Course details
Creative writing touches on all aspects of written communication, with particular emphasis on those that lie outside the purely academic and technical fields. Creative writing draws on the author’s imaginative capacity, stylistic felicity, and originality of composition, insight and expression. It encompasses a wide range of approaches, including prose fiction, poetry, drama, screen writing, graphic novels (comics), video games (dialogue and plotting), and writing for new media (blogs, social media, creative written content for websites). Thus, an undergraduate degree in creative writing is one of the most useful programs of study that a student can contemplate, offering not only the means to explore and develop one’s expressive abilities in a variety of written forms, but also providing the means to develop advanced skills and competencies in written communication and academic research. In a digital age that is heavily reliant on effective, interesting, original and attractive writing, a BFA in Creative Writing is an exciting, relevant and vocationally desirable course of study: it provides a range of opportunities for artistic and intellectual growth, enhanced expressive ability, a rich variety of career development possibilities in the arts and business, and many avenues for further development in graduate study.
The BFA program examines all of the main areas of creative writing, with introductory courses on the discipline as a whole, courses on the technical requirements and the analysis of creative writing, and specific courses exploring the practical aspects of composing novels, short stories, poems, scripts and screenplays, graphic novels and writing for electronic forms such as video games, websites and social media. As the student progresses, the program makes increasing use of the workshop method of teaching, and in the final stages there are opportunities for approved students to undertake extended independent writing projects. The student may combine the major in creative writing with other majors offered by the institution, depending on his or her proclivities and interests; these include performing arts, liberal arts and international business, either as a double major or as minors.
45 credits minimum from the creative writing major
- Academic communication
- Imagination and storytelling
- Introduction to creative writing
- Writing prose
- Writing poetry
- Close reading
- Shakespeare
- Dramatic writing 1
- Graphic novels
- Elective writing project
- Technique: the craft of creative writing
- Writing for new media
- Literary modernism
- Writing for video games
- Writing for screen
- Dramatic writing 2
- The publishing industry
- Workshop seminar
- Creative writing project 1 (15 credits)
- Creative writing project 2 (15 credits)
30 credits minimum of general education classes
- The 200-level creative writing and liberal arts classes above are all rated as general education courses and may be counted towards the general education requirement.
45 credits of free electives
- The remaining classes to achieve the required total of 120 credits may be freely chosen by the student, with the proviso that prerequisite stipulations are followed.
- The student may select as free electives more than the minimum 45 credits of creative writing major classes.
- The student may select as free electives more than the minimum of 30 credits of general education classes.
- If a student wishes to take a minor, a minimum of 15 credits must be taken in the minor, with at least 9 credits in the upper divisions (300+); these minor credits are taken from the free elective requirement.
Entry requirements
The programme has three intakes: January, May and September.
Applicants are required to have graduated from high school at a standard that satisfies the institution that they have a strong likelihood of being able to complete the program of study. Applicants still in high school must provide evidence from high school transcripts and / or report cards that suggest a likelihood to graduate from high school; conditional acceptance is granted pending the completion of the applicant’s senior high school year.
Applicants are also required to submit with our application a sample of original creative writing (any form of creative writing) of approximately 1,000 words.
Updated on 08 November, 2015About American College Dublin
American College Dublin, a constituent college of Irish American University, is accredited by the Middle States Commission on Higher Education, and is licensed as an institution of higher education in the Republic of Ireland and the State of Delaware. Located on Merrion Square, in the heart of Ireland’s capital city, American College Dublin offers an outstanding post-secondary education at the bachelor’s and master’s levels in liberal arts, performing arts, creative writing, international business, accounting and finance, hospitality management and event management. Established as a not-for-profit educational trust in 1993 by Lynn University (located in Boca Raton, Florida), the College has grown from a study abroad campus for American students to a global institution with thirty-five nationalities among its student body. ACD has a sister campus in Letheys, Delaware, named American College Delaware, through which it offers shared programs and transfer opportunities bettheyen Ireland and the USA.
American College Dublin takes the time-hontheired American tradition of the moderately-sized, not-for-profit liberal arts institution and places it in an international context, with campuses on both sides of the Atlantic rim. The institution seeks to offer the best characteristics of Irish and American higher education in an intimate environment underpinned by the holistic liberal arts model of learning, enabling students to realize their potential and participate successfully in the world. The College provides an education that is rigorous, stimulating and valuable, emphasizing the core values of academic excellence, innovation, ethical integrity and multiculturalism. Class sizes are small (generally no more than ttheynty students to a class) and the teacher engages the student in an educational experience that is active, participative and challenging. Many of the programmes of study have an internship component, which allows students to apply their classroom learning in relevant industry environments and provides them with practical experience related to their field of study. A high proportion of the College’s students progress to further studies at the postgraduate level.
Above all, American College Dublin strives to instil a passion for education that advances the development of the inpidual’s talents and a process of lifelong learning.
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