Writing in beautiful Cornwall has never been more appealing, more exciting or
more appropriate to our time. Based right in the heart of our county’s
inspiring landscapes, Bodmin College is delighted to be expanding our degree
program to include Creative and Professional Writing. A
degree designed to inspire and unleash your potential for a new vocation, we
aim to offer a personal and responsive course that, due to its size, is able to
offer tailored support to applicants from all stages of their creative journey.
Our unique relationship with the local community allows us to offer both
academic support and development with regards to skill, as well as practical
and useful connections with a view to launching a new career, should that be
your desired goal. Learn how to craft
your art and reshape your future, all in an idyllic Cornish setting.
ABOUT
Staff teaching you may include:
The course is delivered through a range of lectures, seminars, workshops with visiting authors and individual tutorials.
BA(Hons) Creative and Professional Writing tuition fees for 2022 entry for UK/EU students will be £7500 per academic year. *
Additional course expenditure is likely to include:
• A Laptop – It doesn’t matter which platform (Apple or Windows, though a mac can run windows software through Boot Camp). It should have 16GB RAM, at least a 500GB hard drive plus. Buy as fast a processor as you can afford. Approximate cost £500.
£200 - £300 -
Recurring annual costs
£50- £70 per
module for associated course materials. Many modules will have lower
costs than these indicated.
£50 - Optional study
visits and placements for the course duration.
If you need to
bring equipment or materials with you, these will be outlined in your Welcome
Letter.
* Tuition fees are set annually and are subject to review each year. The University and partner Bodmin College may therefore raise tuition fees in the second or subsequent years of a course, in line with inflation and/or the maximum permitted by law or Government policy. Students will be notified of any changes as soon as possible.
As part of
the course, you’ll be joining a pioneering group of writers seeking to bring
professional writing to the fore in this unique setting within a dynamic
Cornish community. Our centre is
designed specifically to facilitate inspiration from both a natural and social
stimulus.
Working
closely in a unique partnership with our Digital Media Centre, we offer
collaboration which reflects the diverse and ever changing modern landscape of
creative writing as a discipline.
* Programme structures and modules can change as part of our curriculum
enhancement and review processes. If a certain module is important to you,
please discuss it with the Course Leader.
On average you should allow for between 40-50 hours per week for your
studies of which approximately 40% will be taught and 60% will be self-study.
You will study the building blocks of creative
writing including the core elements of narrative and our contemporary culture
of publishing.
You will be exposed to a wide range of culturally relevant
literature to stimulate discussion and reflection as you begin to develop your
writing technique.
You will be taught
through a range of lectures, workshops and tutorials.
In year two, you'll improve your literary skills
further through the study of essential genres which allow you to experience a
topical sample of the fields that make up creative writing.
Here you are afforded the opportunity to
shape an increasingly specialised career path.
On top of developing your own traditional
texts, you’ll have the chance to learn skills for media like digital, radio and
voiceover, thus increasing the practical opportunities for writing in a
professional capacity.
The final year allows you to put all you have
learned to practical use as you begin the transition from study to career. You
will be working on two major 40 credit modules, which are both designed to
afford you the opportunity to develop positive relationships with professionals
in the local writing community.
Your
collaborative project is an opportunity for you to develop a uniquely personal
project focussed on a real-world collaboration within the Cornish writing
community. You will be supported in making connections and developing a
productive collaboration that allows you practical experience within the
industry.
The creative project allows
you to create a sustained piece of work that represents the culmination of your
progress as a writer; this piece you can continue with post-graduation.
Important information pertaining to your studies, and the regulations that govern your studentship, can be found on Falmouth University's website here.
In particular, you should note the 'Student Terms & Conditions', 'Academic Regulations', 'Student Code of Conduct', and 'Academic Integrity Policy'.
If you are dissatisfied with the level of service that you have received with Bodmin College and wish to make a complaint, please read and follow the Bodmin College Complaints Policy and Procedure, which can be found on
Falmouth University's website here.
University's Academic Calendar for study block/term dates can be found on Falmouth Universities website
Falmouth UniversityAttendance Monitoring
Policy
We consider all applications on their own individual
merit and potential. We invite all applicants to an 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. We welcome
applications from all subject backgrounds, whether you’ve specialised in STEM,
the arts or humanities.
As a guide our typical offer at undergraduate level
is 104 – 120 UCAS Tariff points, primarily from Level 3 qualifications such as
but not limited to A-levels, T Levels, a BTEC/UAL Extended Diploma or a Foundation
Diploma. Check how many points
your qualifications are worth