Creative Writing BA (Hons)
Bachelor's degree
In Luton
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Bachelor's degree
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Location
Luton
About the course Shape your development as a writer on this innovative and practical course. With close relationships with media, journalism and art and design courses, a focus on the creative arts and related industries means you will work in an atmosphere of constant artistic and intellectual production and energy. Develop your own specialism, working with experienced writers, academics, research students and alumni who present readings and seminars, and engage in cross-media, multi-media and web-based writing projects. Get involved with our student-run Creative Writing Guild, sharing your work at ‘open mic’ readings and publishing online. This course achieved % overall satisfaction in the National Student Survey .
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We will consider you as an individual and take into account all elements of your application, not just your qualifications. We are looking for breadth and depth in your current studies and enthusiasm for the subject you wish to study. / entry UCAS Tariff Score of at least , which should include two A levels at C or above UCAS Tariff Score of at least from BTEC level 3 QCF Qualifications which should include a minimum of Merit Merit from either two BTEC Subsidiary Diplomas or from a BTEC Diploma or Merit Merit Pass in the BTEC Extended Diploma UCAS Tariff Score.
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Subjects
- Creative Writing
- Design
- Art design
- Art
- Writing
- Media
- Media Journalism
Course programme
- Learn from experienced writers, academics, research students and alumni as well as links with media, journalism and art and design courses
- Study theories of writing, poetics and manifestos alongside critical and philosophical standpoints to inform your own creative work in areas like innovative writing, scriptwriting, performance writing and creative non-fiction
- Develop your own creative specialism – we have particular expertise in horror and fantasy writing
- Gain links with the publishing industry and other writing-related industries through the professional practice element of the course
- Explore outlets for your own work including the Creative Writing Guild which runs workshops and open mic nights and publishes anthologies of student work
- Benefit from a course which opens doors to careers in addition that of full-time writer – including advertising and copywriting, TV script-editing, music journalism and teaching or postgraduate study
- Composition
- Creative Writing Theory and Practice
- Writers Reading
- Writing Practices
- Creative Writing: Research into Writing
- Poetics: Theory into Practice
- Writing Horror and Dark Fantasy
- Innovative Writing
- Scriptwriting
- Creative Writing Professional Practice
- Writing Fantasy Fiction
- Experiment and Innovation in Context
- Script: Writing, Editing and Pitch
- Special Project for Creative Writing
Creative Writing BA (Hons)