BA Creative Studies (WPQ0)

What is the course about?

This degree allows you to pursue an interest in a variety of related subject areas: Creative Writing, Film Studies, Theatre Studies, Journalism and/or English. It aims to develop your creative abilities through practice and consideration of that practice, while also honing your critical understanding in the subject areas of your choice. This combination, a meeting of creative and critical practice, allows you to pursue interconnected themes and ideas within different creative and/or critical fields, or to follow through specific genre or creative practice interests, or to contrast and compare those areas across your degree programme.

Why choose Bangor?

An opportunity to combine creative subjects across a range of areas, and to study at an established university with an enviable reputation.
Award-winning creative practice staff, as well as recognised scholars in a variety of critical areas (eg. literature, film, drama)
The University has a dedicated Centre for Creative & Performing Arts and Centre for Advanced Development in the Creative Industries building situated overlooking the beautiful Menai Strait and housing its own digital cinema, performance space, teaching rooms and meeting area. It is also the home of the number of national and international research, development and outreach programmes in the creative arts and creative industries. The University has a fully equipped Media Centre, with editing suites, production studios and media equipment available to students.
Bangor has been the location of a number of festivals, is a regular site for visiting writers, film-makers and dramatists, and encourages students to engage widely with such areas as new media, journalism and cross-arts activity.
We are committed to teaching in small groups and the majority of our modules are delivered through weekly workshops or seminars.

What will I study ?

In the BA Creative Studies degree you can combine modules from any of the following programmes:

A-level English is not a pre-requisite for this degree programme. You can take a minimum of English (60 credits); or, instead, create a degree programme that is almost half English Literature and half your choice of Creative Studies subjects.

Applicants are considered on their individual merits, by reference to their areas of experience, and on the basis of evidence of their desire to progress in their chosen creative and/or critical fields.

Examples of modules you might choose to take include:

Year 1

Introduction to Creative Writing: The Arts of Fact and Fiction
Basic Practical Journalism
Introduction to Creative Writing: Poetic Forms and Dramatic Techniques
Reading the Renaissance
Introduction to Film History
Introduction to American Literature
Introduction to Film Studies: the Language of Film
Introduction to Medieval Literature
Writing, Sub-editing and Scripting
Introduction to Theatre Studies

. . . and more

Year 2

Writing for Film and the Media
Photojournalism and Visual Design
Theatre in Society
Creative Writing: the Novel
Shakespeare
Journalistic Theory and Techniques
British Cinema
Victorian Literature
Women's Fiction of the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries
Film Theory/Film Culture
Romanticism
Creative Writing and Film Production
. . . and more

Year 3

Students will be able to undertake a creative or critical project/dissertation in their chosen Creative Studies subject area, plus modules across a wide range of subjects.

How will I learn?

The BA Creative Studies involves a wide range of learning and teaching methods, from workshops and practical exercises, to seminars, discussions and lectures.

Some modules are assessed entirely on course work (ie: stories, poems, films, journalistic assignments, dramatic pieces etc). Others are assessed by essay, or even by examination. The combination of assessment methods is designed to enhance the learning process, allowing students to develop a range of responses to their subjects.

Entry requirements

220-260 points
BTEC National Diploma with overall merit
Irish Leaving Certificate with a minimum of 380 points

The nature of the Creative Studies programme means we will consider mature students with non-standard qualifications, as well as Access students.

Want to know more?

Please contact:

Professor Ian Gregson
Department of English
Bangor University Bangor, Gwynedd LL57 2DG, UK

phone/fax: +44 (0)1248 382112
email: els018@bangor.ac.uk