Creative Writing BA (Hons)

Find your voice and discover your own creative writing path through studying with us at DMU. By embedding stimulating themes throughout our distinctive course structure we give you the opportunity to develop skills across fiction, poetry, memoir, the graphic novel, screenwriting, non-fiction, audio and performance writing, concrete poetry and new media.<br/><br/>You’ll examine the relationship between word, image, and sound and, by the end of your course, you won’t just be writing – you’ll also be producing your own professional-standard publications. As a final confidence boost, we include final-year voice coaching to help you leave DMU as a self-assured public performer.<br/><br/>You can select a route through this degree in Drama, Education, English Language, English Literature, Film, History, Journalism or Media.<br/><br/>**Key features**<br/>* We’ll help you to experiment and push beyond your comfort zone to produce podcasts, audio-visual pieces and multimedia digital work.<br/><br/><br/>* Creative Writing at DMU is ranked number one in the UK for graduate prospects (Complete University Guide, 2023).<br/><br/><br/>* Select a route through this degree in Drama, Education, English Language, English Literature, Film, History, Journalism or Media. These carefully chosen routes will complement and enrich your understanding of your main subject, alongside broadening your skillset to give you a wider range of career paths available upon graduation.<br/><br/><br/>* Industry-focused skills are embedded throughout the curriculum and you will graduate as a confident writer with the tools to professionally promote, present and publish your work.<br/><br/><br/>* We’ll encourage you to join regional writing networks, participate in spoken word events, and perform and publish your work through book fairs and festivals, including DMUs annual States of Independence book festival.<br/><br/><br/>* You’ll learn from successful published writers and become part of a creative and passionate community of writers.<br/><br/><br/>* Work beyond classroom boundaries in a variety of stimulating settings to promote creativity, including urban walk workshops, museum trips and ghost story workshops in a deconsecrated chapel.<br/><br/><br/>**If you are interested in advanced entry into Year 3 of this course, please visit the DMU website for the course details:** https://www.dmu.ac.uk/study/pre-edu-2030/creative-writing-ba-degree/creative-writing-ba-degree.aspx