BA Creative Writing and Modern Languages [WR90]
Academic Year 2026/2027 September 2026 Start
Campus Aberystwyth
Joint Honours scheme - available from 2025/2026
Duration 4 years
Award Eligiblity
Standard Awards Excellence Scholarship;
Aberystwyth University Standard Awards
- Entrance Scholarship / Merit Award
- Sports Bursary
- Music Bursary
- International Excellence Scholarship
- Residential Bursary
- Aberystwyth Bursary
- Care Leaver Bursary
Part 1 Rules
Year 1 Core (40 Credits)
Compulsory module(s).
Beginning Creative Writing
Critical Perspectives on Creative Writing
Year 1 Options
Choose one of the following
Year 1 Options
PATHWAY A: Students taking a language at NON-BEGINNERS level MUST choose 40 credits of NON-BEGINNERS language modules:
Year 1 Options
PATHWAY B: Students taking a language at BEGINNERS level MUST choose 40 credits of BEGINNERS language modules:
Year 1 Options
All students MUST choose an additional 20 credits of the following language pathway specific, EL or other Level 1 content modules:
Part 2 Rules
Year 2 Core (20 Credits)
Compulsory module(s).
Literary Theory: Debates and Dialogues
Year 2 Options
PATHWAY A and B: Choose 40 credits of the following language pathway specific modules. Students must continue with the language pathway followed in Level 1.
Year 2 Options
FRENCH you must choose an additional 20 credits of the following FR or EL modules
Voyage Et Litterature En France / Travel and Literature in France
Year 2 Options
Choose at least 20 credits and a maximum of 40 credits from the following:
Year 2 Options
GERMAN you must choose an additional 20 credits of the following GR or EL modules
Year 2 Options
ITALIAN you must choose an additional 20 credits of the following IT or EL modules
Year 2 Options
You may choose up to 20 credits from the following:
Year 2 Options
SPANISH you must choose an additional 20 credits of the following SP or EL modules
Year 3 Core (60 Credits)
You must take the following modules during your year abroad
Year 3 Core (60 Credits)
Final Year Options
PATHWAY A and B: Choose 40 credits of the following language pathway specific modules. Students must continue with the language pathway followed in Level 2.
Final Year Options
FRENCH you must choose an additional 20 credits of the following FR or EL modules
Voyage Et Litterature En France / Travel and Literature in France
Final Year Options
GERMAN you must choose an additional 20 credits of the following GR or EL modules
Final Year Options
ITALIAN you must choose an additional 20 credits of the following IT or EL modules
Final Year Options
SPANISH you must choose an additional 20 credits of the following SP or EL modules
Reading Late 19th Century Literature
Final Year Options
Choose at least 40 credits and a maximum of 60 credits from the following:
Final Year Options
You may choose up to 20 credits from the following:
Reading Theory / Reading Text
Victorian Childhoods
Writing in the Margins: Twentieth-Century Welsh Poetry in English
Effective Academic and Professional Communication 2
Haunting Texts
The Mark of the Beast: Animals in Literature from the 1780s to the 1920s
Ali Smith and 21st Century fiction(s)
Post-Colonial African Literature in English
TESOL Materials Development and Application of Technologies
Effective Academic and Professional Communication 2
English and Creative Writing,Aberystwyth University, Hugh Owen Building, Penglais, Aberystwyth, SY23 3DY
Telephone Department: +44 01970 622534 Admissions: +44 (0)1970 622021
Email: english@aber.ac.uk