爱尔兰国立高威大学

The BA with Creative Writing provides a unique opportunity for undergraduates with an aptitude and passion for literary expression. From the start, you will be guided and advised on a one-to-one basis by the programme director and mentor, and you will immediately be placed in a learning environment with people of similar creative interests. The programme provides a focus for you as a creative writer through a series of cooperative workshops that will in turn facilitate and guide you in your self-directed learning.

All assessment is based on continuous exercises, project work and portfolio expansion – there are no end-of-term papers or exams for Creative Writing.

Course Outline

Year One:

• Module 1: The Forms of Fiction
• Module 2: Exploring Nonfiction
• Module 3: Writing Professions

Year Two:

• Module 1: The Voices and Styles of Poetry
• Module 2: Dramatic Ideas

Year Three:

The aim of year three is to encourage creative individualism and to facilitate supervised self-directed learning. There is enormous scope for you to either continue to develop work you have begun in previous workshop classes or to begin something entirely new. Students commit to either an independent project(s) structure, or to a year studying abroad, or to a combination of these (project work for one semester and study abroad for another).

Independent Project

Year Four:

You will complete your studies in your two core degree subjects and you will normally incorporate in your final projects the specialist skills and knowledge you have gained in Creative Writing over your previous three years.

Further education

A BA with Creative Writing will benefit you in your other degree subjects, and your specialism will also make you a highly valued candidate for postgraduate programmes that focus on writing, literature and creativity. At NUI Galway, for example, it is now possible to study and practise creative writing at all levels: from your undergraduate period on to the MA with Writing, and then on to a practice-based PhD. The BA with Creative Writing is the perfect foundation for your long-term commitments in this field.

Career Opportunities

The expertise acquired through a BA with Creative Writing will help open doors of employment in all those fields where written communication is important. You will have fostered the ambition and talent necessary to be a published author and you may consider a career as one. The skills you will acquire are also applicable to a wide range of professional and creative activities, for example in media, literature, publishing, journalism and advertising.

Work Placement

In the third year of this four-year degree, you will have the opportunity to gain practical work experience and/or study abroad. In conjunction with the programme director, students who go abroad during this third year will be able to plan in advance for the type of creative work and development that will best combine with their language commitments.

Study Abroad

In the third year of this four-year degree, you will have the opportunity to gain practical work experience and/or study abroad. In conjunction with the programme director, students who go abroad during this third year will be able to plan in advance for the type of creative work and development that will best combine with their language commitments.