Certificate of Higher Education in English Studies: Creative Writing and Critical Practice
HNC
In Oxford
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HNC
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Location
Oxford
The English Studies CertHE will allow you to support and develop skills in critical thinking and creative writing. Students on this course are encouraged to explore and express their own ideas after drawing from their experience and from reading other works.
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About this course
All candidates must be able to satisfy the general admissions requirements for Ruskin College. These are:
* You should be aged 19 or over
* You must obtain medical clearance
* You must demonstrate commitment to the ethos and vocation of Ruskin College
* You must have the ability to benefit from study at this level
Selection interviews are conducted as a two-way process in which you can make...
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Subjects
- Higher Education Access
- Works
- Creative Writing
- English
- Drawing
- Writing
- Critical Thinking
- Communications
- Skills Communication
- Writing Skills
Course programme
Certificate of Higher Education in English Studies: Creative Writing and Critical Practice
The English Studies CertHE will allow you to support and develop skills in critical thinking and creative writing. Students on this course are encouraged to explore and express their own ideas after drawing from their experience and from reading other works.
Overall Course Aims
Year 1 (Certificate of Higher Education, CertHE)
* Develop your depth of knowledge and complexity of analytical skills in English literature, creative writing and critical practice
* Equip you with the skills, knowledge and confidence to succeed on an appropriate level-2 course (for example the Dip HE) where this is the desired outcome for the student
* Develop your problem-solving skills and capacity for independent judgement, particularly in undertaking independent study and research
* Develop your comprehension and capacity to analyse issues in both creative writing and critical practice, and to understand the relationship between theory and practice/process
* Ensure that you can apply different theoretical perspectives critically to the analysis of literatures
* Equip you with personal and professional employment skills
* Empower you with the motivation, independent thinking and learning skills to enable them to become lifelong autonomous
Learning Methods and Strategies
You are set work that you bring to each tutorial for wider discussion and formative assessment. This work might include, for example, an essay plan and bibliography, a short essay/creative piece, observation or library research work. You are typically paired for tutorials, allowing some student, as well as tutor, feedback on your work in a small supportive environment.
You will be positively encouraged to attend formal and informal study groups in which you can discuss course content, ideas and the wider process of studying. Most of Ruskin's students are residential and will tend to discuss issues informally. Tutors encourage you to recognise and, at some stages in the course, log this process.
You will also be encouraged to become actively involved with the local community. You are required to attend local readings, performances and events. There are also a number of guest lecture slots for talks by local writing practitioners, academics, musicians and people in the publishing industries.
In summary the main teaching and learning methods adopted across the modules are:
* Tutor-led seminar/lectures introducing texts, concepts and techniques
* Tutor-led seminars allowing students to contextualise and/or practice writing texts individually and in small groups.
* Tutor led tutorials
Within these methods a range of strategies are adopted including:
* Encouraging engagement with texts through discussion with peers and tutor
* A range of writing/reading/researching/editing exercises
* Session objectives and summaries
* Mini tests
* Library based exercises
* Guest lectures
* Group and peer critiques and marking exercises
* Student performances/presentations of critical/creative works-in-progress
* Student guides to self-directed study including: giving and receiving critical feedback, reviewing, editing, summarising, project management, using a writer's notebook, researching (creative and critical) and presentation skills
Materials for sessions include handouts of theories and models, texts, audio tapes of spoken or performed texts, videos/DVDs of performances, interviews with authors and arts/culture programmes.
Requirement
All candidates must be able to satisfy the general admissions requirements for Ruskin College. These are: * You should be aged 19 or over * You must obtain medical clearance * You must demonstrate commitment to the ethos and vocation of Ruskin College * You must have the ability to benefit from study at this level Selection interviews are conducted as a two-way process in which you can make an informed decision about the suitability of the programme for you. You will find this process valuable. You will participate in an induction week, which includes sessions on all aspects of the college.
Certificate of Higher Education in English Studies: Creative Writing and Critical Practice