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
Beginning Creative Writing Part 2
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
History, Film and Memory: Representing World Wars in French cinema
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
German-speaking Refugees from National Socialism in the UK
Contemporary German Politics
Year 2 Options
ITALIAN you must choose an additional 20 credits of the following IT or EL modules
Rethinking late 20th Century Italy
Year 2 Options
You may choose up to 20 credits from the following:
Year 2 Options
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
History, Film and Memory: Representing World Wars in French cinema
Final Year Options
GERMAN you must choose an additional 20 credits of the following GR or EL modules
German-speaking Refugees from National Socialism in the UK
Contemporary German Politics
Final Year Options
ITALIAN you must choose an additional 20 credits of the following IT or EL modules
Rethinking late 20th Century Italy
Final Year Options
You may choose up to 20 credits from the following:
Final Year Options
SPANISH you must choose an additional 20 credits of the following SP or EL modules
Reading Late 19th Century Literature
Cuban Cinema of the Revolution: Crisis, National Identity and the Critique of Contemporary Society
Final Year Options
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