Bachelor of Arts - Drama and Creative Writing (WW80)

This degree is balanced equally between the disciplines of Drama and Creative Writing but there will be many modules where the two disciplines come together, for example in modules such as Writing For Radio and Writing for Theatre. On the Drama side, students will have the opportunity to study many aspects of theatre from classic to contemporary texts, and to explore themes in drama such as gender, identity, tragedy, human rights, immersive theatre, devising and playwriting. Students will gain skills in technical theatre, design and stage management, and will be assessed in a range of ways from essay-writing, to performance, devised work, solo projects and group work.

In Creative Writing students explore the urge to create and build new worlds, to share language and stories with others. On this course students work on the craft of writing through a multi-genre approach, through and across a variety of writings from fiction and poetry, to non-fiction, psychogeography, performance writing and beyond. At Essex, the university offer an unusual approach to the practice of writing, combining innovative and traditional methods in order to develop students' writing skills and abilities to judge their work critically, while expanding their knowledge across different modes and genres. In the Centre for Creative Writing the university encourage a culture of experiment and creativity, enabling students to feel part of a community of writers. In addition, students will gain transferable skills in research, essay-planning and writing, and students will be offered careers guidance and training.