PGDip Creative Writing

Postgraduate

Online

Price on request

Description

  • Type

    Postgraduate

  • Methodology

    Online

  • Duration

    2 Years

  • Online campus

    Yes

  • Delivery of study materials

    Yes

  • Support service

    Yes

  • Virtual classes

    Yes

This flexible course explores a variety of interesting genres and major forms of prose, poetry and scriptwriting. Guided by a supportive tutor, you will strengthen your writing style and sharpen your critical prowess. You'll gain a wealth of technical and production convention knowledge and write convincingly in an array of literary forms.

Your learning will take place online alongside a lively global community. You'll have the option to attend bi-annual Writers' Weekends to reinforce your online relationships, collaborate on writing tasks and learn from practising writers, publishers and directors.

This qualification is ideal for writers of all levels. Knowledge sharing, constructive feedback and encouragement are central tenets of the course that create an inclusive learning atmosphere in which you can feel comfortable sharing your creative work.

About this course

You'll develop a range of transferable skills including:

Critical reading and writing
Creativity
Team working
Time-management
Performance
Editing and redrafting
Critiquing

Common careers for those with Creative Writing qualifications include:

Advertising/digital copywriter
Arts administrator and creative director
Editorial assistant, proof-reader and editor
Lexicographer
Journalist
Professional blogger
Web content editor
SEO (Search engine optimisation)
Social media specialist
Literary criticism and artistic reviewer
Creative writing teacher

Undergraduate degree
Typically you'll be a graduate in a related subject area. We favourably consider students with a BA/BSc award in any subject and evidence of recent higher education level of study in this area.

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Subjects

  • Creative Writing
  • Writing
  • Poetry
  • Arguments
  • Conventions
  • Techniques
  • Transition
  • Imaginative
  • Expression
  • Practical
  • Programme
  • Experiences
  • Publication

Course programme

Course content

This part-time two-year programme is made up of six 20-credit modules.

The programme is structured to equip you with the practical skills to effectively apply scholarly and creative techniques to your own writing. Discovering new modes of expression and literary conventions, you will learn how to communicate complex arguments and transition imaginative concepts into literary realisation. Modules have built-in opportunities for independent study and reflective learning.

We hold optional two-day Writers' Weekends in York each year. The events provide an opportunity for you to meet fellow students and staff, engage in writing workshops and hear from professionals about their experiences of the writing process and publication.

Modules

Year 1

Year 1 will familiarise you with common writing conventions, purposeful research, blogging, editing and redrafting, feedback language and peer review etiquette. You will explore short fiction, long fiction, scriptwriting and poetry in great detail.
  • Effective Creative Practice: Creativity, Theory and the Craft of Writing (20 credits)
  • Critical Approaches to Creative Practice: Methodology, Research and Literature (20 credits)
  • Compressed Fiction: The Art of the Short Story (20 credits)
Year 2

In Year 2 you'll delve into the areas of journals, self-reflection, wide-reading, viewing and listening, disciplined writing sessions, peer critique and critical analysis.
  • Poetic Power: Theory and Practice in Contemporary Poetry (20 credits)
  • Sustained Fiction: The Novel as Narrative (20 credits)
  • Dramaturgy, Sound and Screen: Scripting for Theatre, Radio, Film and Television (20 credits)
Teaching and assessment

You’ll work with world‐leading academics who’ll challenge you to think independently and excel in all that you do. Our approach to teaching will provide you with the knowledge, opportunities, and support you need to grow and succeed in a global workplace.

Additional information

UK (home) / International and EU - £3,040
This is the year 1 fee. Fees for future years are subject to confirmation.

PGDip Creative Writing

Price on request