Creative Writing
*subject to validationAvailable in combination with Performing Arts or Visual Arts and Design at the University Centre Folkestone
Level:
BA (Honours)
UCAS Code:
WW84 Performing Arts and Creative Writing
WW28 Visual Arts and Creative Writing
Duration:
Three years full-time, five or six years part-time
Introduction
From September 2010, the Department of English and Language Studies will be offering (subject to validation) an exciting new degree pathway in Creative Writing. This pathway will offer a range of modules, allowing students to cover a spectrum of writing. Its scope will be inter-disciplinary – and will include the following elements:
- Writing Fiction
- Playwriting
- Poetry
- Crossing genre boundaries
- Life Writing: biography, memoir
- Kent connections: contemporary writers in the region
All modules will combine study of published texts with intensive practical exercises and group work, allowing students to engage with different writing styles as they work towards establishing their own unique ‘voice’.
The programme builds on the expertise of staff in the Department of English and Language Studies in the areas of contemporary literature, biography and literary language. Assessment will be by a portfolio of creative work, submitted in its final form at the end of the teaching year. In the first year only assessment will also be by examination.
Content and Structure
YEAR 1
- Poetry (20 credits, 2 hour seminar per week)
- Fiction (20 credits, 2 hour seminar per week)
- Introduction to Drama (20 credits, 90 minute seminar per week + 1 hour lecture every three weeks)
YEAR 2
- Playwriting (20 credits, 2 hour seminar per week)
- Crossing Genre Boundaries (20 credits, 2 hour seminar per week)
- Kent Connections (20 credits, 2 hour seminar per week)
YEAR 3
- Life Writing: biography, memoir (20 credits, 2 hour seminar per week)
- Individual Study: Fiction/Poetry/Drama/Writing for Children/Non-fiction (40 credits, tutorials with supervisor)
Further information about options at years two and three can be found here.
Methods of Assessment
Through essays, examinations and portfolios of creative work.
Important Information
Applications are made online via UCAS, see here. Entry requirements are typically 240 UCAS points including CCC at A2 Level including English, see the entry requirements page for more information. For information about Performing Arts please see here. For information about Visual Arts and Design see here.
Employment Opportunities
This pathway would suit students wishing to pursue a career in arts administration, media, publishing or teaching.