BA (Hons) English and Creative Writing and Politics and International Relations Bachelor's degree at Strathclyde

Introduction to the study of English at university level offering a foundation for students interested in the historical and critical analysis of literary texts and for those who want to write creatively. Students understand how historical and social contexts shape literature and study how literary texts are constructed.

Introduction to the study of politics from a scientific perspective. Covers how modern states function and interact, basic concepts of political life within and across countries, democracy, authoritarianism, structures and institutions including elections and governments.

Investigates the role of actors and political institutions in policymaking processes within states and across political regimes. Examines a range of outcomes that influence citizens' lives, including policies of modern welfare states.

Situates texts in context from genre to historical period and theory. Texts include poetry, drama, novels, short stories, life writing, and screenplays with the chance to choose between critical and creative writing responses for one assessment on each class.

Explores how Scottish fiction and drama of the 20th and 21st centuries creates the idea of Scotland.

Looks at a range of literary texts and how they interpret and create the idea of 'human' at different points in history.

Introduction to the academic study of International Relations examining basic concepts and historical contexts, major theories of IR, and structures and processes within IR covering topics such as the changing nature of war, international security and international institutions.

Covers key normative concepts used in political philosophy including justice, equality, democracy, the state, collective action and rights. Students study different approaches to these concepts and their application to political institutions and practical policy making problems.

Focuses on how comparative politics is conducted (methodology), considering the comparative method and how the scientific method can be applied to the study of politics, case selection, and the use of ideal types.

Part of the university's Vertically Integrated Projects for Sustainable Development (VIP4SD) initiative. Examines linkages between quality of democratic governance, citizenship, service delivery, and quality of life in developing countries with a focus on Africa. Students investigate policy-relevant questions using survey, administrative, and spatial data.

Workshop-based class equipping students with core skills in reading, analysing, and writing prose including fiction, creative non-fiction, and hybrid writing. Students gain deeper understanding of craft techniques specific to prose writing.

Workshop-based class helping students understand craft techniques used by screenwriters in contemporary screen industries, experience with planning processes for screen narratives, and skills in pitching and writing screenplays.

Introduces students to critical and creative skills and knowledge needed for reading, analysing, discussing and writing poetry in informed and insightful ways, with focus on poetic form, craft techniques, and close reading.

Explores twentieth-century English literature with focus on fiction, poetry, and drama. Examines major literary figures from the first half of the century and their contemporaries and successors, with particular attention to Modernism and the texts, culture and politics of the later 20th century.