2019/20 Taught Postgraduate Programme Catalogue
MA Writing for Performance and Publication
Programme code: | MA-PECI/WPF | UCAS code: | |
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Duration: | 12 Months | Method of Attendance: | Full Time |
Programme manager: | Garry Lyons | Contact address: | g.f.lyons@leeds.ac.uk |
Total credits: 180
Entry requirements:
- Normally a good honours degree in a relevant discipline (Performance Studies, English, Media etc) and a portfolio of 2-,3000 words of current creative writing (script or prose an advantage).
- Applications are also welcome from candidates with relevant professional experience (ie cultural industries, education, journalism, advertising and public relations, the arts) and equivalent qualifications.
School/Unit responsible for the parenting of students and programme:
Performance and Cultural Industries
Examination board through which the programme will be considered:
Performance and Cultural Industries Panel of Examiners for PGT Awards
Programme specification:
At the end of the programme, students should be able to:
- understand and evaluate the major genres of imaginative writing, and identify their relationship to performance and other forms of cultural production
- conceive, research, plan and execute extended pieces of imaginative and performance writing in a variety of length and forms
- better appreciate the role of the writer and the text in collaborative performance or production contexts, and, more widely, within the cultural industries and society at large.
- begin to understand through practice-based experience how the writer negotiates his/her position within a collaborative project
- use a wide range of creative research methods to structure their preparation, planning and compositional practices, using a critical toolkit to analyse their own and other peoples work.
Year1 - View timetable
[Learning Outcomes, Transferable (Key) Skills, Assessment]
Students must study 180 credits comprised from a mix of compulsory and optional modules adding up to 180 credits.
Compulsory modules:
Students will study the following compulsory modules
PECI5102M | Research Project | 60 credits | 1 Jan to 31 Aug | |
PECI5402M | Story Workshop | 30 credits | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
PECI5403M | Writing for Theatre and Radio | 30 credits | Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun) | |
PECI5405M | Research Perspectives (Writing for Performance and Publication) | 30 credits | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) |
Optional modules:
Candidates will be required to take 30 credits of optional modules:
PECI5104M | Individual Project | 30 credits | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
PECI5106M | Performance and Collaborative Enterprise | 30 credits | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
PECI5404M | Writing for Film and Television | 30 credits | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) |
Last updated: 06/09/2019
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