Year one
The course is carefully designed to enable you to explore and experiment with your writing and understand the foundations of writing craft In the Writer’s Workshop modules you’ll be introduced to an array of different writing forms and genres and you’ll be experimenting with them each week You’ll have your first experience of the BSU writing workshop where you’ll learn how to work with other writers giving and receiving feedback You’ll have additional modules in poetry fiction and script writing alongside a module where you’ll learn about the publishing industry and editing You’ll also attend lectures from visiting writers and members of staff who will talk to you about their writing lives and experiences in the industry

Year two
In the second of the course you have access to a range of modules that will enable you to specialise in a particular form or genre of writing You’ll take a mixture of core and optional modules from a list that includes for example genre fiction life writing short stories form and listening in poetry and writing for screen You will also take the project module Professional Portfolio This is an opportunity for you to develop your own creative project designed to help you develop the skills you need as a professional writer You will be assigned a member of staff to be your project supervisor They will help guide and advise you as you develop your idea If a collaborative project suits you you can take a Publishing module where you work with a small team of fellow students to create your own independent magazine

Year three
The final of the programme is designed to consolidate your writing practice and support your progression into a writing-related career You will take a dissertation-equivalent module in at least one of fiction poetry nonfiction scriptwriting or writing for young people These modules run through the Alongside that you have a choice of career-focused modules which include Live Literature and Professional Practice which offer you the opportunity to develop your own industry-facing creative projects We also offer an extended project module Creative Enterprise over two semesters This module helps you focus on developing a creative project into a commercial opportunity