About This Course
This degree course will enable you to develop a personal creative practice as a writer, offering imaginative approaches to many areas of writing and critical insights into literary. Alongside established forms of creative writing, such as the short story, the novel and poetry, other modules include journalism, screenwriting and publishing that connect your writing skills with a range of vocational possibilities. Taught by research experts and published writers, this course will equip you with a solid grounding in the critical and practical skills you need to build a writing career.
During your time with us, you will become adept at conducting research. In modules that touch on such topics as the history of film and documentary, literary theory, and news media, you will also develop skills related to editing, blogging, and publishing. As such, you will hone the skills needed within the creative industries, building your expertise and experience so that you can make a living as a professional writer.
Why choose Bangor for this course?
- Small group teaching and lectures, one-to-one supervision.
- Creative Writing in UK Top 10 for Graduate Prospects and Research Intensity (Complete University Guide 2021).
- Creative Writing is part of a vibrant Arts and Culture scene that includes Pontio, the University’s £40 million Arts Centre, local theatres, poetry groups and student societies.
- Former students have gone on to edit, publish and write creatively in a variety of literary fields and media contexts.
Course Content
Each of your chosen modules will have around 2-3 hours of face-to-face teaching each week. Teaching usually takes the form of small seminars, lectures, and workshops, where you will get the chance to meet and engage with your peers.
Assessment methods can take the form of written coursework, take-home exams, as well as oral presentations.
Facilities
General University Facilities
Library and Archive Services
Our four libraries provide a range of attractive study environments including collaborative work areas, meeting rooms and silent study spaces.
We have an extensive collection of books and journals and many of the journals are available online in full-text format.
We house one of the largest university-based archives not only in Wales, but also the UK. Allied to the Archives is the Special Collections of rare printed books.
Learning Resources
There is a range of learning resources available, supported by experienced staff, to help you in your studies.
The University’s IT Services provides computing, media and reprographics facilities and services including:
- Over 1,150 computers for students, with some PC rooms open 24 hours a day
- Blackboard, a commercial Virtual Learning Environment, that makes learning materials available on-line.
Careers
Studying Creative and Professional Writing opens up a range of career options in the creative industries, including publishing, editing, digital content creation, and cultural management. Our graduates have also gone on to work in a variety of other sectors, including the civil service, business and commerce, law, and teaching.
EXPLORE MORE IN CREATIVE WRITING AND PROFESSIONAL WRITING
Our Creative and Professional Writing degree is an innovative, practical programme that encourages you work across a variety of disciplinary pathways. You will learn to hone your ideas and inspiration and learn to express yourself and communicate to a wider audience.
Additional Course Options
This course is available with a Placement Year option where you will study for 1 additional year. The Placement Year is undertaken at the end of the second year and students are away for the whole of the academic year.
The Placement Year provides you with a fantastic opportunity to broaden your horizons and develop valuable skills and contacts through working with a self-sourced organisation relevant to your degree subject. The minimum period in placement (at one or more locations) is seven calendar months; more usually you would spend 10-12 months with a placement provider. You would normally start sometime in the period June to September of your second year and finish between June and September the following year. Placements can be UK-based or overseas and you will work with staff to plan and finalise the placement arrangements.
You will be expected to find and arrange a suitable placement to complement your degree and will be fully supported throughout by a dedicated member of staff at your academic School and the University’s Skills and Employability Services.
You will have the opportunity to fully consider this option when you have started your course at Bangor and can make an application for a transfer onto this pathway at the appropriate time. If you have any questions in the meantime, please get in touch.
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