BA (Hons) Creative and Professional Writing and Media
Bachelor's degree
In Wolverhampton
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Mediacove
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South Worcestershire College
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Kingston University London
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City College Norwich
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London College of Communication - Univ. of the Arts London
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Limperts Academy of Design
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The Media School - Bournemouth Uni
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Bachelor's degree
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Wolverhampton
Creative and Professional Writing with Media seeks to provide an active, supported and stimulating environment in which students can confidently experiment with and develop different forms and styles of writing. The programme offers a disciplined engagement with both creative and professional writing, teaching the art of writing within a range of media from radio, TV and newspapers to multimedia platforms and mobile phones. The study of Creative and Professional Writing with Media will help you develop the ability to communicate more effectively in writing; you will learn about the ways in which media shape both our understanding of the world, and our perceptions of our place in that world.
The course also seeks to enable independent critical thinking and judgement, and to hone students' powers of imagination and invention in the creation of literary and non-literary texts. Students will develop a range of subject specific and transferable skills, including higher order communication skills, IT awareness and digital literacy, of immense value in graduate employment.
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Your writing modules will fall broadly into three categories: Craft of Writing modules, Reading as a Writer modules, and Working as a Writer modules. Craft modules focus on you as a writer and are designed to help you explore your creative imagination whilst developing the skills required to express it. Reading as a Writer modules are designed teach you how to read with an eye for technique: the emphasis here will be on what you can learn from other writers across a spectrum of syles and genres. Working as a Writer modules have a vocational dimension and offer the opportunity to develop skills that will enhance your employablity as a writer.
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Subjects
- Professional Writing
- Media
- Communication Training
- Writing
Course programme
Module: 4CW003
Credits: 20
Period: 1
Type: Core
Locations: Wolverhampton City Campus
This module aims to: acquaint students to a wide range of ideas about language and writing; develop a foundational understanding of language, text and the craft of writing for future creative and professional writing experiences; enable students to make informed judgments about the nature and function of language and writing; and apply their understanding by writing original texts.
Module: 4MZ009
Credits: 20
Period: 1
Type: Core
Locations: Wolverhampton City Campus
The aim of this module is to introduce students to the major concepts in the study of media, communication and culture. The module explores how concepts can be applied to enable and enhance understanding of media, communications and culture in a global, digital age.
Module: 4MZ001
Credits: 20
Period: 1
Type: Core
Locations: Wolverhampton City Campus
The aim of this module is to introduce students to the ways in which media, culture and society interact. The module will investigate the context of media production and consumption, as well as identifying the ways in which media texts construct meaning.
Module: 4MZ010
Credits: 20
Period: 1
Type: Core
Locations: Wolverhampton City Campus
This module examines the role of the mass media in contemporary British politics.
Module: 4CW001
Credits: 20
Period: 1
Type: Core
Locations: Wolverhampton City Campus
This module will teach students how to read with an eye for technique. It will focus on how writing is structured and the various ways in which authors create compelling narratives. It will address a variety of modes of writing and genres including novels, short stories, poetry, and creative non-fiction, and tap into reading and critical theories. Students will be given the opportunity to experiment creatively within those modes, and reflect on what can be learned from the study of other people's work.
Module: 4MZ018
Credits: 20
Period: 1
Type: Core
Locations: Wolverhampton City Campus
The module examines visual aspects of the media and popular culture. It introduces theoretical arguments for the analysis of visual culture and explores the historical sources of images used by contemporary media.
Module: 5MZ014
Credits: 20
Period: 2
Type: Core
Locations: Wolverhampton City Campus
The aim of this module is to enable students to understand and to apply a variety of analytical methodologies in a theoretically and empirically informed manner.
Module: 5CW003
Credits: 20
Period: 2
Type: Core
Locations: Wolverhampton City Campus
This module studies life-writing across a range of cultures and periods, examining its diversity, its formal properties and its social and personal value as witness to oppression, a form of consciousness- raising, personal testimony and literature.
Module: 5MZ004
Credits: 20
Period: 2
Type: Core
Locations: Wolverhampton City Campus
The module aims to introduce students to the role ethical considerations play in the context of the professional media or public relations environments. Using a case study approach, the module will seek to examine the nature of ethical dilemmas encountered in a professional environment, and will explore the problems that arise in attempting to resolve such dilemmas. Students will be introduced to a range of ethical positions and will be encouraged, through the use of case studies and also through the use of the e-forum, to consider the resources such theories might make available to them when seeking to deal with ethical issues in a professional environment.
Module: 5CW002
Credits: 20
Period: 2
Type: Core
Locations: Wolverhampton City Campus
In this module you& rsquo;ll research the readership and style of various magazines, websites and organisations, with a view to writing perfectly pitched& nbsp;feature articles. You will learn the varied forms of the feature& nbsp;and get practical experience of working on real-world& nbsp;publication ideas. You will also have to produce a professional profile for yourself as a writer. Practical application is emphasised in this module and the assessment is& nbsp;relevant to the current freelance writing industry.
Module: 5EN007
Credits: 20
Period: 2
Type: Optional
Locations: Wolverhampton City Campus
This module offers a critical and creative engagement with literature written for children, designed for Creative Writing and English students. In studying the historical trajectory of children’s literature, students will be encouraged to analyse texts in relation to their cultural, social and gendered contexts, and mindful of the changing politics of childhood as an identity category. What did ‘childhood’ mean in different eras, and what was the literature intended for them meant to do?
Module: 5FI008
Credits: 20
Period: 2
Type: Optional
Locations: Wolverhampton City Campus
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BA (Hons) Creative and Professional Writing and Media
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Mediacove
Bachelor's degree West Midlands / Classroom-basedPrice on request -
South Worcestershire College
Course OnlinePrice on request -
Kingston University London
Master Distance Learning£ 8,000 -
City College Norwich
Course OnlinePrice on request -
London College of Communication - Univ. of the Arts London
Master OnlinePrice on request -
Limperts Academy of Design
Course Distance LearningPrice on request -
The Media School - Bournemouth Uni
Master OnlinePrice on request