BFA in Creative Writing
Bachelor's degree
In Dublin (Ireland)
*Indicative price
Original amount in EUR:
6,000 €
Become an expert in creative writing!
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Type
Bachelor's degree
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Location
Dublin (Ireland)
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Duration
4 Years
Are you passionate about writing and wish to pursue a career in this industry? This Bachelor's degree endorsed by the American College Dublin is perfect for you.
Creative writing touches on all aspects of written communication, with particular emphasis on those that lie outside the purely academic and technical fields. Creative writing draws on the author’s imaginative capacity, stylistic felicity, and originality of composition, insight and expression. It encompasses a wide range of approaches, including prose fiction, poetry, drama, screenwriting, graphic novels (comics), video games (dialogue and plotting), and writing for new media (blogs, social media, creative written content for websites). Thus, an undergraduate degree in creative writing is one of the most useful programs of study that a student can contemplate, offering not only the means to explore and develop one’s expressive abilities in a variety of written forms, but also providing the means to develop advanced skills and competencies in written communication and academic research.
In a digital age that is heavily reliant on effective, interesting, original and attractive writing, a BFA in Creative Writing is an exciting, relevant and vocationally desirable course of study: it provides a range of opportunities for artistic and intellectual growth, enhanced expressive ability, a rich variety of career development possibilities in the arts and business, and many avenues for further development in graduate study.
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About this course
The BFA program examines all of the main areas of creative writing, with introductory courses on the discipline as a whole, courses on the technical requirements and the analysis of creative writing, and specific courses exploring the practical aspects of composing novels, short stories, poems, scripts and screenplays, graphic novels and writing for electronic forms such as video games, websites and social media, offered according to student demand. As the student progresses, the program makes increasing use of the workshop method of teaching, and in the final stages there are opportunities for approved students to undertake extended independent writing projects. The student may combine the major in creative writing with other majors offered by the institution, depending on his or her interests; these include performing arts, liberal arts and international business, either as a double major or as minors.
Applicants are required to have graduated from high school at a standard that satisfies the institution that they have a strong likelihood of being able to complete the program of study. Applicants still in high school must provide evidence from high school transcripts and / or report cards that suggest a likelihood to graduate from high school; conditional acceptance is granted pending the completion of the applicant’s senior high school year.
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Subjects
- Creative Writing
- Writing
- Communication Training
- Media
- Poetry
- Writing poetry
- Writing prose
- Communication
- Storytelling
- Literary
Course programme
The degree normally takes four years (eight semesters) to complete, though approved students may complete the program more quickly than this by taking summer semester classes. The student must complete a total of 120 credits, according to the following requirements (note that all classes are worth 3 credits unless indicated otherwise):
45 credits minimum from the creative writing major
Academic communication
Imagination and storytelling
Introduction to creative writing
Writing prose
Writing poetry
Close reading
Shakespeare
Writing for screen
Technique: the craft of creative writing
Writing for stage
Literary modernism
Writing for video games
The publishing industry
Workshop seminar
Creative writing projects (3 to 15 credits, depending on the size of the project undertaken, with approximately 6,000 words of text required for each 3 credits awarded; only available to junior and senior students, and requiring approval for the size of the project attempted)
30 credits minimum of general education classes
- The 200-level creative writing and liberal arts classes above are all rated as general education courses and may be counted towards the general education requirement.
45 credits of free electives
- The remaining classes to achieve the required total of 120 credits may be freely chosen by the student, with the proviso that prerequisite stipulations are followed.
- The student may select as free electives more than the minimum 45 credits of creative writing major classes.
- The student may select as free electives more than the minimum of 30 credits of general education classes.
- If a student wishes to take a minor, a minimum of 15 credits must be taken in the minor, with at least 9 credits in the upper divisions (300+); these minor credits are taken from the free elective requirement.
Additional information
Non-EU students: €9000
BFA in Creative Writing
*Indicative price
Original amount in EUR:
6,000 €