English and Creative Writing and Psychology

Course description

Our approach to the English & Creative writing course is innovative, modern and friendly, giving you a comprehensive understanding of English literature as a core basis for your creative work. Our main focus in psychology is the study of human behaviour. You'll study conditions of behaviour; how we learn, remember, coordinate our actions and interact with others. You'll also study the reasons for differences between individuals, such as personality or intelligence.

Why study English and Creative Writing and Psychology at Strathclyde?
The emphasis is on helping you develop a range of applicable skills to grow your future career, including textual analysis and interpretation.
With us, you can study everything from poetry, the novel and drama (stage, screen and radio). In addition, we offer the opportunity to use creative writing skills as part of your approach to literary criticism.
The chance to work with award-winning scholars and creative writers.
We have a reputation for getting to know students as individuals.
We offer a wide range of options, many of them unique in the UK, reflecting our staff interests and expertise.

Your Career
Our graduates have gone on to success in a very wide range of careers including in publishing, the civil service, management, marketing, journalism, creative writing, administration and teaching. Employers value our graduates’ ability to express themselves well and think critically.

Subjects

• English
• Psychology