On this course you'll learn about a wide range of literature, including novels, short stories, poetry, plays and screenplays. You can tailor your degree with a number of specialist optional modules about specific periods and themes, from the medieval to the contemporary, and from children’s literature to science fiction. We have an excellent reputation for challenging, innovative, forward-thinking teaching and research in literature and creative writing. All our teaching staff is acclaimed writers and scholars as well as enthusiastic and experienced teachers who convey ideas and explain techniques enthusiastically and accessibly. If you’re an aspiring writer and a literature enthusiast, this is the degree combination for you. Unusually for a BA English Literature with Creative Writing course, we also offer the opportunity for you to do a Professional Training placement, giving you experience in degree-related professions such as publishing, marketing, the media industries, teaching or arts administration. Our English literature courses provide you with a range of valuable skills to prepare you for a variety of careers. English literature graduates are ideally qualified for such professions as journalism, marketing, management, communications, publishing, the media industries, teaching, writing and arts administration. Some examples of careers our graduates have gone on to include: Graduate Trainee, Dale Carnegie Training; Editorial Assistant, The Handbook; Junior Account Executive, Livewire Public Relations; Teacher of English, Teach First; Editor and Marketing Executive, Warner Group Publications; Editorial Assistant, Hachette UK and Copywriter, Tesco MPC.