Crime Writing and Forensic Investigation MLitt
Master
In Dundee
Description
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Type
Master
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Location
Dundee (Scotland)
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Duration
1 Year
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Start date
September
Our creative writing and forensic science experts have joined forces to offer this unique course. It is for budding authors and scientists who want to write crime novels or non-fiction involving the use of forensic investigation and evidence.
Study for a creative writing qualification and enjoy the expertise of our world-leading Centre for Anatomy and Human Identification. Our experts are leading authorities in their field.
You will get access to authoritative advice on how forensic scientists, police and the law work in the real world. Offering you an opportunity to learn about the forensic expert in a criminal court of law.
You will delve into the fascinating history of forensic investigation, from its beginnings in the nineteenth century right up to the present.
Your creative writing classes are delivered by experienced staff who will immerse you in the strong writing community in Dundee. Giving you the opportunity to meet acclaimed authors and publishers from around the UK and beyond.
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About this course
Work with world-leading forensic scientists and acclaimed authors.
Get the skills needed to create an imaginative piece of writing making use of forensic cultures, histories, investigation and evidence.
Gain a postgraduate qualification in creative writing on a course that is distinctive in its approach and teaching, highly creative, and designed to fit around your individual writing needs.
Become part of a thriving community that will immerse you in a richly creative and productive environment.
Our practice-based teaching helps you find your strengths. You learn to produce critically aware and creative work . You will emerge with a sharpened sense of literary and cultural life and have an impressive body of work.
You may work in publishing, editing, teaching, festival management and writer in residence roles. As well as publishing novels, short stories and poetry.
Students will normally be expected to have a 2:1 honours degree in any subject. Applicants with alternative qualifications and/or relevant experience may also be considered. All applicants should submit a piece of their creative writing. An explanation of the creative project may also be included with the application.
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Subjects
- IT Law
- Creative Writing
- Law
- Writing
- Dissecting Writing
- Creative Writing Dissertation
- Forensic science
- Networks of Knowledge
- Reading
- Special Author
Course programme
- CA52015 - Forensic Science and the Law
- EN52025 - Creating Writing
- EN52049 - Dissecting Writing
- EN53001 - Creative Writing Dissertation
- HU51005 - Forensic Science and Networks of Knowledge in the 19th and 20th Centuries
- EN52039 - Special Author: directed reading
- HU52008 - The Rise of the Modern Detective in 19th and 20th century Britain, Europe and North America
Your Creative Writing classes will be taught in small group seminars and workshops. Your classes for Forensic Science will be mainly in lecture form, and you will also have the opportunity to observe forensic experts being trained to give evidence in court, in mock trials assisted by our colleagues in the Law department.
How you will be assessedYou will produce a series of creative pieces, as well as reports and essays of criticism and analysis. We provide full training, some of it on a one-to-one basis, to help you with your assignments.
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Crime Writing and Forensic Investigation MLitt