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MA - Master of Arts
Bishop Otter Campus, Chichester
Full Time
SEP-25
1 year
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MA - Master of Arts
Bishop Otter Campus, Chichester
Full Time
SEP-25
1 year
MA - Master of Arts
Bishop Otter Campus, Chichester
Part Time
SEP-25
2 years
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Overview
Gain confidence in your skills within a community of fellow writers
Focus on the craft of writing on a postgraduate course designed help you develop your skills, experiment with form and explore a variety of genres.
Our MA Creative Writing course has a long and proud history of graduate success, with many of our students continuing on to careers as published writers.
You will learn from one of the most established and experienced Creative Writing teams in the UK, comprised of practising and published poets, short story writers, novelists, non-fiction writers and screenwriters.
We believe in creating a community of writers who can support and learn from one another. Our specialist workshopping sessions give you the confidence to discuss you work, receive feedback, and reflect on your own work by helping others.
On this course you will:
Teaching
You will learn through a combination of seminar discussion, writing exercises and workshops.
In the intensive MA workshops, you will typically discuss good writing practice and workshop your own writing.
Our commitment to smaller class sizes allows you to feel more confident to discuss your id
Assessment
Modules are assessed at every stage of the course, allowing you to clearly see your academic progress at all stages of the course.
To gain a Postgraduate Diploma in Creative Writing, students need to complete four modules. Each module is assessed by an assignment of approximately 6,000 words or equivalent.
To gain an MA in Creative Writing, students need to complete all four modules and a dissertation of 20,000 words (or poetry/drama equivalents).
An honours degree at 2:2 or higher in a related discipline. You will be required to attend an interview and provide a portfolio of work.
Students living in
Domestic
£7,560 per year
Students from Domestic
This is the fee you pay if the University is in the same country that you live in (England, Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland)
£16,074 per year
Students from EU
The amount you'll pay if you come to study here from somewhere in the EU.
£16,074 per year
Students from International
The amount you'll pay if you come to study here from a country outside the EU.
The University of Chichester is a well-respected academic institution that offers a broad range of postgraduate study programmes across...