Integrated Foundation - Bachelor of Arts (Honours) - Creative Writing (WP58)

On this degree, students will learn the art and craft of writing in all its forms. Taught by published authors, students will gain a wide range of skills across creative and non-fiction genres. Students will examine how writing can be used to communicate in a range of contexts, with appropriate uses of style, register and form.

Students will take part in masterclasses by industry professionals and join the thriving community of the specialist Writers' Centre. An extended writing project will be on a subject of students' choice. Students will also build a professional portfolio and work on real-life industry projects, giving them vital employment experience to prepare students for a career in writing.

This course is intellectually stimulating and exciting, designed to provide students with opportunities for creative writing across a variety of genres and media, embracing poetry, prose fiction and non-fiction, professional writing, and writing for radio and screen.

Students will work with published writers, academics and industry professionals on writing for digital media, pitches, exhibitions, reviews, and articles. Students will be able to take modules that allow them to explore a variety of literary topics and texts in depth. If their main interests lie in writing for and about film and television, they can elect to take the degree's film pathway, on which they'll study film in depth. Teaching and learning strategies and methods have been designed to introduce them to a range of skills, issues and critical debates in creative writing, and are detailed in the learning outcomes of each module. Graduates from this course go on to work in creative writing, digital media, curation, public relations, journalism, publishing, communications, teaching and the civil service.