BA (Hons) Journalism and Creative Writing - Full-time

Bachelor's degree

In Lincoln

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Description

  • Type

    Bachelor's degree

  • Location

    Lincoln

  • Duration

    3 Years

Combine a love of creative writing with the practical skills of being a journalist in this joint honours degree at Lincoln.

Working in our suite of industry-standard newsrooms, students can learn the core values of good journalism and how to apply them to the different media platforms available today. Creative Writing workshops offer students the chance to explore new techniques, develop their own voice, and help them become compelling writers.

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Location

Start date

Lincoln (Lincolnshire)
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About this course

The BA (Hons) Journalism and Creative Writing programme has been designed to enable students to combine writing short stories, screenplays, and poetry, with the professional writing required by journalists for magazines, newspapers, and online publishers.

This programme aims to produce graduates with the skills needed to succeed as a writer in the world of publishing or journalism. Graduates from our Journalism courses have gone on to work at national and local magazine brands across a range of sectors, as well as in roles across a variety of media platforms.

United Kingdom
GCE Advanced Levels: BBC
International Baccalaureate: 29 points overall

Non UK Qualifications:
EU and Overseas students will be required to demonstrate English language proficiency equivalent to IELTS 7.0 overall, with a minimum of 6.5 in each element. For information regarding other English language qualifications we accept, please visit the English Requirements page

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This centre's achievements

2020

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Subjects

  • Creative Writing
  • English
  • Drama
  • Theatre
  • Writing
  • Full Time
  • Media
  • Poetry
  • Political journalism
  • Professional Placement
  • International Media
  • Journalism Independent
  • Comparative Media

Course programme

First Year
  • Essential Journalism 1 (Core)
  • Essential Law (Core)
  • Introduction to Journalism Studies (Core)
  • Introduction to Writing Formats (Core)
  • Writing Narrative (Core)
  • Writing Poetry (Core)
  • Writing Portfolio (Core)
Second Year
  • Ethics and International Human Rights for Journalists (Option)
  • Histories of Journalism (Option)
  • Journalism and Society (Option)
  • Journalism Production 2: Project (Option)
  • Law, Ethics and Regulation (Option)
  • Non-Fiction Workshop (Option)
  • Poetry Workshop (Option)
  • Research methods (Core)
  • Script Workshop (Option)
  • Writing and Enterprise (Core)
  • Writing Short Fiction (Option)
Third Year
  • Comparative Media History (Option)
  • Independent Study: Creative Writing (Option)
  • International Media Policies (Option)
  • Journalism Independent Study (Option)
  • Journalists on the Screen (Option)
  • Peace and Conflict Reporting (Option)
  • Poetry and Innovative Form (Option)
  • Political Journalism (Option)
  • Professional Placement (Option)
  • Science Fiction (Option)
  • Specialist Journalism (Option)
  • The Psychological Thriller and Crime Fiction (Option)
  • Writing for Children and Young Adults (Option)
  • Writing Historical Fiction (Option)
  • Writing Science Fiction and Fantasy (Option)

Additional information

International

£15,000 per level

BA (Hons) Journalism and Creative Writing - Full-time

Price on request