
• Project
• Communication: Introduction to Modern Media
• Image: Introduction to the Humanities

Year 1:

• Students will take four core modules:
• English Skills and Employability
• Writing and Expression
• Writing, Performance and Persuasion
• Understanding Literary Genres

Year 2:

• Students will take three core modules and choose up to two option modules:
• Literature, Empowerment and Employment
• Life Writing
• Writing and Theme
• Language: Gender and Sexuality (Option)
• Medieval and Victorian Literature (Option)
• Postcolonial Literature (Option)
• America: Voices from the Counterculture (Option)

Year 3:

• Students will take three core modules and choose up to two option modules:
• Writing Project
• Writing: Breaking the Rules
• Experiments: Modernism and Postmodernism
• Austen, the Brontës and Woolf (Option)
• Literature of Enchantment (Option)
• Multilingualism and Identity (Option)
• Sexuality Studies (Option)

Careers:

Students can pursue careers in:

• Film production companies
• Recording studios
• Local newspapers
• MPs' offices
• Teaching

Other:

• The program is not available to students on a Student Route Visa.
• The program offers field trips to writing festivals and other events.
• Students have the opportunity to work with an experienced writer on a final-year writing project.
• The program emphasizes student-led presentations and debate.
• The program is part of Leeds Trinity's acclaimed writing culture.