Program Overview

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Creative Writing BA(Hons) (Online)

Course Overview

Explore the evolving needs of the marketplace while honing your writing practice on this Creative Writing online degree. Whether you dream of penning novels, writing for games, creating compelling digital content, or producing award-winning screenplays, join our online Creative Writing degree and graduate with an assured voice – ready to make your mark.

Why Study This Course at Falmouth?

• Experiment with your writing from day one, developing and enhancing your craft
• Join a supportive global community of writers and make crucial connections
• Tap into Falmouth’s renowned storytelling legacy from your own location on a Creative Writing degree designed specifically for online delivery
• Work on industry-informed briefs and learn how to turn your writing into a viable career

Course Details

Exploring the breadth of the creative industries, you'll develop your writing practice and your reflective and analytical skills both as an individual and as part of a team.

You'll experiment with form and prompts, embrace the art of reading as a writer, and learn how to connect with a vast range of audiences.

This online degree will prepare you to join the global creative writing marketplace, equipped with specialist knowledge, an adaptable skill set, and a clear vision of your place within the market.

Course Study Options

• On this accelerated online Creative Writing degree, you’ll have the opportunity to gain a BA(Hons) degree over two years full-time or three years part-time.

Modules

Stage One

• Dreaming Up Worlds: Imagination, World-Building and Character Develop your core fiction writing skills, create characters imbued with life, construct fascinating fictional worlds and understand the principles of storytelling.
• True Stories: Creative Non-Fiction and Life-Writing Develop research strategies for writing compelling creative non-fiction and life writing, and discover how to use creative writing to reach an audience for your true stories.
• Post-Digital Writing: Idea, Concept, Platform As a writer engaged in finding your own voice across platforms in contemporary cultural industries, you'll experiment with a wealth of forms and prompts to expand your practice into the post-digital era.
• Society and Identity Examine the elements and concepts that mediate, influence and challenge your place as a creator and develop your critically informed writing voice.

Stage Two

• Writing for Screen Media: Games, Film, TV You'll experiment with the formal constraints at the interface of writing and the digital world.
• Bound by None: Place and Adventure Develop your travel, place and nature writing skills, alongside critical approaches to exploration and environmentalism in this adventurous module.
• Writing for Performance: Poetry, Theatre, Comedy Develop disruptive and engaging writing approaches to reimagine conventional forms in a contemporary context.
• Collaborative Project Working in real-world contexts with other students and industry partners, you'll develop creative working strategies, communication and advanced project planning skills.

Stage Three

• The Hybrid Respond to challenges and engage in multidisciplinary work to produce an innovative, multiform piece.
• Genres and Disruptive Fictions Deep dive into your chosen genre and develop a critical, market-based understanding of its intricacies.
• Masterpiece: Individual Project Produce a substantial piece in the form and genre of your choosing and take your practice and your voice further.
• Publishing Lab: Entrepreneurial Practice Develop the framework for your current and future publishing activities, and position yourself with agility in the diverse and changing world of the creative industries.

Assessment

The BA(Hons) Creative Writing online employs a range of assessments and strategies throughout the course, including formative and summative assessments.

• Formative assessment in the form of continuous written and/or verbal feedback takes place across the module through your participation in the different learning activities and webinars, and by exchanging peer feedback on ideas and work in progress.
• Summative assessment takes place on each module, usually at mid-points and at the end of the module. Activities across each module will help you prepare for these assessments.

Resources and Support

• Dedicated easy-to-use virtual learning environment (VLE)
• Accessible online audio / visual content
• A Student Advisor to support you throughout your studies and access to our Student Support Services
• Access to our Employability Service
• 24/7 access to Falmouth's extensive online library of contextual books, journals and resources
• Access to online software tutorials at LinkedIn Learning
• Students' Union community
• Optional in-person events
• Invitation to attend alumni events

Meet the Team

• Dr Marshall Moore Course Leader and Senior Lecturer
• Dr Eoin Murray Lecturer, Creative Writing BA(Hons)
• Dr Jennifer Young Head of People Success
• Steve Bough Lecturer, Multimedia Journalism
• Nicola Coplin Lecturer
• Andy Dillion Thesis title: Blood Pours Slower than Rye: Representations of the Irish pub in contemporary crime genre
• Dr Jo Parsons Lecturer in English and Creative Writing
• Lynn Huggins-Cooper Lecturer, Creative Writing BA(Hons) (Online)

Careers

As a Creative Writing graduate, you could become:

• A critically informed writer with an adaptable practice
• A novelist or short story writer
• A writer for screen (film, TV or games), proficient in visual and interactive stories
• A digital storyteller or content creator

How to Apply

You have the option to apply via UCAS or directly with us, depending on your education and experience.

Application Advice & Interview Information

• We consider all applications on their own individual merit and potential.
• We invite all applicants to an online interview to give them the opportunity to demonstrate this along with what inspires and motivates them in their field.
• Applicants will also be able to show their portfolio or give a performance depending on the course.

Entry Requirements

• BA/BSc(Hons) degree: 104 – 120 UCAS Tariff points
• Portfolio: Some of our online undergraduate degrees require you to create and submit a digital portfolio as part of the application process.
• Applying without UCAS points: We'll welcome your application if you have formal or 'certified' learning (such as training courses not run by universities or colleges) and learning from work experience or self-study.

Language Requirements

• For applicants whose first language is English we require you to have or be working towards GCSE English Language Grade 4 (C), or equivalent.
• If English is not your first language you will need to meet the same standard which is equivalent to the IELTS Academic 6.0 overall score, with at least 5.5 in Reading, Writing, Speaking and Listening.

Fees, Costs & Funding

• Tuition fees:
  • £10,400 per year (2 years accelerated full-time)
  • £6,935 per year (3 years accelerated part-time)
• Course costs:
  • £100 - Recurring annual costs for associated course materials
  • Varying costs - Optional face-to-face events (typically two per year)