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MA - Master of Arts
Newcastle University
Full Time
SEP-25
12 months
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MA - Master of Arts
Newcastle University
Full Time
SEP-25
12 months
MA - Master of Arts
Newcastle University
Part Time
SEP-25
24 months
Select a an exam type
Our PGCert and MA in Creative Writing provide a unique opportunity to explore and develop your creative writing skills through practice, revision and discussion.
Overview
Our Creative Writing MA develops your understanding of your own writing and your technical writing skills.
You'll further your awareness of:
This PGCert and MA in Creative Writing provide a unique opportunity to explore and develop your creative writing skills. We teach creative writing in three areas:
Through these areas, we'll introduce you to a wide range of subjects and opportunities with which writers are working professionally.
Members of our Creative Writing staff have received national and international recognition for their writing. You'll work with them to prepare your own writing for submission.
If you complete the Creative Writing PGCert, you can choose to transfer to the second year of our part-time MA.
What you'll learn
Through this Creative Writing Master's you'll be inducted into the habits and inventive strategies of writers in a module dedicated to this process. You'll also begin to concentrate on skills specific to different fields of the writing craft.
You'll go on to test your own writing in one of three workshops dedicated to poetry, prose or script. You'll also take the opportunity to focus on areas of imaginative writing that are specialisms of our staff.
Usually a 2:1 honours degree, or international equivalent, in a related subject such as: creative writing; English literature; drama; screenwriting. We will also consider applicants on an individual basis with lower or non-standard qualifications. Those who complete the PGCert can choose to transfer to the second year of our part time MA.
Students living in
Domestic
£10,800 per year
Students from Domestic
PGCert: £3,600.
£23,500 per year
Students from EU
PGCert: £7,835.
£23,500 per year
Students from International
PGCert: £7,835.
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