Undergraduate Diploma in Creative Writing

[For students starting from MT 2017 and before MT 2020: 

1. Course 

• (a) The course shall consist of lectures, tutorials, seminars and classes on the subject of Creative Writing. The course, which is available on a part-time basis only, may be taken over a period of a minimum of two, and no more than five years.

• (b) The course will cover the study and practice of the craft of writing. A range of literary genres and sub-genres will be considered, and directed approaches to the analytical reading of work by other writers will be undertaken. ]

[For students starting from MT 2020: 

1. The course will cover the study and practice of the craft of writing.

• (a) There shall be two pathways through the course. The blended pathway shall consist of online units, lectures, seminar/workshops and tutorials, and a two-week summer residence consisting of lectures or readings, workshop/seminars and tutorials on the subject of Creative Writing. The face-to-face pathway shall consist of lectures/readings, seminar/workshops and tutorials on the subject of Creative Writing. The course is available on a part-time basis only, over a period of two years.

• (b) A range of literary genres and sub-genres will be considered, and directed approaches to the analytical reading of work by other writers will be undertaken. ]

2. Every candidate will be required to satisfy the examiners in the following:

• (a) Attendance at the theoretical courses; students must attend a minimum of 75 per cent of the class based sessions;

• (b) Attendance at twelve forty-five minute individual tutorials, six day schools and one one-week summer school;

• (c) Nine written assignments, each of no more than 2,000 words in length of prose, or 15 pages of drama , or 100 lines of poetry;

• (db) Two end-of-year portfolios of written work, each of not more than 6,000 words of prose, or 30 pages of drama or 300 lines of poetry.