BA (Hons) Creative & Professional Writing

As a student on our creative and professional writing degree you will learn to write fluently, refine your work and be taught the professional skills needed to write to commercial standards. You will also be expected to reflect critically on your personal development, presenting and self-appraising work individually and in groups to sharpen your critical thinking abilities.

Year 1: 4 modules – all compulsory

Year 2: 4 modules – all compulsory

Year 3: 2 modules – 1 compulsory and 1 optional

Year 3: The Business of Writing

This optional third year module looks at ways a writer can develop a career, either within an organisation or on their own.

Creative Non-Fiction

This optional third year module will give you the opportunity to extend your range of knowledge and practice of working with non-fiction texts, how they are produced and their marketplaces – including journalism, scientific writing and specialist genres.

Creating Multi and New Media Text

In this optional third year module you will look at writing outside traditional frameworks and platforms, imagining the development of the written word, using new communication platforms how non-conventional forms will change writing careers in the future.

Creative Industries Entrepreneurship

This entrepreneurial Year 3 module will give you the opportunity to work collaboratively across the curriculum with students from all programmes, to design and prepare an authentic business proposition in a creative context. Following support and guidance from a project mentor, the team will deliver a credible business plan and present an authentic business pitch. With a strong focus on entrepreneurship, business start-up and transferable graduate skills, this third year optional module will encourage you to apply complex business principles to new contexts across the creative industries.