Program description
Creative and Professional Writing
It is aimed at students who want to study writing, and uniquely allows you to approach this study through a variety of disciplinary pathways: instruction in using the techniques and forms of creative writing; study of the short story, the novel and poetry as literary forms; vocationally-oriented modules in journalism, screenwriting, scriptwriting, storytelling, genre writing, writing for performance and publication, and writing for online and other digital media. This course will equip you with a solid grounding in the critical and practical skills you will need to pursue a writing career.
During the three years of this degree, you will have the opportunity to work with staff who have a wide range of interests and expertise including poetry, the novel, the short story, documentary and film-making, digital communication, E-publishing, computer games, script and screenwriting, and print and broadcast journalism.
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Admission requirements
For 2020 entry:
Typical offer is based on a minimum 104 tariff points from a Level 3 qualification* e.g:
- A Levels (no specific subjects required)
- International Baccalaureate Diploma
- BTEC National/Extended Diploma and Cambridge Technical Extended Diploma: MMM
- City & Guilds Advanced Technical/ Extended Diploma: considered on a case by case basis
- Access: Pass
- Welsh Baccalaureate is accepted.
International Candidates: school leaving qualifications and college diplomas are accepted from countries worldwide (subject to minimum English Language requirements).
For more information about admission requirements, please visit the university website.
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Year 1
Compulsory Modules
Semester 1
- Creative Writing: Prose
- Creative Writing: Poetry
- Reading, Thinking, Writing
Semester 2
- Creative Writing: Prose
- Creative Writing: Poetry
- Introduction to Screenwriting
Optional Modules
- Intro to Practical Journalism (Semester 1)
- The Literature of Laughter (Semester 1)
- The Gothic in Literature/Film (Semester 2)
- Landmarks in Literature (Semester 2)
- Children's Fiction (Creative) (Semester 2)
- Intro' to Media Practice (Semester 2)
Year 2
Optional Modules
- C/Writing: Poetry & Short Fict (Semester 2)
- Creative Writing: The Novel (Semester 1)
- Transformative Writing (Semester 1)
- Creative Non-Fiction (Semester 2)
- Modern & Contemporary Writing (Semester 1)
- Alfred Hitchcock (Semester 2)
- Practical Digital Journalism (Semester 1)
- Screenwriting:Theory&Practice (Semester 2)
- Game Design Level & Mechanics (Semester 1)
- Game Development (Semester 2)
Year 3
Compulsory Modules
- Creative Writing Dissertation (Semester 1 + 2)
- Research Dissertation (Semester 1 + 2)
- Creative Practice Dissertation (Semester 1 + 2)
- Enterprise Dissertation (Semester 1 + 2)
Optional Modules
- Cross-Cultural Writing (Semester 2)
- Detective Fiction (Semester 1)
- Writing and Environments (Semester 2)
- Jane Austen (Semester 2)
- Shakespeare and EM Literature (Semester 2)
- Fantastic Fictions (Semester 1)
- Practical Digital Journalism (Semester 1)
- Arthur: legend and super hero (Semester 1)
- Experimental Writing (Semester 1)
- Medieval Women's Literature (Semester 2)
- EM Lit: Sex, Sects and Scandal (Semester 1)
- Neo-Victorian Fiction (Semester 2)
- Dystopian Fiction (Semester 1)
- Screenwriting:Theory&Practice (Semester 2)
- Game Design 3 (Semester 1)
- Game Production (Semester 2)
*Module listings are for guide purposes only and are subject to change.
Scholarships & funding
Several scholarship options are available. Please check the university website for more information.
Tuition fees
Qualification
Upon successful completion of the program, students will earn a BA (Hons) degree.
Career opportunities
This degree equips graduates to work as writers in film, digital media, television, radio and the press, as well as to pursue professional careers in creative writing. Several graduates each year go on to develop their work further with the Schools of English and Creative Studies and Media through a period of postgraduate study.
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Bangor University
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Why study at Bangor University
Gold rated teaching
Bangor University has achieved a Gold Award, the highest rating possible, in the national Teaching Excellence Framework (TEF). The TEF assessment took into account teaching quality, learning environment and student outcomes and learning gain. We were judged to deliver consistently outstanding teaching, learning and outcomes for our students and our teaching is of the highest quality found in the UK.
A top 10 university
The National Student Survey (NSS) results place Bangor amongst the UK’s top 10 universities for student satisfaction (excluding specialist institutions). This reflects the University’s focus on overall student experience.
Wide range of courses
We offer hundreds of courses across the arts and the sciences. We pride ourselves on the quality of our teaching and our courses and lecturers have been rated in the top 10 in the country.
World class teaching & research
Study at a world-class university, which is recognised for the quality of teaching and research. Bangor University is in the top 40 in the UK for research according to the Research Excellence Framework 2014.
Work experience and placements
We offer a variety of options to gain valuable employability skills, which includes supporting you in work placements and internships that you may wish to undertake.
Guaranteed accommodation
We guarantee accommodation for first year students who apply by the deadline and select us as their Firm Choice. Our accommodation was rated as the best in the UK at the What Uni Student Choice Awards 2018.
Free membership of all clubs and societies
Take advantage of the Bangor Student Experience with free membership of student clubs and societies. There are over 150 different ones to choose from, so you can try something new, get involved with sports, meet new friends and get out and explore the local area.
UNRIVALlED location
Choose to study in one of the best places in the UK to be a student. Bangor’s location – close to the mountains and the sea – has been described as ‘the best university setting in the UK’.
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