Creative Writing & Cultural Studies

Course details

This course provides an extensive introduction to a wide range creative writing, media, literature, and culture. Participants will produce writing for fiction, scripts for theatre, television, radio, film and for journalism. They will examine characterisation, structure, plot, setting, language, as well as develop skills in editing and presentation. They will develop skills of analysis in response to media, literature and cultural issues, as wells as learn practical skills in desktop publishing and word processing.

Participants will also have the opportunity to have their work performed and recorded by actors, to have work published, either in the college magazine that students produce while on the course or by submitting it to external publications and competitions. On completion, each student will have a portfolio of their written work and acquired relevant skills appropriate to further study and employment.

Course Content

• Writing for Novel & Short Story
• Writing for Theatre
• Writing for Television, Radio and Film
• Writing for Journalism
• English Literature
• Media Analysis
• Intercultural Studies
• Desktop Publishing
• Information Technology
• Work Placement
• Communications

Course content may be revised for educational or organisational reasons

Career Progression

Graduates of this course have gone on to study a range of subjects including; English Literature, Film Studies, Liberal Arts, Theatre Studies, Journalism, Media production, Creative Writing, Humanities, Music production and Multimedia. Graduates have also continued to work independently on self generated writing projects, as well as taking up employment both at home and abroad.