Study location	United Kingdom, Southampton (Avenue campus)
Type	Master courses, full-time
Nominal duration	1 year
Study language	English
Awards	MA
Course code	W800

Entry qualification	Undergraduate diploma (or higher) First- or upper second-class honours degree or equivalent in English literature or a cognate discipline

Language requirements	English Accepted proof of proficiency: Cambridge English, IELTS, TOEFL or other equivalent IELTS: 7.0 (with minimum of 7.0 in writing, 6.5 in reading, listening and speaking) CAE: level B

Other requirements	At least 2 reference(s) must be provided. – CV – A sample of written work

More information	southampton.ac.uk/..writing.page?#overview

Overview

Interested? To learn more about this study programme, entry requirements and application process, please contact one of our consultants in a country nearest to you.

Programme structure

This programme is divided into 180 credits. 105 credits are obtained from taught modules with the remaining 75 credits relating to the dissertation.

Career opportunities

The programme is designed to equip you with a range of practical and intellectual skills to enable you to be a better creative writer. Our programme is suitable for students who wish to develop their skills as a creative writer either for their own satisfaction or in order to pursue a career that involves writing, and also for those who wish to progress to doctorate-level creative writing. It is based around a core workshop and places special emphasis on learning from international writing and the new literatures in English, and on new developments in writing in the areas of performance and poetics.