BA (Hons) Creative Writing

When can you start this course? | UCAS code | Fees | Course length | Entry requirements

Why choose this course?

Your teachers are all active creative writers, so their advice is very practical.
During this comprehensive course you'll get the chance to develop your skills across many genres and styles.

About the course

This degree in creative writing offers you the opportunity to learn from award winning internationally respected novelists, short story writers, poets, songwriters and performers, scriptwriters, editors, publishers, and new media writers. You'll mainly focus on practical work, utilising key examples from the greatest writers to inform your work. The sessions are run by enthusiastic writers in supportive relatively small groups. Through a combination of creative workshops, seminars and tutorials, you will be able to gain skills and confidence. Ranging across traditional forms of writing to more experimental work, this degree in creative writing will give you a thorough grounding in the art, craft and processes of writing, within a stimulating environment. You will also study key themes in contemporary writing - representation, narratives and responsibility - which support the academic side of the degree, deepening your knowledge of writing, both critically and creatively.

Over the last 25 years, we have established creative writing in the UK, as we were one of the first universities in the country to offer this course. Many of the skills you will develop on this degree - writing, editing, groupwork and presentations - are essential in today's job market, since employers always need people who can write and communicate well.

Many of our students have won prizes for their creative writing and have had their work published or produced on BBC TV, radio or on stage. There are several in-house publications at Derby, where you can get involved and learn more about the processes of writing and editing. We have a thriving literary scene in Derby, and you'll live on the doorstep of one of the most beautiful areas in the country, with a rich literary heritage. In the most recent research assessment exercise that was commissioned by the Government, our staff publications were peer reviewed by outside experts and were judged to be 'outstanding' and of 'international excellence'.

Find out more about what subjects and modules you'll be studying...

Your career

Graduates Dan Hobson and jon Bridle talk about their success in scripwriting for various television programmes.

Our students have gone into a wide range of jobs including working at the BBC, arts development, librarianship, archive and record keeping, teaching, administration, marketing, computer games and website design, copywriting, law and NHS project planning. Some choose to carry on studying, and take a postgraduate course.

Anything else?

Have a look at our Creative Writing website to see interviews with our current students, news, events and success stories.

Start dates

If you're from the UK or EU you can apply to study this course in:

September 2012

If you're from a country outside the EU you can apply to study this course full time in:

September 2012

UCAS code

W800

Fees

This is a classroom based course.

UK/EU students

Full time: £6,995 (each year)
Part time: £875 per module (you usually take 18 of these modules in total).

International students

Full time: £9,700 (each year)

*These fees apply if you're starting this course between September 2012 and August 2013. We recommend you check fee details with us though, as they can change. Costs can increase each year.