(Award available for year: Bachelor of Arts)
On successful completion of Level 3, students should be able to:
1. Demonstrate critical knowledge and writing skills in one specialist genre;
2. Demonstrate an awareness of different audiences and modes of dissemination for creative work, both professional and informal;
3. Demonstrate an independent and self-directed understanding of the relationship between their reading and their critical reflection on that reading, and their writing and their critical reflection on that writing;
4. Contribute to the group processes involved in the creation of original work in creative writing;
5. Demonstrate a critical and sophisticated knowledge of the literary, cultural and socio-historical contexts in which literature is written;
6. Produce a structured and coherent argument demonstrating sophisticated knowledge of critical terminology.
Skills Learning Outcomes
On successful completion of Level 3, students should be able to:
1. Work independently and on their own initiative to devise a project and prioritise tasks to meet deadlines;
2. Demonstrate an advanced ability to conduct independent research, using supporting evidence to challenge or nuance their own ideas when generating imaginative and original concepts;
3. Demonstrate advanced critical thinking skills through constructing a structured and coherent portfolio and referencing a wide range of appropriately selected evidence.
Competence Standards
1. Effectively communicate a foundational understanding of the diversity and breadth of contemporary creative writing.
2. Apply relevant theories and concepts to literary analysis and approaches to creative writing, demonstrating an understanding of their significance and limitations;
3. Develop independent arguments and theories with reference to primary materials, with appropriate support as necessary.
If the chosen pathway includes an industrial placement
4. Demonstrate ability to direct, monitor and evaluate their work, by seeking/accepting feedback, within a workplace context, using appropriate support as necessary.
5. Demonstrate an awareness of own strengths and development needs and the need for ongoing learning and proactive continuing professional development. If the chosen pathway includes an international placement -
6. Collaborate effectively with other people in a new environment and successfully completes a period of work or study in another country.
7. Demonstrate self-awareness relating to personal and academic/professional development through successfully completing a period of work or study in another country.
The Subject Specific and Skills Learning outcomes can be met through the Creative Writing Project, an extended 40-credit core module spanning two semesters and requiring sustained skills of research, project management, critical thinking and advanced writing. Assessments on the specialist research modules vary according to the options chosen, but support the Creative Writing Project core through developing skills of independent research, critical thinking and sustained analysis. In the other 20-credit core module titled Page, Publication and Audience, achievement is assessed by a reflective portfolio demonstrating the ability to conduct independent, in-depth enquiry within the discipline of creative writing.
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