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Creative Writing and Publishing at Bournemouth University - UCAS

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Course summary

You’ll develop creative writing across a variety of forms, focusing on transmedia storytelling and skills to independently publish your work as a publisher; learning skills in editing, PR and marketing, design, production, and budgeting. Why study MA Creative Writing and Publishing at BU?

  • Analyse the cultural and critical influences on the writer and publishing industry, as well as your own practice
  • Learn the skills to be able to write creatively and effectively, to a publishable standard, for a variety of different audiences and media
  • Work on real-life publishing projects with BU’s own publishing press, Fresher Publishing
  • Learn from experienced writers and practitioners who have also acquired master's degrees and/or doctorates in Creative Writing or English themselves
  • Benefit from prestigious guest tutors from the world of writing and publishing
  • Engage with BU’s international writing competitions: The Bournemouth Writing Prize for emerging voices, and the New Media Writing Prize for stories integrating a variety of formats.
Flexible study The MA Creative Writing and Publishing course offers you the option to study full-time or part-time, either in person or online (online option applies to September intakes only). Lectures and online resources are combined with weekly small-group seminars to explore key texts, ideas, and concepts in more depth. If you are an online student, all your classes will take place virtually – bringing together a diverse cohort of students from all over the world and engaging with literary media texts and industry practices at the widest level.

Modules

Interactive Storytelling; Writing Fiction; Narrating Identities: Self, Texts and the World; Interactive Storytelling; Writing Across Cultures & Forms; Marketing & PR for Writers; Design, Editing & Publishing; Dissertation/Major Project.

Assessment method

Dissertation/Major project.


Entry requirements

A Bachelor Honours degree, 2:2 or above or equivalent in any subject. IELTS (Academic) 6.5 with a minimum of 6.5 in writing and 6.0 in speaking, listening and reading.


Fees and funding

Tuition fees

England £9500 Year 1
Northern Ireland £9500 Year 1
Scotland £9500 Year 1
Wales £9500 Year 1
Channel Islands £9500 Year 1
Republic of Ireland £9500 Year 1
EU £17000 Year 1
International £17000 Year 1

Tuition fee status depends on a number of criteria and varies according to where in the UK you will study. For further guidance on the criteria for home or overseas tuition fees, please refer to the UKCISA website .

Additional fee information

All fees are quoted in pounds sterling and are per year. Your tuition fees will be the same for each year of your course. Fees during your placement year (if applicable): £1,850. Visit Bournemouth University's website for full details.
Creative Writing and Publishing at Bournemouth University - UCAS