BA Creative Writing and Screenwriting
About this course
BA (Hons) Creative Writing and Screenwriting is a creative writing degree centred on the practice and analysis of writing across fiction, poetry, and screenplays. Core topics include Research Methods and Critical & Analytical Thinking. The course runs over three years full time. The first year introduces the foundations through modules such as Introduction to Writing Poetry, Introduction to Writing Short Fiction, From Manga to Witch-Maidens: Storytelling in Visual Culture, Foundations of Screenwriting, Writing The Short Film, and Story Structure. The second year expands into broader forms with modules including Creative Non-Fiction: Writing Lives, Creative Writing: Poetry, Form and Freedom, Writing for Games, Writing for the Screen, and Writing the TV Script. The final year involves advanced study and independent work through modules such as British Culture Wars, Contemporary Short Fiction: Writing the Here and Now, The Cultural History of Death, Writing Flash Fiction, Writing, Environment and Ecocriticism, and culminates in the Final Major Project: Screenwriting.
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Entry requirements
UCAS tariff: 104 tariff points from A levels or combination with Extended Project / BTEC / Cambridge Technical. A level: BCC BTEC/Cambridge Technical: DMM IB: 28 points
Modules
- Introduction to Writing Poetry
- Introduction to Writing Short Fiction
- From Manga to Witch-Maidens: Storytelling in Visual Culture
- Foundations of Screenwriting
- Writing The Short Film
- Story Structure
- Creative Non-Fiction: Writing Lives
- Creative Writing Non-Fiction: Writing Place
- Creative Writing: Poetry, Form and Freedom
- Fairy Tales: Early Modern to Postmodern
- Fiction for Children
- From 'Angry Young Men' to Cool Britannia?: A Historical Analysis of British Cultural Activity After 1945
- Poetry: 1300 to the Present
- Work Placement
- Writing for Games
- Writing for the Screen
- Writing the TV Bible
- Writing the TV Script
- British Culture Wars
- Contemporary Short Fiction: Writing the Here and Now
- Final Major Project: Screenwriting
- The Cultural History of Death
- Writing Flash Fiction
- Writing, Environment and Ecocriticism
Questions about this course
What grades do I need for BA Creative Writing and Screenwriting at University of Chichester?
The typical offer is BCC at A level, or 28 points in the IB.