About Creative Writing Masters - MA/pgd/pgc in Cardiff Metropolitan University

Course Overview

MA Creative Writing is a rewarding taught degree taught by published writers and researchers. The course is aimed to support you while you develop and hone your creative and critical writing skills across the fields of fiction, creative non-fiction, script and poetry.  You can take our MA for professional development purposes, in order to enhance your career and to prepare your writing for publication. The MA will also help you specialise in the areas of creative practice in order to pave the way for doctoral study. 

We have expertise across a number of fields and our academic community is vibrant and dynamic with strong industry links. 

One of the great strengths of the programme is its flexibility. MA Creative Writing can be studied either full or part time. Modules can be taken individually, allowing you to control the pace and depth of your postgraduate study. Programme delivery is enhanced by the University's commitment to e-learning .

​Course Content​​

Our modules are delivered over one year full time or two years part time.  This content is indicative and subject to alteration.

Creative Writing Workshop 1: Narrative Engineering and Construction

This module aims to:

provide students with a detailed understanding of the approaches and techniques associated with a well-established fictional form – the short story - and to understand the development of that form in the context of the culture of consumerism and literary criticism; enable students to critically engage and experiment with diverse forms, including scriptwriting, digital media, genre writing, children's fiction, collaboration, writing for performance and poetry; to enhance student's critical skills and develop individual's creative practice through weekly workshops focussing on new writing and feedback; to develop student's understanding of the role of structure, form, genre, media and markets in the context of individual creative practice;  to contextualise an entrepreneurial approach to creative writing in relation to literary criticism and market conditions; to demonstrate industry-relevant creative skills and techniques, confirming that they can succeed in competitive and diverse markets for innovative fiction;

Employability & Careers​

Many of our students use the course to generate and hone their own writing for publication.  Our creative practice modules are designed with eventual publication in mind. Our assessments are designed around publication, performance and/or production.  Several of our students have had publication and industry success (see below). 

The MA is also a great choice for those wishing to enhance their employment and professional opportunities in editorial and publishing careers. The programme is suitable for those who would like to become teachers of English literature and creative writing as well as those who are already teachers.  For example, teachers of English at 'A' Level and GCSE often find the course suitable for professional development purposes, providing them with skills to enhance their teaching of English literature creative writing within their current curricula.

Our MA is appropriate for those who would like careers in community-based education and practice. The course also prepares you for further study at PhD level at Cardiff Metropolitan University and beyond.
 
This degree will encourage you to develop the valuable transferable skills of autonomy, effective collaboration, self-direction, organisation, initiative and adaptability that are highly regarded in the workplace.

Academic qualification equivalents

• Postsecondary diploma or a degree or 2–3 year diploma (media-related is desired)

English language requirements (one of the below):

• IELTS      :      6.0 overall* with no sub score lower than 5.5
• PTE         :      Overall - 52, Reading - 51, Speaking - 51,Listening - 51,Writing - 51

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Cardiff Metropolitan University Average Tuition Fees And Other Expenses

Personal requirements including books charge a different fee according to the course.