Undergraduate Program Director

The study of Creative Writing at Cardiff Met forms part of the BA Humanities and Education Joint Honours programme within the Cardiff School of Education and Social Policy.

The Creative Writing element of your degree will develop your thinking through textual and practical exploration, and equip you with a wide variety of writing skills and methodologies in relation to different genres (fiction, poetry, scriptwriting, non-fiction, etc.).

You will be encouraged to consider textual influence and experiment with different styles. At the core of the degree is your development as a writer and the honing of skills that you can use to find jobs in a variety of creative industries such as publishing, journalism and marketing.

You'll cultivate your individual voice and writing style through revision and editing, and share your writing and thinking with your fellow students in a supportive and evaluative environment. We encourage and support our students to seek publication and to develop a writing portfolio for prospective employers.

The study of English at Cardiff Met forms part of the BA Humanities and Education Joint Honours programme? within the Cardiff School of Education and Social Policy.

The subject will engage with your enthusiasm for reading and literature and introduce you to advanced critical thinking in the form of theoretical practice. You will analyse a wide range of texts (including film and digital narratives) to explore the cutting edge of English as well as its canonical texts.?

A mixture of thematic and chronological modules ensures a good grounding in genre, context and period. You will challenge assumptions about the production of narratives and their relationship to questions of authority and identity. The degree has a strong contemporary focus and provides highly valued employability skills.

Modules are taught by a research active team who have research interests in Romanticism, Modernist and Contemporary Literature, gender and sexuality, women's writing, and children's literature.

https://www.cardiffmet.ac.uk/education/courses/Pages/BA-Creative-Writing-Joint-Honours.aspx

Undergraduate Program Director

T??he study of Creative Writing at Cardiff Met forms part of the ?BA Humanities and Education Joint Honours programme? within?? the Cardiff School of Education and Social Policy.?

The Creative Writing element of your degree will develop your thinking through textual and practical exploration, and equip you with a wide variety of writing skills and methodologies in relation to different genres (fiction, poetry, scriptwriting, non-fiction, etc.).

You will be encouraged to consider textual influence and experiment with different styles. At the core of the degree is your development as a writer and the honing of skills that you can use to find jobs in a variety of creative industries such as publishing, journalism and marketing.

You'll cultivate your individual voice and writing style through revision and editing, and share your writing and thinking with your fellow students in a supportive and evaluative environment. We encourage and support our students to seek publication and to develop a writing portfolio for prospective employers.

The Drama side of the de?gree introduces you to a range of theatre genres, playwrights and practitioners using both textual and practical exploration. You will be encouraged to consider the influences from which theatre is made, experiment with performance styles and analyse theatre practice. In addition you have the opportunity to develop your own skills as a theatre maker, as both performer and director.

You will also explore how drama can be applied to a range of community and educational settings, which will complement your work-based placement in year two.?

For more information: https://www.cardiffmet.ac.uk/education/courses/Pages/BA-Drama-Joint-Honours.aspx

Undergraduate Program Director

The study of Creative Writing at Cardiff Met forms part of the BA Humanities and Education Joint Honours programme within the Cardiff School of Education and Social Policy.

The Creative Writing element of your degree will develop your thinking through textual and practical exploration, and equip you with a wide variety of writing skills and methodologies in relation to different genres (fiction, poetry, scriptwriting, non-fiction, etc.).

You will be encouraged to consider textual influence and experiment with different styles. At the core of the degree is your development as a writer and the honing of skills that you can use to find jobs in a variety of creative industries such as publishing, journalism and marketing.

You'll cultivate your individual voice and writing style through revision and editing, and share your writing and thinking with your fellow students in a supportive and evaluative environment. We encourage and support our students to seek publication and to develop a writing portfolio for prospective employers.

The study of Media at Cardiff Met forms part of the BA Humanities and Education Joint Honours programme within the Cardiff School of Education and Social Policy.

The subject combines theoretical analysis of media, such as film, TV and digital media with practical skills in digital media, media writing and journalism, with particular focus given to 'specialist journalism', such as film, music, fashion and sports journalism.

Taught by academic staff who are current practitioners and researchers, this distinctive degree subject also has a strong employability focus allowing students to combine theoretical perspectives with practical vocational skills. Students will graduate with strong communication and analytical skills that are highly valued in today’s employment market. These skills are reinforced by work placements.

Graduate Program Director

Our PhD programmes are delivered over three years full time or six years part time. We offer supervision in following areas: fiction, poetry, creative non-fiction, writing process and theory.

Interdisciplinary PhDs in English Literature and Creative Writing are also offered. The following fields of expertise are available for PhD supervision in English Literature: Romanticism, Victorian Literature, Modernism, Contemporary Fiction, Poetry and Creative Non-fiction and Feminist Literature.

Students are allocated a Director of Studies in their field and tuition is delivered through individual tutorials. There is a growing research culture at Cardiff Metropolitan University and resident students have access to office facilities at the Cardiff School of Education Research House. PhD students will also be invited to attend and deliver papers at our weekly research seminars. Students will have access to on-going skills training and support.

Graduate Program Director

Our PhD programmes are delivered over three years full time or five years part time. We offer supervision in following areas: Romanticism, Victorian Literature, Modernism, Contemporary Fiction, Poetry and Creative Non-fiction and Feminist Literature.

Interdisciplinary PhDs in English Literature and Creative Writing are also offered. The following fields of expertise are available for PhD supervision in Creative Writing: fiction, poetry, creative non-fiction, writing process and theory.

Students are allocated a Director of Studies in their field and tuition is delivered through individual tutorials. There is a growing research culture at Cardiff Metropolitan University and resident students have access to office facilities at the Cardiff School of Education Research House. PhD students will also be invited to attend and deliver papers at our weekly research seminars. Students will have access to on-going skills training and support.

Graduate Program Director

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.

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;

On this module students will respond to the challenges associated with creating new and innovative work within an established literary field – the short story:create new narrative fiction, exploring, creatively, media, form, language and presentation; develop productive practices for self-reflection, giving and receiving feedback; deploy literary analytical skills, research skills and advanced scholarship; apply self-direction and autonomy in planning and implementing their own creative outputs; use research and team skills, including collaborative team and group work; exercise initiative and personal responsibility.

Creative Writing Workshop 2: Developing poetics, growing the text

This module aims to:

provide students with a detailed grasp of the approaches and techniques associated with longer, sustained forms of writing such as the short story sequence/collection, the poetry sequence/pamphlet, the short (screen)/play, digital fiction sequence; provide students with opportunities to analyse and critically examine texts and concepts, including each other's; provide students with opportunities to develop their own writing skills through task driven workshops, exercises and assessment; provide students with opportunities to explore and develop the theory and approaches explored in the research methods module of the MA

Through this module, students will:

Demonstrate a developed and systematic understanding of the longer writing forms and their theoretical development; demonstrate a comprehensive understanding of techniques and methodologies in creative writing practice; address their own writing abilities and (self) reflect on their writing and that of others; synthesise with critical awareness information in a manner that may be innovative; critically evaluate research and advanced scholarship; demonstrate self-direction and autonomy in planning and implementing their own creative outputs; exercise initiative and personal responsibility

"Juvenile Trash": Rethinking Genre Fiction

In this module you will evaluate the aesthetics and politics of genre fiction. You will critically analyse, and/or write within, a selection of genres, including fantasy, science fiction, speculative fiction, crime fiction, historical fiction, romance, and children's literature. You will engage with recent scholarship on these genres also.

Space, Environment and Modernity

In this module you will

· examine how literature reflects and shapes the way we see the landscape and the environment; Consider literature's responsibility for the production of concepts of the countryside and the city from the early nineteenth century to the contemporary

· engage with pre- and post-1900 literary works that cover a broad historical range of spaces and landscapes;

· examine the interrelation of aesthetic, cultural and social practices in representations of the landscape and the environment;

· analyse intellectual, cultural, historical and sociological pressures underlying the various responses to the landscape and the environment.

Dissertation

· The Dissertation module provides students with the opportunity to undertake a sustained, rigorous and independent investigation of a specialised topic in their chosen discipline area within the contexts of creative writing.

Graduate Program Director

MA English Literature and 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.

Find course content information here: https://www.cardiffmet.ac.uk/education/courses/Pages/English-and-Creative-Writing---MA.aspx

Graduate Program Director

The MA English Literature is a rewarding taught degree offering an exhilarating analysis of English Literature using texts from the 'long nineteenth century' to the present day.

The degree focuses on historic and contemporary textual representations of place, theorising cultural representations and practices of genre, space, history, textuality, gender and sexuality and the effect of these on constructions of identity.

The MA is taught by published researchers and writers. The course is aimed to support you while you develop and hone your critical writing and research skills, particularly in relation to literature that addresses genre, gender and sexuality, history, place and space. You can take our MA for professional development purposes, in order to enhance your career and to increase your employability in the arts and heritage sectors. The MA will also help you specialise in the areas of contemporary and historical literature in relation 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.

More information on the programme content can be found here:

https://www.cardiffmet.ac.uk/education/courses/Pages/English---MA.aspx