BA (Hons) Creative Writing and Film Studies

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Bachelor's degree

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Description

  • Type

    Bachelor's degree

  • Location

    Ormskirk

  • Duration

    3 Years

Presenting representations of fictional and nonfictional worlds, revealing gripping stories of right and wrong, and asking questions about what society expects of men and women could describe both an exploration of the boundaries of your own creativity through reading and writing or engaging in the study of the spectacular illusions, extravagant lies and glimpses of shadowy truths that have emerged from the world of film and cinema. Studying both creative writing and film studies on this degree will encourage you as an aspiring writer and bring you a new appreciation of literature as you live the writing life. It will also immerse you in the culture, history and development of one of the most powerfully influential media forms to emerge in the twentieth century, enhancing your understanding of film from basic approaches to highly sophisticated interpretative and analytical strategies.

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Ormskirk (Lancashire)
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St Helens Road, L39 4QP

Start date

On request

About this course

Typical careers for Creative Writing graduates include working in media, education, advertising, publishing, information technology, radio or television, business, and the theatre. Alternatively, you may wish to progress to further study or research in Creative Writing.

Typical careers for Film Studies graduates include media industries, film and television industry, IT, journalism, project management, specialised film schools, advertising and marketing. Alternatively, you may wish to progress to further study or research in Film Studies.

120 UCAS Tariff points on the new UCAS Tariff. No specific subjects are required.

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Subjects

  • Writing
  • Art
  • Film Studies
  • Film
  • Creative Writing
  • Sound and Image
  • Fiction
  • Scriptwriting
  • World Cinemas
  • Film Genre
  • Cinema
  • Writing Short
  • Poetry

Course programme

Year 1

FLM1011 How to Read a Film: Sound and Image (20 credits)

FLM1014 How to Read a Film: Approaches (20 credits)

WRI1018 Introduction to Poetry (20 credits)

WRI1019 Introduction to Fiction (20 credits)

WRI1020 Introduction to Scriptwriting (20 credits)

You will select one of the following modules:

FLM1013 World Cinemas: Europe (20 credits)

FLM1016 World Cinemas: Beyond Europe (20 credits)

Language modules in French, Spanish or Mandarin, delivered at the Edge Hill Language Centre, are available to study as an integral part of this degree. A single Language module can be studied instead of either FLM1013 World Cinemas: Europe, FLM1016 World Cinemas: Beyond Europe, or WRI1020 Introduction to Scriptwriting.

Year 2

FLM2030 Film Genre (20 credits)

FLM2033 Film Genre Case Study (20 credits)

FLM2035 Censorship and the Cinema (20 credits)

WRI2023 The Art of Poetry (20 credits)

WRI2024 Writing Short Stories (20 credits)

WRI2025 The Art of Scriptwriting (20 credits)

If you studied a Language module in Year 1, you may wish to study a further Language module in Year 2. This would form an integral part of your degree in place of FLM2035 Censorship and the Cinema.

Year 3

FLM3021 Text to Screen 1 (20 credits)

FLM3025 Text to Screen 2 (20 credits)

WRI3021 Poetry and Innovative Form (20 credits)

WRI3022 Advanced Fiction (20 credits)

WRI3023 The Art of Screenwriting (20 credits)

You will select one of the following modules:

MED3234 American Independent Cinema (20 credits)

MED3235 Contemporary European Cinema (20 credits)

If you studied Language modules in Years 1 and 2, you may wish to study a further Language module in Year 3. This would form an integral part of your degree in place of WRI3023 The Art of Screenwriting.

Optional modules provide an element of choice within the programme curriculum. The availability of optional modules may vary from year to year and will be subject to minimum student numbers being achieved. This means that the availability of specific optional modules cannot be guaranteed. Optional module selection may also be affected by timetabling requirements.

Additional information

International students enrolling on the programme in academic year 2017/18 are £11,575 per annum.

How will I be assessed?

Creative Writing modules are assessed by coursework, which includes creative practice, critical practice, essays and reflection on the whole process. Assessment for Film Studies modules ranges from traditional essays to critical reviews, practical readings of film extracts under exam conditions, and oral presentations.

Who will be teaching me?

You will be taught by an enthusiastic team of lecturers, tutors and professional writers whose work has been widely published, broadcast and staged.

BA (Hons) Creative Writing and Film Studies

£ 9,250 + VAT