Program Overview

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Program Overview

The Creative Writing program at the Faculty of Polish Studies, Jagiellonian University, is designed to teach students the use of the Polish literary language in creating artistic and aesthetically pleasing texts for various purposes. The program provides practical knowledge of literary forms, teaches proper application of tools in poetics, rhetoric, and artistic text composition, and helps organize the work of writers.

Program Description

Modern information and multimedia society increasingly requires specialists in artistic language who can skillfully construct expressions for both traditional and new types of literary texts. Studies in Creative Writing primarily teach the use of the Polish literary language in creating artistic and aesthetically pleasing texts for various purposes. They provide practical knowledge of literary forms, teach proper application of tools in poetics, rhetoric, and artistic text composition, help organize the work of writers, and raise awareness of the social and psychological aspects of textual functioning.

Available Programs

• First-cycle program: not available
• Second-cycle program:
  • Study mode: full-time program
  • Language of instruction: Polish
  • Profile: general academic
  • Duration: 2 years (4 semesters)
  • Title: Magister (equivalent of Master’s degree)
  • Main discipline: Literary Studies

Curriculum Overview

The program curriculum indicates which subjects are scheduled for each semester of the studies, which are mandatory, which belong to the group of elective subjects, which of them end with an exam, and which do not. Each subject in the program curriculum has its syllabus, which is a description of what students learn within the scope of that subject.

Student Life

Time spent at the university is not all about education and class participation; it is also an excellent opportunity to develop hobbies and interests. Many research societies and student organizations operate at the Jagiellonian University, including faculty- and university-wide ones. These societies allow students to spend their free time actively, gain knowledge, develop their talents, participate in engaging, unconventional projects, go on research and team-building trips, participate in conferences, and meet fellow students outside the lecture halls.

Admission to Studies

Admission to study programs at the Jagiellonian University is conducted electronically in the Online Application System. Detailed information about admission to this study program, including information on the method of calculating the result, qualification criteria, fees, deadlines, and a list of required documents, are available on the Online Application System.

Graduates

Graduates of the Creative Writing program respond to the needs of modern information and multimedia society as text experts, professional practitioners, interpreters, and creative writing instructors in various advanced courses. They possess competencies necessary for understanding and commenting on broad phenomena related to reader reception and the socio-economic functions of literature.

Further Education Possibilities

• Doctoral School, e.g., Doctoral School in the Humanities
• Post-diploma programs
• Second-cycle programs

Faculty Information

The Faculty of Polish Studies has the category A granted by the Ministry of Science and Higher Education. The Faculty has been collaborating with institutions concerned with culture and art, especially from Kraków and Małopolska province, for many years. Students engage in various activities of the Kraków Festival Office, theaters of Kraków, cultural centers, and museums. The JU students’ Linguistics Research Society organizes the Month of First Language – a regular project that includes the Kraków Dictation, advertisement contest, "commentary and pitch,” and linguistics workshops in schools.

Rankings, Distinctions, Accreditations

• Scientific category A in the main discipline of Literary Studies awarded to the Jagiellonian University in Kraków by the decision of the Minister of Education and Science

Other Programs

• Literary Criticism (Faculty of Polish Studies) – program in Polish
• Polish Language in Social Communication (Faculty of Polish Studies) – program in Polish
• Editorial Studies (Faculty of Polish Studies) – program in Polish
• Cultural Studies—Texts of Culture (Faculty of Polish Studies) – program in Polish