Creative Writing

UCAS code: W800

Here's what University of Brighton says about its Creative Writing course.

Unlock your creativity with our dynamic Creative Writing degree where you will experiment with styles, inspired by our diverse city, and develop your craft through an inclusive and encouraging approach.

Engage in critical reading and innovative writing across various genres, applying your skills to real-world scenarios like publishing.

Guided by supportive tutors, you will explore key texts and connect your work to political, social, and cultural theories. You will experience learning in museums, galleries, theatres, archives, and beyond.

At the end of year 1 you can choose a specialist subject that complements your degree or to carry on with the broader Creative Writing degree.

• Creative Writing with Wellbeing BA(Hons)

• Creative Writing with Comics and Graphic Novels BA(Hons)

TOP REASONS TO CHOOSE THIS COURSE

• Staff are active writers – you will learn from published novelists, poets and screenwriters.

• Strong local publishing connections – we organise a programme of visiting writers and publishing professionals. Take a look at some of our prizes and partnerships.

• Scrivener talks give you the chance to speak to a professional writer about their work.

• Our focus on employability, including a placement, ensures you will graduate as an emerging writer with a strong skill set.

• Extracurricular activities such as the Performance and Community Research and Enterprise Group?and the student-led Creative Writing Society.

• Alumni making a difference – graduates from our programmes include Paris Lees, Merci Roberts, Munroe Bergdorf and Tanaka Mhisi.

• Excellent student support and a warm and encouraging community.

Year 1 Narratives of (Un)belonging The World, the Text and the Critic Writers on Writing Storying The Self Staging Politics Brighton Writes

Year 2 Comics, Cultures and Societies Genres Childhood, Psychology and Society Stories that Transform: Reading and Writing for Change Psychology Mental Health and Distress Professional Practice and Placement Research and Practice

Options * Introduction to Journalism Twentieth Century Literary Experiments Literature and Art History Queer Writing Power and Persuasion Image and Text: The Language of Comics and Graphic Novels Community Engagement Writing for Stage, Radio and Screen Twentieth Century Literary Experiments Poetry and Process Early Modern Literature

Optional Placement Year

Final year Creative Dissertation Brighton Rocks: Final Year Show Comics and Graphic Novels Dissertation

Options * Applied Comics: Comics in the Social World Community Placement: Theory in Practice Women’s Writing and Feminist Theory Gothic Texts and Contexts Victorian Sexualities Literature and the World Wars Citizen Journalism: Theory and Practice Mood and Anxiety Disorders in Children Counselling Skills and the Therapeutic Relationship Creative Writing Futures Community Wellbeing and Social Justice Sexualities Cyberpsychology Ecopsychology and Ecotherapy Critical Addiction Studies Environment, Landscape and Nature Writing

*Option modules are indicative and may change, depending on timetabling and staff availability.