English Language students begin the course programme studying the nature and origins of language, while keeping an eye on possible future developments; historical manuscripts, printed texts, literature, dialect recordings and modern electronic collections are analysed as students investigate the social, historic and psychological aspects of English; advertising and the media also comes under the spotlight as students investigate the power of language to influence the way people think; Creative Writing explores students� potential and embraces everything from fiction, poetry, playwriting and screenwriting; interweaving practice, criticism, analysis and self-reflection; the programme takes a closer look at what lies at the heart of creative writing, the psychology of self-expression, theories of language and the relationship between fact and fiction are all investigated.