Creative Writing and Film and Screen Studies BA (Hons)
Bath Spa University
Key Information
Campus location
Bath, United Kingdom
Languages
English
Study format
On-Campus
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Full time
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Introduction
Creative Writing and Film and Screen Studies BA (Hons)
Creative Writing
Contemporary creative writing is diverse. Its digital and on the page; social and singular. Our comprehensive Program includes prose fiction, YA, flash fiction, poetry, scriptwriting for live performance and screen, life writing and memoir.
In fact, whatever you want to write, You'll find an opportunity to explore it with us. We have modules on graphic novels and comics alongside modules in live literature, creative enterprise and professional practice to support your career development. You'll have the opportunity to collaborate on creative projects with other students both within and outside Creative Writing.
Film and Screen Studies
Film and Screen Studies aims to produce graduates who have an informed, critical and creative approach to both understanding film and screen in contemporary society and to their own forms of critical, reflective and communicative practice. You'll develop intellectual, analytical, research and creative skills that will help you to prepare for employment and have the opportunity to engage in practical filmmaking projects if you wish.
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Scholarships and Funding
Several scholarship options are available. Please check the university website for more information.
Curriculum
Creative Writing and Film and Screen Studies BA (Hons)
Creative Writing
Year one (Level 4) modules
- The Writers Workshop 1
- Explorations in Prose Fiction
- The Writers Workshop 2
- Reading to Write Poetry
- Introduction to Scriptwriting
- Publishing and Editing for Writers
Year two (Level 5) modules
- Short Stories
- Form and Listening in Poetry
- Genre Fiction
- Lifewriting
- Sudden Prose
- Scripting for Screen
- Writing Graphic Novels and Comics
- Professional Portfolio
- Writing for Theatre
- Performance Poetry and Spoken Word
- Writing For Young People: Reading as Writers
- The Independent Magazine
- Professional Placement Year
Year three (Level 6) modules
- Extended Prose Fiction 1
- Poetry as Synthesis 1
- Advanced Script Project 1
- Advanced Nonfiction Project 1
- Planning and Writing a Novel for Young People 1
- Creative Enterprise Project 1
- Teaching Writing
- Extended Prose Fiction 2
- Poetry as Synthesis 2
- Advanced Script Project 2
- Advanced Nonfiction Project 2
- Planning and Writing a Novel for Young People 2
- Creative Enterprise Project 2
- Teaching Practice
- Live Literature
- Professional Practice
- Publishing Industry Project
Film and Screen Studies BA
Year one (Level 4) modules
- The Moving Image
- Film History, Film Theory
- Framing Film: Silence, Sound and Spectacle
- Television and Screen Studies
- Media Fandom
- Your World, Your Media
Year two (Level 5) modules
- American Cinema
- Key Movements in World Cinema
- Directors Cut: Auteur Cinema
- Film Genre
- Stardom and Celebrity
- Television, Representation and Gender
- Film Cultures Project
- Experimenting with Specialist Roles in Production
- Short Collaborative Fiction Film
- Professional Placement Year
Year three (Level 6) modules
- Film and Screen Studies Dissertation
- Dissertation: Creative Industry Project
- European Cinema
- Popular Music Journalism
- Feminist Film Criticism
- Videogames
- Digital Innovation and Enterprise
- Rock n Reel: Popular Music on Screen
- Short Form Documentary Making
Program Outcome
Program Intended Learning Outcomes
Creative Writing
- A systematic and sustained critical awareness of the ways in which the aesthetic / stylistic framework of their own writing appeals to different audiences and markets
- Sustained reflection on their own process and product
- Critical ability to evaluate arguments and assumptions in order to use others feedback to improve the quality of creative work
Film and Screen Studies
- Systematic understanding of key contemporary approaches in film studies with a developed awareness of the interdisciplinary nature of these approaches
- Systematic understanding of the global reach of film and screen media, and the transnational nature of the ensuing cultural encounters.
- Conceptual understanding of the use of technology and conceptual tools in the mediation of society and culture by cinematic, televisual and electronic images.
Program Tuition Fee
English Language Requirements
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