Creative & Professional Writing BA (Hons)

Creative and Professional writing is one of the fastest growing areas of undergraduate study nationally, not least because students recognise the wealth of transferable skills that can be acquired.

This new course, which will run for the first time in September 2013, responds to the demand from current and aspiring Worcester students who wish to develop their writing skills to degree level.

The Worcester Joint Honours course will complement a number of other available Joint Honours programmes including English Literary Studies, Screenwriting and Film Studies, which all lead to degrees that are exciting, academic, and practical and offer clear routes to a range of employment opportunities.

The Writing course at Worcester will help you to develop your confidence; you will become a highly skilled critic in analysis of your own and your fellow students’ work. You will develop your critical thinking and engage with the intellectual issues informing the discipline of writing. You will develop a critical understanding of literary developments and will be able to place your own writing within the context of published creative work. You will also develop expertise in commercial writing - writing for magazines, reviewing, scriptwriting, editing - and you will develop an understanding of the publishing and marketing processes in both the commercial and creative industries.

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UCAS code

This degree is only available in combination with another course.

The University of Worcester’s degree combinations add breadth to your studies and enhance your employability.

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Study options

Available as Joint Honours. Popular subjects studied in combination with this course include: English, Media & Cultural Studies, Screenwriting and Creative Digital Media.

Study Abroad.

Opportunities for your work to be published online and in print.

A range of writing related activities, such as readings, and in house magazines.

The chance to work with practising industry professionals and published creative writers.

Opportunities for work experience with local literary festivals.

Get in touch

Admissions Office
01905 855111
admissions@worc.ac.uk

Applicants who are offered a place on the BA (Hons) in Creative & Professional Writing will most commonly satisfy one of the following requirements:

240-300 UCAS tariff points
Accredited Access and Foundation Courses
Mature Entry Route

We consider applications on an individual basis, so please contact the Admissions Office if you are unsure about your qualifications.

Modules

Selection of modules:

Introduction to Creative Writing
Screenwriting Fundamentals
Feature Writing
The Theory of Writing
Writing for Screen
Film Reviewing
Digital Writing
Life Writing

Assessment

Creative and reflective writing including fiction, poetry

Non fiction including journalism, reviews, life writing, nature writing

Academic writing including editing and essays

Academic department

Institute of Humanities and Creative Arts

"We are a lively community of scholars and creative practitioners."
Professor Antonia Payne, Head of Institute

Employability

Graduates from this course, studied jointly with English Literary or Language Studies, will be very successful candidates for careers in teaching because of the emphasis on writing in the new English curricula.

Graduates may equally go on to work in sectors such as publishing, the media, marketing and communications.

The course also provides an excellent basis for further study or for self employment as a freelance writer.