English, Literature & Creative Writing
Interested in studying English, Literature or Creative Writing abroad? The following programs offer significant coursework and performance immersion opportunities for English, Literature or Creative Writing. This is meant to highlight a variety of programs by region. Please note there are many other options available beyond what is listed. This is not a guaranteed list for credit transfer. Students must obtain department advisor approval for fulfilling degree requirements. Students must apply to both the provider through the links below, and to WWU Education Abroad.
University Catalog: https://www.wwu.edu/majors/english
English - Creative Writing Emphasis, BA
English - Literature Emphasis, BA
All other courses in English, Teaching Endorsements, and Related Minors can be found here: https://www.wwu.edu/majors/english
Advising Info, Scholarships & Additional Program Options
Advising Info
After you decide on a program and the courses you will take abroad, you must complete the Departmental Academic Advising Esign Form with your academic advisor. The form must be completed before your program commences.
Review Your Degree Works
Web4U > Student > Student Records > Degree Works. Follow steps to see what you have completed, and what you still need for your degree plan. At least 50% of the credit hours required for the major/minor must be earned at Western.
An official transcript from your program must be sent to Education Abroad for processing upon completion of your program.
More Info
- Frequently Asked Questions
- Scholarships & Financial Aid
- Things to Consider
- Cost of Living around the World
- Consider adding a Global Studies Minor to your degree
Africa
Botswana
- ISEP Direct - University of Botswana, Spring Semester, Fall Quarter, Academic Year
English options in:
- Introduction to English Literature, Critical Issues in Modern African Literature, Readings in Literary Theory, English Romantic Poetry, 20th Century American Lit, Victorian Poetry, Shakesperean Drama, Research Essay, The African Novel I and II, Gender Issues in African Lit, Readings in Literary Theory, Literature of Liberation, and more
Ghana
- ISEP Direct - University of Ghana, Spring Semester, Fall Quarter, Academic Year
English options in:
- Survey of English Lit I and II, Children's Lit, Early English Texts, Modern Poetry, Critical Issues in African Lit, Intro to Creative Writing, Advanced Creative Writing, Masterpieces of World Lit, Literature and Gender, the Early Novel, Advanced Expository Writing, Introduction to African Lit, Studies in Popular Lit, Poetry, The Short Story, Modern Literary Theory, Ghanaian Literature, and more
South Africa
- ISEP Direct - University of Johannesburg, Spring Semester, Fall Quarter, Academic Year
Asia
South Korea
- TEAN Hanyang University Summer, Summer Quarter
English options available in:
- Critical English Writing 1, Modern English and American History and Poetry, Science Fiction, British & American Short Novels, American History and Literature, Persuasive Business Writing, English Academic Writing
Europe
England
- USAC - London Met University, Spring Semester, Summer Quarter, Fall Quarter
Classes available in:
- Romantics to Victorians 1 and 2, Writer's World 1 and 2, Poetic Form and Genre 1 and 2, Genre Fiction 1 and 2, Writing and Editing Fiction and Nonfiction 1 and 2, Publishing and the Book: then and now, Why Literature Matters, and more
- Western Exchange - Plymouth University - Pay In-State Tuition & Fees!, Spring Semester, Fall Quarter
BA (Hons) English and Creative Writing with Foundation - University of Plymouth
BA (Hons) English and Creative Writing - University of Plymouth
BA (Hons) Creative Writing - University of Plymouth
Classes available in:
- Literature, History and Visual Cultures, Gods, Monsters, and Heroes, The Craft of Writing I and II, Contemporary Lit, Intro to Critical Theory, Writing and the Modern World, Romanticism, Professional Writing, Dramatic Writing, Victorian Lit and Culture, Gothic Fictions and more
- CEA CAPA London Study Center Summer, Summer Quarter
CEA CAPA London Summer London 2024 July 6-Week Study in London (ceastudyabroad.com)
Classes available in:
- Shakespeare and London, Writing the City: London
- USAC - Brighton, Spring Semester, Fall Quarter
Classes available in:
- Early Modern Lit, Poetry and Process, Creative Writing: Process and Craft, Writing for Stage, Radio and Screen, Travel Narratives: encounters, space and time, Poetry-Politics-Protest, Stories and Storytelling, Literature and Theory, and more
- ISEP Exchange - University of York - Pay In-State Tuition & Fees!, Fall Quarter
Classes available in:
- Approaches to Literature, Theory Now, A World of Literature I and II, Myth, The Renaissance, Medieval Literature, American Literature, Shakespeare in Depth, Romantic Conversations, Dante, Francophone Lit, Golden Age of Latin Literature, The World of Beowulf, Intro to Greek and Roman Lit, Old Norse Literature, Alternative Queer Histories, and more
- ISEP Direct - University of Essex, Spring Semester, Fall Quarter, Academic Year
Classes available in:
- Origins and Transformations in Literature and Drama, The First World War in Literature, Poetry: A Very Short Introduction, Shakespeare Across Media, Introduction to United States Literature, Introduction to European Literature, Criticism: Practice and Theory, Writing Structures, Love and Death in the Renaissance, Children's Fiction and the Turn to Young Adult Literature, Writing the Short Story, Intro to Screenwriting, Creative Nonfiction, and more
- ISA - London, Spring Semester, Summer Quarter, Fall Quarter
Summer 8 2024 - ISA London, England Study Abroad (studiesabroad.com)
Classes available in:
- Global Shakespeare, London History and Culture in Image and Film, Writing for Performance
- ISEP - University of Roehampton - Pay In-State Tuition & Fees!, Spring Semester, Fall Quarter
Classes available in:
- Copywriting, Novel Writing, Literature, Gender and Sexuality, Discovering Literature, Romantic and Victorian Bodies, Global London in Literature, Shakespeare in London, Visual Storytelling, Publishing, Literature and Media, and more
- ISEP Direct - Summer in London - University of Roehampton, Summer Quarter
Classes available in:
- Magic, Murder and Mystery in London Literature, Shakespeare in London, Gods and Heroes in Classical Mythology, Travel Journalism
- Western Exchange - University of Hull - Pay In-State Tuition & Fees!, Spring Semester, Fall Quarter
BA (Hons) Creative Writing and English Course | University of Hull
BA (Hons) English Course | University of Hull
BA (Hons) Creative Writing and Film Studies Course | University of Hull
Classes available in:
- The Writer's Toolkit, Poetry, Past and Present, Poetry, Performance, Play, The Power of the Word: Stylistics, Reading the World: Intercultural Encounters, Exploring English, Intro to Filmmaking, Film Analysis and Criticism, and more
France
- CEA - French Riviera, Spring Semester, Summer Quarter, Fall Quarter
English options in:
- Academic Research Writing I and II
- SAI - American University of Paris, Spring Semester
English courses in:
- Comparative Literature, Writing, Screenwriting, Creative Writing, Fiction Writing Workshop, Shakespeare, Film and Criticism
Greece
- ISA - Athens, Spring Semester, Summer Quarter, Fall Quarter
Classes available in:
- Intro to Academic Writing, Intro to Literature, The Making of America: American Lit to 1865, The English Renaissance, Selected Topics in Literature, English Romanticism, British Modernism, Writing Women, and more
- The American College of Greece, Summer Quarter
The American College of Greece | Study Abroad (acg.edu)
Classes available in:
- American Lit to 1865, Selected Topics in Literature, Creative Writing, British Modernism, American Modernism, Shakespeare the Great Tragedies, Criticism: Theory and Practice, World Literatures in English, the English Renaissance, The American Experience in Fiction, Writing Gender and Sexuality, and more
Ireland
- National University of Ireland - Galway - Direct Enrollment, Spring Semester, Summer Quarter, Fall Quarter, Academic Year
Bachelor of Arts (English and Creative Writing) - University of Galway
Classes available in:
- Exploring English, Intro to English 1 and 2, The Forms of Fiction, Writing Professions, Exploring Non-fiction, The Voices & Styles of Poetry, Dramatic Ideas, Renaissance Drama, Shakespearean Comedies, History of the English Language, the Brontes, Modernist Fiction, Eighteenth-Century Writing, Creative Writing, and more
Summer
Classes available in:
- Representing Ireland- Lit and Film, Creative Writing: Poetry and Fiction & Memoir, Gaelic Culture and Literature, and more
- Direct Enrollment - University of Maynooth, Spring Semester, Fall Quarter, Academic Year
Classes available in:
- Books That Made the World I and II, Imagined Worlds, Experimental Form, Postcolonial Literature, Contemporary Literary Theory, Theorising Literature, Modernism, Literature in History, Writing Ireland, and more
- Direct Enrollment - University of Limerick, Spring Semester, Fall Quarter, Academic Year
Bachelor of Education in Languages | University of Limerick (ul.ie)
Study Abroad | University of Limerick (ul.ie)
Classes available in:
- English Literature 1: Novels and Short Fiction, Intro to Literary Theory, The New World: American Lit to 1890, Augustan and Romantic Literature, Intro to Irish Folklore, Intro to Technical Communication, Contemporary Women's Writing, Contemporary American Lit, and more
- CEA - Irish Language & Culture Summer, Summer Quarter
Classes available in: Irish Language
Italy
- SAI Siena, Spring Semester, Summer Quarter, Fall Quarter
Summer courses in:
- Reflective Writing
Semester courses in:
- Reflective Writing, Literature
- SAI - Florence University of the Arts, Spring Semester, Summer Quarter, Fall Quarter, Winter Quarter
Classes available in:
- Travel Writing, Writing for Digital Media, Critical Writing, Contemporary Italian Literature, Florentine Literary Walks, Dante Alighieri's Florence: Reading and Cultural Walks, Neapolitan Novels, An Italian Identity: Speak the Culture, Love Letters of Great Men and Women
- ISA - Rome, Spring Semester, Summer Quarter, Fall Quarter
American University of Rome
Classes available in:
- Greek and Roman Mythology, Writing the Mediterranean, Survey of American Lit, Survey of British Lit I, Poetry: Genre, Technique, and Structure, Literary Editing and Publishing, Writing for Business, Writing from Theory, Images of Italy in British and American Lit
Northern Ireland
- ISEP Direct - University of Ulster, Spring Semester, Fall Quarter, Academic Year
Classes available in:
- University English Lit, Pandemic Prose, Theory and Other Monsters, Writing Matters, Genre of Writing, Literature and Society in Ireland: an Introduction, Early Modern English Culture, Rhymes of Passion, Writing and Publishing, Contemporary World Fiction in English, Gothic and Romantic Writing, Eighteenth-Century Literature, and more
Scotland
- ISEP Direct - Edinburgh Napier University, Spring Semester, Fall Quarter, Academic Year
Classes available in:
- 19th Century Literature and Culture 1, Modern Drama, Creative Writing, Cultural and Literary Theory, Postmodernism, Women's Writing and Filmmaking, Modern Scottish Fiction, Reading Texts: Analysing Film, Literature and Culture, Global Shakespeare, and more
- ISEP- Edinburgh Napier University - Pay In-State Tuition & Fees!, Spring Semester, Fall Quarter
Classes available in:
- 19th Century Literature and Culture 1, Modern Drama, Creative Writing, Cultural and Literary Theory, Postmodernism, Women's Writing and Filmmaking, Modern Scottish Fiction, Reading Texts: Analysing Film, Literature and Culture, Global Shakespeare, and more
- USAC - University of Stirling, Spring Semester, Fall Quarter
UG Degree Programme Tables - University of Stirling
Classes available in:
- Victorian Literature and Culture, Writing and Language, The Literature of the Middle Ages, Renaissance Literature, Literary Revolutions, Introduction to Literary Studies: Genre, Creative Writing I and II, British Literature, and more
- USAC - St. Andrews, Spring Semester, Fall Quarter
Classes available in:
- Empires and Revolutions: Literature, Medieval and Renaissance Texts, Beowulf, Comedy in English Lit, Tragedy in the Age of Shakespeare, Revolution and Romanticism: Literature, History and Society, The Younger Romantics: Poetry and Prose, Literature and Ecology, Postcolonial Literature and Theory, Writing Poetry, Modern Experimental Poetry, and more
- ISEP Direct - University of Strathclyde - Glasgow Scotland, Spring Semester, Fall Quarter, Academic Year
Classes available in:
- English 1A, 1B, Writing through Time 1 and 2, Making the Modern Human, the American Novel, Writing Short Fiction and Poetry, Writing Fiction and Nonfiction, Twentieth Century Lit, Dramatic Writing, Wild in the Renaissance, 21st Century Science Fiction, Soviet Literature in Translation, Creative Writing Portfolio, and more
Spain
- CEA - Alicante - Humanities and Social Sciences, Spring Semester, Fall Quarter
English options in:
- 18th Century English Lit, Contemporary English Lit, English Renaissance Literature, Medieval English Lit, North American Lit up to the End of the 19th Century, Theory of Literature II, Stylistic Analysis of English Texts, Major Figures in English I and II, and more
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Czech Republic
- Direct Enrollment - Anglo American University, Spring Semester, Fall Quarter, Academic Year
Courses Archive - Anglo-American University in Prague (aauni.edu)
Classes available in:
- American Lit, British Lit, Intro to World Lit, Advanced Seminar in Poetry, Czech Culture in Film and Language, Folklore & Mythology, Theatre & Politics, Intro to Screenwriting, and more
Oceania
Australia
- Western Exchange - University of Tasmania - Pay In-State Tuition & Fees!, Spring Semester, Fall Quarter
Media and Communication | Study at the University of Tasmania (utas.edu.au)
Classes available in:
- Screen Cultures, Writing for Screen, News and Journalism, Public Relations, Creative Lab, and more
- Western Exchange - University of Newcastle - Pay In-State Tuition & Fees!, Spring Semester, Fall Quarter
Bachelor of Arts - The University of Newcastle, Australia
Classes available in:
- Creative Writing, English Literature, Literary Theory and Practice, Shakespeare, Novel Writing, Satire, Contemporary Australian Literature, Young Adult Lit, and more
- Western Exchange - Edith Cowan University - Pay In-State Tuition & Fees!, Spring Semester, Fall Quarter
ECU | Bachelor of Creative Writing
Classes available in:
- Literature, Creative Writing, Contemporary Australian Literature, Writing Speculative Fiction, Short Stories, Craft and Practice, Journalism, and more
New Zealand
- ISEP Direct - University of Auckland, Spring Semester
Classes available in:
- Literature and the Contemporary, Creative Writing, New Zealand Lit, Creating Stories, The Modern Novel, Age of Shakespeare, Research Essays, Prose, Writing Poetry, and more
- ISEP Direct - Massey University, Spring Semester, Academic Year
Classes available in:
- Intro to English Lit, Academic Language and Writing I and II, Creative Writing, Script Writing, Literary Landmarks, Prize Winning Fiction, Imaginary Worlds, 20th Century Lit, The Gothic Imagination, Writing for the Public, and more
United Kingdom
Northern Ireland
- Direct Enrollment - Queens University Belfast, Spring Semester, Fall Quarter, Academic Year
Choose a Course | International | Queen's University Belfast (qub.ac.uk)
Classes available in:
- Creative Writing, Poetry, Irish Lit, English in Transition, Women's Writing, Contemporary Literature in Crisis, Scriptwriting, Modern American Fiction, Romantic Poetry, Shakespeare and Asia, and more