Our degree in creative writing explores the written word across a wide variety of forms and genres. As well as studying fiction and poetry, you'll produce work for stage and screen and for online media.

With option modules, you can expand your studies to include a foreign language or specialise in particular fields of writing, such as journalism. By the end of the course, you should have your own writing style and creative process and have the ability to critically analyse the writing of others.

Notes:

• Tuition fees for students who have citizens' rights after Brexit: £9,250

Entry Requirements

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Curriculum

Year 1

Students are required to study the following compulsory modules:
Writing for Stage and Screen (30 credits)
Writing Poetry and Prose (30 credits)
Writing for the Media (30 credits)

Students are required to choose 30 credits from this list of options:
Mandarin 1 (30 credits)
Mandarin 2 (30 credits)
Mandarin 3 (30 credits)
Literary Forms of Representation (30 credits)
English For Academic Purposes 6 (30 credits)
The Canon: A Short History of Western Literature (30 credits)
European Languages (French 1) (30 credits)
European Languages (French 2) (30 credits)
European Languages (French 3) (30 credits)
European Languages (French 4) (30 credits)
European Languages (Italian 1) (30 credits)
European Languages (Italian 2) (30 credits)
European Languages (Italian 3) (30 credits)
European Languages (Spanish 1) (30 credits)
European Languages (Spanish 2) (30 credits)
European Languages (Spanish 3) (30 credits)
European Languages (Spanish 4) (30 credits)

Year 2

Students are required to choose 90 credits from this list of options:
Advanced Poetry Writing (30 credits)
Playwriting (30 credits)
Short Story Writing (30 credits)
Writing for the Screen (30 credits)
Writing Journalism (30 credits)

Students are required to choose 30 credits from this list of options:
Mandarin 1 (30 credits)
Mandarin 2 (30 credits)
Mandarin 3 (30 credits)
Advanced Poetry Writing (30 credits)
Playwriting (30 credits)
Short Story Writing (30 credits)
Literature in Context: Fiction since 1800 (30 credits)
Literature in Context: Poetry and Drama since 1800 (30 credits)
Writing for the Screen (30 credits)
International Bestsellers (30 credits)
European Languages (French 1) (30 credits)
European Languages (French 2) (30 credits)
European Languages (French 3) (30 credits)
European Languages (French 4) (30 credits)
European Languages (Italian 1) (30 credits)
European Languages (Italian 2) (30 credits)
European Languages (Italian 3) (30 credits)
Writing Journalism (30 credits)
Language Research Project (French, Italian, Spanish) (30 credits)
European Languages (Spanish 1) (30 credits)
European Languages (Spanish 2) (30 credits)
European Languages (Spanish 3) (30 credits)
European Languages (Spanish 4) (30 credits)

Year 3

Students are required to study the following compulsory modules:
Creative Project (LLT) (30 credits)

Students are required to choose 30 credits from this list of options:
Mandarin 2 (30 credits)
Mandarin 3 (30 credits)
Novel Writing (30 credits)
English in World Literatures: Postcolonial and Transnational Writing (30 credits)
Advanced Screenwriting (30 credits)
Literature and Publishing Since 1820 (30 credits)
English For Academic Purposes 6 (30 credits)
Work Placement (LTT) Level 6 (30 credits)
Advanced Playwriting (30 credits)
European Languages (French 2) (30 credits)
European Languages (French 3) (30 credits)
European Languages (French 4) (30 credits)
European Languages (Italian 2) (30 credits)
European Languages (Italian 3) (30 credits)
Journalism in Practice (30 credits)
Language Research Project (French, Italian, Spanish) (30 credits)
Contemporary Publishing (30 credits)
European Languages (Spanish 2) (30 credits)
European Languages (Spanish 3) (30 credits)
European Languages (Spanish 4) (30 credits)

Students are required to choose 60 credits from this list of options:
Novel Writing (30 credits)
Advanced Screenwriting (30 credits)
Advanced Playwriting (30 credits)
Journalism in Practice (30 credits)
Contemporary Publishing (30 credits)

Careers

Creative writing graduates have gone on to careers in:

research
journalism
publishing
the media
arts administration
central or local government

You may even become a professional writer.

Postgraduate courses are available at the University of Greenwich if you wish to continue your study, or if you're considering roles in teaching or social work.

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