MA in Creative Writing and Education

What you'll study Full-time: you will complete 4 modules in one year plus a dissertation, amounting 180 credits – full details of the modules are in the Overview section below. This can mean committing yourself to attending evening seminars and lectures twice a week in the autumn and spring terms for 10 weeks, and a number of one-to-one tutorials for your dissertation.. Part-time: you can spread your modules for the course over two years. This could mean attending seminars/lectures once a week during the autumn and spring terms for the two years, and then spacing your dissertation tutorials over two terms. Overview You'll have the opportunity to develop your own creative writing practices and explore a range of educational approaches towards creative writing. You'll work with practising and published creative writing lecturers and education lecturers in collaboration with professionals working in local cultural institutions. You'll participate in creative and life writing workshops and research creative writing pedagogies in classrooms and educational settings. You have to complete 180 credits points, made up from: one compulsory core module in the Department of English and Comparative Literature : –Workshop in Creative and Life Writing (30 credits). two compulsory core modules in the Department of Educational Studies in association with the British Library, Poetry Society, English and Media Centre, Apples and Snakes, Ministry of Stories, The Complete Works: –Contemporary Writer Identity and Education (30 credits). –Research into Writing Practices (30 credits). an option module in the Department of Educational Studies (30 credits). the Dissertation in the Department of Educational Studies and the Department of English and Comparative Literature (60 credits). Practitioners who already have existing M-level credits may transfer these on to the MA. Assessment Assessment for the Workshop in Creative and Life Writing module is by the submission of a piece or pieces of creative or life-writing of 5,000 words plus a critical account of how you have structured and developed your work. Assessment for the Educational Studies modules is by the submission of assignments. You'll also be assessed on a project-based dissertation. Download the programme specification for the 2018-19 intake. If you would like an earlier version of the programme specification, please contact the Quality Office. Please note that due to staff research commitments not all of these modules may be available every year.