2021/22 Taught Postgraduate Programme Catalogue

MA Writing for Performance and Digital Media (Part-Time)

Total credits: 180

Entry requirements:

A bachelor degree with a 2:1 (hons). Applications from a wide range of subject areas are considered, including: Business, Fine Art, Theatre, Politics, Sociology, Heritage Studies, media, journalism. Any social sciences or humanities degree subject is suitable for entry providing there is evidence of a passion for, and commitment to the course. Relevant work experience might be in areas that include: advertising or marketing; architecture, crafts, design (product, graphic, fashion); film, TV, video, radio, photography; IT, software and computer services; publishing; museums, galleries, libraries; music, performing and visual arts. Applicants without a degree may also be considered, if they can demonstrate significant relevant industry experience.

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 an 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]

Year 1 Students must study 90 credits in Year 1 comprised from a mix of compulsory and optional modules. You must study 180 credits in total across both years of study.

Compulsory modules:

Students will study the following compulsory modules

Optional modules:

Year 1 students must take 30 credits from the following optional modules

Candidates will be required to study 30 credits from the following optional modules:

Year2 - View timetable

[Learning Outcomes, Transferable (Key) Skills, Assessment]

Year 2 Students must study 90 credits in Year 2 comprised of compulsory modules. You must study 180 credits in total across both years of study.

Compulsory modules:

Students will study the following compulsory module:

Optional modules:

Year 2 students must take 30 credits from the following optional modules

Candidates will be required to study 30 credits from the following optional modules:

Last updated: 07/07/2021 12:51:59

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