Our programme allows you to develop your creative skills while honing your reading that is critical across range of genres and periods.

Our programme allows you to develop your creative skills while honing your reading that is critical across range of genres and periods.

How will you become a far better writer? Workshops on core writing that is creative will enrich your knowledge of short stories, novels, poetry, scriptwriting and narrative non-fiction, and encourage you to think on your own personal craft.

Our range that is broad of modules explore the political and social debates raised by literature, uncover the cultural and historical contexts that shape literary forms, and familiarizes you with writing from around the whole world. Your project that is final gives the opportunity to complete an extended bit of imaginative writing, guided by our award-winning novelists, journalists, and playwrights.

Course Facts

Programme Overview

Each of the course offers you a range of core options in creative writing and English studies, allowing you to build your knowledge of writing in a range of genres and traditions year. You’re going to be encouraged to create connections betwixt your critical and practice that is creative the amount programme. You’ll be able to enrich your degree sufficient reason for optional modules off their subject areas, including film studies and languages

We support your professional practice with an arts ambassador scheme, regular readings and writers’ events, and possibilities to take paid internships in a range of arts organisations. Certainly one of our modules offers a schools placement, and you’ll have opportunities that are vocational Southampton arts institutions. There are active student societies for film, TV and radio, offering media experience.

Programme Structure

In the degree you are able to:

  • join one of forty student-led performing arts groups
  • study film and culture that is visual
  • be a part of writing workshops at Nuffield Southampton Theatres
  • use a collection that is unique of books at Chawton House Library
  • learn a modern language at any level
  • join a student-run English society for social events
  • explore experimental paper writing service writing at Entropics, hosted by the John Hansard Gallery
  • get media experience with our student societies for film, TV and radio

Location and body that is awarding

The course location is Avenue Campus in Southampton. The body that is awarding University of Southampton.

How to apply

Once you apply use:

UCAS Course Code: CW01

UCAS Institution Code: S27

Make an application for 2020 entry now. You are able to still apply although the UCAS key date of 15 January has passed.

What are the results when you apply

We shall assess the job on the strength of one’s:

  • mixture of subjects
  • predicted grades
  • academic achievements
  • personal statement
  • academic reference

We aim to respond to you within 2 to 6 weeks with a determination about your application.

We treat and select everyone in line with our Equality and Diversity Statement.

Life at Southampton

Grow as a person, make lifelong friends, and perform some things you have always wished to do while you study.

You will discover an amiable, diverse and home that is welcoming you study at University of Southampton. Working, living and socialising with students from more than 130 countries it is possible to become element of a community that is global our campuses.

Clubs, societies and facilities

Enjoy vibrant campuses with cafes, restaurants, bars and facilities health that is including, banks and a student shop.

Be inspired by arts and culture with an internationally-known theatre, concert hall and art gallery and opportunities including gigs, concerts, theatre, exhibitions, writers workshops.

Make use of great sporting facilities including a lot more than 80 sports clubs while the Ј8.5m Jubilee Sports Centre with its 25-metre pool.

Get involved with student life with more than 300 clubs and societies and a calendar of social activities in most hall of residence.

Support while you study

Starting university is a step that is big. You can be helped by us make the most of student life.

Discover more about most of the support we could provide, including help with:

  • mental health, disability and learning needs
  • money and accommodation
  • childcare
  • computers, software and IT

Entry Requirements

Typical entry requirements

Other qualifications that are international

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Alternative methods to qualify

You are in a position to meet our criteria various other ways we need if you do not have the qualifications. Discover more about:

  • our use of Southampton scheme for students living permanently in the united kingdom (including summer that is residential, application support and scholarship)
  • skills you may have gained through work or other life experiences (otherwise known as recognition of prior learning)

Discover more about our Admissions Policy.

Selection process:

Selection is normally based on actual or predicted grades as well as the reference and personal statement on your UCAS application. Exceptionally we may request you to come for an interview prior to making an offer.

This page contains specific entry requirements because of this course. Learn about equivalent entry requirements and qualifications for the country.

Typical course content

This program takes an approach that is interdisciplinary the study of poetry, prose, and drama. Creative writing modules will build up your comprehension of short stories, novels, poetry, scriptwriting and narrative non-fiction.

Your degree could be further complemented by taking as much as 25% of modules various other areas that are subject including modern languages, music, and philosophy.

Your first year will introduce to new kinds of literature and new creative and critical approaches. You will definitely take three core modules to produce your knowledge of literary criticism, essay writing and collaborative research. This will allow you to build your own perspectives.