B.A. Creative Writing and Drama and Theatre Studies

Bachelor's degree

In Aberystwyth

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Description

  • Type

    Bachelor's degree

  • Location

    Aberystwyth (Wales)

The BA in Creative Writing at Aberystwyth Universitys Institute of Literature, Languages and Creative Arts, provides exciting and diverse opportunities for writing across a broad variety of forms and genres. As well as being able to study this as a Single Honours Scheme (W801) you can study it alongside a range of other subjects within the Institute.

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Location

Start date

Aberystwyth (Ceredigion)
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Aberystwyth University, Old College, King Street, SY23 2AX

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About this course

English Language Requirements Take IELTS test

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Subjects

  • Options
  • Creative Writing
  • Theatre Studies
  • Drama
  • Theatre
  • Performance
  • Project
  • Writing
  • Writing Short Stories
  • Acting

Course programme

Course Content

Year 1 Core (40 Credits) Creative Writing students must take the following 2 modules:

Semester 1
  • Introduction To Fiction WR10320
Semester 2
  • Introduction To Poetry WR10420

Year 1 Core (60 Credits) You must also take the following modules:

Semester 1
  • Studying Theatre 1 TP11020
  • Making Theatre 1: Studio Project TP11120
Semester 2
  • Thinking Theatre 2: Analysing Performance TP11520

Year 1 Options You may choose your remaining credits from any Level 1 module from Departments within the Institute of Literature, Languages and Creative Arts

Year 2 Core (20 Credits) You must take the following module:

Semester 1
  • Learning From The Novelists WR20220

Year 2 Options You must choose at least 20 credits from modules with the prefix TP/TC/FM and 20 credits from EN/WR:

Semester 1
  • Contemporary Queer Fiction EN31620
  • Television Genre FM20620
  • Film Genre FM20920
  • Shakespeare In Contemporary Performance TP23220
  • Performance Writing TP32720
  • Writing Selves WR30620
Semester 2
  • Literature Since 1945 EN22920
  • Forms Of Children's Narrative Prose EN37820
  • Writing Short Stories WR30320
Both Semesters

Year 2 Options You must also choose at least 20 credits from the following list:

Semester 1
  • Modern European Drama TP20320
  • Acting TP21220
  • Directing TP21820
  • Principles Of Scenography TP22320
Semester 2
  • Contemporary European Theatre TP21020

Year 3 Options You must choose at least 20 credits from modules with the prefix TP/TC/FM and 20 credits from EN/WR

Semester 1
  • Reading Theory/ Reading Text EN30930
  • Textual Interventions WR30230
  • The Writing Project WR30700
  • Writing And Place WR30930
Semester 2
  • The Writing Project WR30730
  • Writing Science Fiction And Fantasy WR31430

Year 3 Options You must take at least one of the following and any other ILLCA approved module to make up your remaining credits:

Semester 1
  • Playwriting TP34600
  • The Writing Project WR30700
Semester 2
  • PlaywritingTP34640
  • The Writing Project WR30730

B.A. Creative Writing and Drama and Theatre Studies

Price on request