BA Creative Writing

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De Montfort University

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• Objectives
  * Leading writers share their expertise with students * New and expanding fields (e.g. performance poetry, writing for new media) are taught alongside traditional forms and genres * Excellent writing skills enhance both creative self-expression and employability * Opportunity to combine with Drama, English, Film, Journalism or Media.
• Entry requirements
  Entry requirements * A Levels/ASs/AVCEs/Key Skills (Level Three) usually 220 - 240 points (applicants must have at least two full A Levels) * AGNVQ/BTEC - assessed on an individual basis. * Access - Pass.
• Academic title
  BA Creative Writing
• Course description
  BA Creative Writing
  
  Programme
  
  Students work in many genres including poetry, drama, children's writing and prose fiction, learning to draft, edit, polish and reflect on their work.
  
  The emphasis is on practical workshops combined with guest readings and lectures from leading writers. Recent guests of the Faculty have included poets Patience Agbabi and Joolz Denby, children?s writers Pippa Goodhart and Linda Newbery; novelists John Crace, James Kelman and Alan Sillitoe; graphic novelist Alan Moore; crime writer Jane Adams; dramatist Alan Drury and scriptwriter Andrew Davies.
  
  Students develop skills in oral presentation and publication (through desk-top publishing or new media).
  
  First and second year modules focus on themes (e.g. identity, place) and skills, allowing work in a range of genres. This prepares final year students for work on an individually supervised portfolio in the form or forms  of their choice.
  
  This joint honours degree allows students to gain complementary skills and knowledge in another discipline.

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