Building on the success of our highly ranked English Literature with Creative Writing BA (Hons) degree, we have developed an expanded, exciting new BA to better reflect the contemporary landscape in literature and creative writing studies. In consultation with students, we have: Allowed students to study an equal 50%-50% mix of English Literature and Creative Writing modules. Expanded some of the existing English Literature-only modules to include creative writing pathways earlier in the degree programme (Understanding Poetry, Understanding the Novel, Understanding Stage and Screen, Science-Fiction, Renaissance Lives). Introduced cutting-edge new creative writing modules (for example, Writing Poetry: Composition and Craft, Rule Breakers, Upstarts and Genre Rapscallions: Genre Writing from Commercial to Subversive, Writing Gaming).If you’re an aspiring writer and a literature enthusiast, here’s why you should choose our brand new English Literature and Creative Writing BA (Hons) degree: We conduct engaging and intellectually challenging teaching in literature and creative writing. All our academics are acclaimed writers and scholars as well as enthusiastic and experienced teachers who convey ideas and explain techniques and methodologies enthusiastically and accessibly As a student of English Literature and Creative Writing at Surrey, you will become part of a community of literary and cultural scholars, writers, and creative practitioners, and will be able to explore the opportunities and challenges of studying, practising, and producing critical and creative forms of expression. We have a firm eye on your future employability. We’ll equip you with skills that employers value – clear and compelling communication skills, independent thinking and collaborative working. If you choose to take one of our award-winning Professional Training placements, you’ll be able to enhance your readiness for employment.On our English Literature and Creative Writing BA (Hons) course, you’ll study vital and influential works of literature, read and discuss contemporary works as well as classics in a wide range of genres. You’ll explore canonical as well as more experimental forms, texts, and authors alongside perspectives, world views, and creative practices that have been historically silenced, marginalised, or endangered. Throughout the programme, you’ll develop sensitivity and appreciation for a diverse range of cultures and forms of artistic expressions, as well as emotional and cultural intelligence when discussing them with your peers and tutors.