- UCAS course code
- QT37
- UCAS institution code
- M20
Bachelor of Arts (BA)
BA English Literature and American Studies
English Literature and American Studies at Manchester combines literature with history, politics and popular culture of the United States.
Duration: 3 years
Year of entry: 2025
UCAS course code: QT37 / Institution code: M20
- Key features:
Study abroad
- Typical A-level offer: AAB including specific subjects
- Typical contextual A-level offer: ABC including specific subjects
- Refugee/care-experienced offer: ACC including specific subjects
- Typical International Baccalaureate offer: 35 points overall with 6,6,5 at HL including specific subjects
Fees and funding
Fees
Tuition fees for home students commencing their studies in September 2025 will be £9,535 per annum (subject to Parliamentary approval). Tuition fees for international students will be £26,500 per annum. For general information please see the undergraduate finance pages.
Policy on additional costs
All students should normally be able to complete their programme of study without incurring additional study costs over and above the tuition fee for that programme. Any unavoidable additional compulsory costs totalling more than 1% of the annual home undergraduate fee per annum, regardless of whether the programme in question is undergraduate or postgraduate taught, will be made clear to you at the point of application. Further information can be found in the University's Policy on additional costs incurred by students on undergraduate and postgraduate taught programmes (PDF document, 91KB).
Scholarships/sponsorships
- Find out more from student finance
- Eligible UK students can apply for bursaries and scholarships
- Funding for EU and international students is on our country-specific pages
- Many students work part-time or complete a student internship
Course unit details:
Creative Writing: Fiction
| Unit code | ENGL30122 |
|---|---|
| Credit rating | 20 |
| Unit level | Level 3 |
| Teaching period(s) | Variable teaching patterns |
| Available as a free choice unit? | No |
Overview
This course focuses on the writing of fiction. Over the course of the semester, students will submit their work by rota for annotation and discussion by other members of the group.
To take this third year module, you must have completed the second year module, ENGL20001/20002 Creative Writing: Fiction, with a mark of 60 or above.
Pre/co-requisites
| Unit title | Unit code | Requirement type | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| Creative Writing: Fiction | ENGL20002 | Pre-Requisite | Compulsory |
Aims
- To enable students to further develop their skills in writing fiction.
- To improve students' understanding of the imaginative and technical possibilities of creative writing.
- To enhance students' powers of critical thinking and skills in written and verbal forms of expression.
- To further develop students' expertise, proficiency and confidence in editing their own work and in commenting constructively on that of others, to a level appropriate to work that will form part of the final degree assessment.
- To provide students with skills that are both related to the discipline and transferable to appropriate professional contexts.
Learning outcomes
By the end of the course unit the successful student will have demonstrated:
- Enhanced skills in the techniques of fiction writing.
- An improved understanding of the imaginative and technical possibilities of creative writing.
- A level of critical and analytical thinking and skills in written expression appropriate to work that will form part of the final degree assessment.
- Skills in editing his or her own work, and in commenting constructively on that of others, appropriate to work that will form part of the final degree assessment.
- Skills that are both related to the discipline and transferable to appropriate professional contexts.
Employability skills
- Analytical skills
- Students taking this unit will be able to analyse and evaluate arguments and texts. Above all, committed students will emerge from this course unit with an advanced capacity to think critically, i.e. knowledgeably, rigorously, confidently and independently.
- Group/team working
- Students taking this unit will be able to work courteously and constructively as part of a larger group.
- Innovation/creativity
- On this unit students are encouraged to respond imaginatively and independently to the questions and ideas raised by texts and other media.
- Leadership
- Students on this unit must take responsibility for their learning and are encouraged not only to participate in group discussions but to do so actively and even to lead those discussions.
- Project management
- Students taking this unit will be able to work towards deadlines and to manage their time effectively.
- Oral communication
- Students taking this unit will be able to show fluency, clarity and persuasiveness in spoken communication.
- Research
- Students on this unit will be required to digest, summarise and present large amounts of information. They are encouraged to enrich their responses and arguments with a wide range of further reading.
- Written communication
- Students on this unit will develop their ability to write in a way that is lucid, precise and compelling.
Assessment methods
| Method | Weight |
|---|---|
| Portfolio | 100% |
Recommended reading
Students will be required to read the contributions of fellow-members of the group on a weekly basis, as well as the work of contemporary fiction writers (specific texts TBC).
Study hours
| Scheduled activity hours | |
|---|---|
| Practical classes & workshops | 33 |
| Independent study hours | |
|---|---|
| Independent study | 167 |
Teaching staff
| Staff member | Role |
|---|---|
| Gareth Gavin | Unit coordinator |
Additional notes
Other information
To take this third year module, you must have completed the second year module, ENGL20001/20002 Creative Writing: Fiction, with a mark of 60 or above.