BA English with Creative Writing
Academic Year 2017/18
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Programme Title |
BA English with Creative Writing |
Final Award |
Bachelor of Arts |
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Programme Code |
ENG-BA-CW |
UCAS Code |
Q3W8 |
JACS Code |
Q300 (DESCR) 67 |
Criteria for Admissions The programme entry requirement is ABB at ‘A’ Level or equivalent. The subject specific requirement is grade A in English Literature and/or English Language at ‘A’ Level or equivalent or grade A at ‘AS’ Level or equivalent, along with a supplementary work which demonstrates interest in and a talent for creative writing; candidates whose supplementary work meets the required standard will be made a conditional or unconditional offer as appropriate. |
ATAS Clearance Required |
No |
Health Check Required |
No |
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Portfolio Required |
Interview Required |
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Mode of Study |
Part Time |
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Type of Programme |
Single Honours |
Length of Programme |
6 Academic Year(s) |
Total Credits for Programme |
360 |
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Exit Awards available |
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INSTITUTE INFORMATION
Awarding Institution/Body |
Queen's University Belfast |
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Teaching Institution |
Queen's University Belfast |
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School/Department |
Arts, English and Languages |
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Framework for Higher Education Qualification Level |
Level 6 |
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QAA Benchmark Group |
English (2015) |
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Accreditations (PSRB) |
REGULATION INFORMATION
Does the Programme have any approved exemptions from the University General Regulations N/A |
Programme Specific Regulations Each level requires 120 CATS in English and Creative Writing. The third year includes a compulsory dissertation (ENG3000) only in Creative Writing. |
Students with protected characteristics N/A |
Are students subject to Fitness to Practise Regulations (Please see General Regulations) No |
EDUCATIONAL AIMS OF PROGRAMME
This BA programme is designed to provide students with:
• the opportunity to acquire core knowledge and critical understanding of creative writing, within the context of a degree in English language, literature and creative writing that accords with the national English benchmarking statement;
• to enable students to develop an in-depth knowledge and understanding of the prevailing genres and practices of contemporary creative writing through intellectual and interactive enquiry;
• to encourage sophisticated intellectual enquiry and debate through practice-based collaboration with fellow students and academics from a range of creative disciplines;
• to provide a grounding in creative writing that will equip students with skills and knowledge appropriate to undertaking further vocational or academic study;
• to equip students to use their literary talents to the best of their ability, to develop as independent writers and self-reflective lifelong learners, entrepreneurs and employees;
• to encourage future generations of new writers;
• a university curriculum, in accordance with the national English benchmarking statement, that reflects the chronological, cultural, and generic diversity of English literary and language studies, drawing, where applicable, on the unique character of Northern Ireland, and taking advantage of a variety of critical and pedagogical approaches;
• a flexible curriculum that develops new areas of teaching in response to advances in scholarship, interests and abilities of staff members, and student feedback.
LEARNING OUTCOMES
Learning Outcomes: Cognitive SkillsOn the completion of this course successful students will be able to: |
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recognise and appreciate the varying effects of different literary and linguistic forms of expression; |
Teaching/Learning Methods and Strategies Class discussion in which analysis and interpretation of texts takes place allows the students to develop a comparative understanding of different approaches to material. It allows for both tutor- and student-led opportunities for the discussion and comprehension of directed reading and secondary source information. Methods of Assessment Progress through the degree is one in which the autonomous learning undertaken by students is gradually increased, from lecture/tutorial based teaching at stages 1 and 2, to student-centred learning, through 2- or 3-hour seminars, at stage 3. |
Learning Outcomes: Knowledge & UnderstandingOn the completion of this course successful students will be able to: |
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analyse critically creative processes, projects and interactions from a range of perspectives; |
Teaching/Learning Methods and Strategies Knowledge and understanding are developed through lectures, tutorials, seminars (many of which will be enhanced by learning aids such as hand-outs, and key readings available online through Queen’s Online) and through the assessment and feedback process. Methods of Assessment A range of assessment methods ensures that these skills are evaluated in different ways. |
Learning Outcomes: Subject SpecificOn the completion of this course successful students will be able to: |
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able to read and respond to the work of other writers with a greater understanding of formal and structural properties; |
Teaching/Learning Methods and Strategies Knowledge and understanding are developed through lectures, tutorials, seminars (many of which will be enhanced by learning aids such as hand-outs, and key readings available online through Queen’s Online) and through the assessment and feedback process. Methods of Assessment Assessment is by a variety of methods, including timed unseen written examinations, essays, a compulsory dissertation, portfolios, self-reflective commentaries, individual and group presentations, and seminar reports and contributions. While these teaching and assessment methods deliver information to students and test their knowledge of that information in each subject, students are encouraged to assimilate and apply knowledge on their own terms and to become independent, self-reflective learners. |
Learning Outcomes: Transferable SkillsOn the completion of this course successful students will be able to: |
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manage time efficiently and effectively; |
Teaching/Learning Methods and Strategies Class presentations and student interaction hone communication and rhetorical skills. Student centred learning situations encourage and test the ability to present and summarise knowledge to their peers in a coherent, structured form, and inter-personal skills are developed in seminars and tutorials. Methods of Assessment Writing skills tutorials and lectures develop essay writing on stylistic, rhetorical and bibliographical levels. The ability to source and collate information is developed through introductory training in the use of libraries and online resources. IT courses are available through the university and can be used to develop computing skills as required. All students are required to word-process essays, thus testing their acquisition of IT skills. |
display interpersonal skills and the ability to work productively in a group context; |
Teaching/Learning Methods and Strategies Individual and group presentations; developing skills at stage 1 through a dedicated skills module. Methods of Assessment Individual and group presentations; learning portfolios and coursework projects are embedded in modules across the programme. |
understand the role and use of feedback in assessing and improving performance; |
Teaching/Learning Methods and Strategies Students receive online feedback on their uploaded assignments and may seek further feedback in one-to-one meetings with tutors. Methods of Assessment Feedback (on Queen’s Online, on draft materials, or in class) provides students with an ongoing feedback experience throughout their degree. |
MODULE INFORMATION
Programme Requirements
Module Title |
Module Code |
Level/ stage |
Credits |
Availability |
Duration |
Pre-requisite |
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Assessment |
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S1 | S2 | Core | Option | Coursework % | Practical % | Examination % | ||||||
English in Transition | ENG1001 | 1 | 20 | YES | 12 weeks | N | YES | 100% | 0% | 0% | ||
English in Context | ENG1002 | 1 | 20 | YES | 12 weeks | N | YES | 100% | 0% | 0% | ||
Sounds of the City: Belfast and Beyond | ENG1006 | 1 | 20 | YES | 12 weeks | N | YES | 100% | 0% | 0% | ||
Introduction to English Language | ENL1001 | 1 | 20 | YES | 12 weeks | N | YES | 100% | 0% | 0% | ||
Introduction to Creative Writing | ENG1090 | 1 | 20 | YES | 12 weeks | N | YES | 100% | 0% | 0% | ||
Adventures in the History of Ideas | ENG1008 | 1 | 20 | YES | 12 weeks | N | YES | 100% | 0% | 0% | ||
Mapping the Anglo-Saxon World | ENG2003 | 2 | 20 | YES | 12 weeks | N | YES | 100% | 0% | 0% | ||
Foundations for Speech Analysis: The Phonetics of English | ENL2001 | 2 | 20 | YES | 12 weeks | N | YES | 50% | 30% | 20% | ||
Introduction to American Writing | ENG2072 | 2 | 20 | YES | 12 weeks | N | YES | 100% | 0% | 0% | ||
Language and Power | ENL2002 | 2 | 20 | YES | 12 weeks | N | YES | 80% | 0% | 20% | ||
History of English: Studying Language Change | ENL2004 | 2 | 20 | YES | 12 weeks | N | YES | 100% | 0% | 0% | ||
Late Medieval Literature | ENG2040 | 2 | 20 | YES | 12 weeks | N | YES | 100% | 0% | 0% | ||
Eighteenth-Century and Romantic Literature | ENG2062 | 2 | 20 | YES | 12 weeks | N | YES | 100% | 0% | 0% | ||
Introduction to Shakespeare and Renaissance Drama | ENG2050 | 2 | 20 | YES | 12 weeks | N | YES | 100% | 0% | 0% | ||
Literature and Society, 1850-1930 | ENG2070 | 2 | 20 | YES | 12 weeks | N | YES | 100% | 0% | 0% | ||
Irish Literature | ENG2081 | 2 | 20 | YES | 12 weeks | N | YES | 100% | 0% | 0% | ||
Creative Writing Drama | ENG2091 | 2 | 20 | YES | 12 weeks | N | YES | 100% | 0% | 0% | ||
Creative Writing Poetry | ENG2092 | 2 | 20 | YES | 12 weeks | N | YES | 100% | 0% | 0% | ||
Creative Writing Prose | ENG2093 | 2 | 20 | YES | 12 weeks | N | YES | 100% | 0% | 0% | ||
An Introduction to Critical and Cultural Theory | ENG2000 | 2 | 20 | YES | 12 weeks | N | YES | 100% | 0% | 0% | ||
Shakespeare on Screen | ENG3087 | 3 | 20 | YES | 12 weeks | N | YES | 100% | 0% | 0% | ||
Speech Worlds: Phonology in Acquisition and Disorder | ENL3003 | 3 | 20 | YES | 12 weeks | N | YES | 100% | 0% | 0% | ||
Televising the Victorians | ENG3069 | 3 | 20 | YES | 12 weeks | N | YES | 100% | 0% | 0% | ||
Literature and Science in the Nineteenth Century: Evolution, Degeneration, and the Mind | ENG3097 | 3 | 20 | YES | 12 weeks | N | YES | 100% | 0% | 0% | ||
Double Dissertation English Literature | ENG3000 | 3 | 40 | YES | YES | 24 weeks | N | YES | 100% | 0% | 0% | |
Contemporary US Crime Fiction: the Police, the State, the Globe | ENH3008 | 3 | 20 | YES | 12 weeks | N | YES | 100% | 0% | 0% | ||
Comic Fiction, Fielding to Austen (1740-1820) | ENH3013 | 3 | 20 | YES | 12 weeks | N | YES | 100% | 0% | 0% | ||
Marvels, Monsters and Miracles in Anglo-Saxon England | ENG3011 | 3 | 20 | YES | 12 weeks | N | YES | 100% | 0% | 0% | ||
Special Topic in Creative Writing | ENH3019 | 3 | 20 | YES | 12 weeks | N | YES | 100% | 0% | 0% | ||
Special Topic in Irish Writing Literary Responses to the Peace Process in Northern Ireland | ENH3020 | 3 | 20 | YES | 12 weeks | N | YES | 100% | 0% | 0% | ||
Renaissance Performance, Gender, Space | ENG3181 | 3 | 20 | YES | 12 weeks | N | YES | 100% | 0% | 0% | ||
Contemporary Irish and Scottish Fiction Devolutionary Identities | ENG3060 | 3 | 20 | YES | 12 weeks | N | YES | 100% | 0% | 0% | ||
Broadcasting and Identity | ENL3002 | 3 | 20 | YES | 12 weeks | N | YES | 100% | 0% | 0% | ||
Picturing America: Shaping the States in Word and Image | ENG3061 | 3 | 20 | YES | 12 weeks | N | YES | 100% | 0% | 0% | ||
The Structure of English | ENL3110 | 3 | 20 | YES | 12 weeks | N | YES | 100% | 0% | 0% | ||
Digital textualities and the History of the Book | ENG3178 | 3 | 20 | YES | 12 weeks | N | YES | 100% | 0% | 0% | ||
Representing the Working Class | ENG3064 | 3 | 20 | YES | 12 weeks | N | YES | 100% | 0% | 0% | ||
Writing New York, 1880-1940 | ENG3183 | 3 | 20 | YES | 12 weeks | N | YES | 100% | 0% | 0% | ||
Contemporary Literature: Poetry and Precariousness in the Twenty-First Century | ENG3184 | 3 | 20 | YES | 12 weeks | N | YES | 100% | 0% | 0% | ||
Irish Gothic | ENG3330 | 3 | 20 | YES | 12 weeks | N | YES | 100% | 0% | 0% | ||
Stevens & Bishop | ENG3333 | 3 | 20 | YES | 12 weeks | N | YES | 100% | 0% | 0% | ||
Writing Africa: The Colonial Past to Colonial Present | ENG3185 | 3 | 20 | YES | 12 weeks | N | YES | 100% | 0% | 0% | ||
Knowledge, Power and Imagination: Writing the East, 1662-1835 | ENG3186 | 3 | 20 | YES | 12 weeks | N | YES | 100% | 0% | 0% | ||
Stylistics: Analysing Style in Language | ENL3011 | 3 | 20 | YES | 12 weeks | N | YES | 100% | 0% | 0% | ||
Discourses of Crime | ENL3111 | 3 | 20 | YES | 12 weeks | N | YES | 70% | 30% | 0% |
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