Bachelor of Arts (Hons) in Creative and Professional Writing (Optional Placement Year)

Bangor University

UK,Wales

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36 Months

Duration

CAD 17,000/year

Tuition Fee

CAD 0 FREE

Application Fee

Sep 2025

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UK, Wales

Type: University

Location Type: Urban

Founded: 1884

Total Students: 10,000 +

Campus Detail

Main Campus Address

Bangor LL57 2DG, United Kingdom

Bachelor of Arts (Hons) in Creative and Professional Writing (Optional Placement Year)

Program Overview

This degree course will enable you to develop a personal creative practice as a writer, offering imaginative approaches to many areas of writing and critical insights into literary. Alongside established forms of creative writing, such as the short story, the novel and poetry, other modules include journalism, screenwriting and publishing that connect your writing skills with a range of vocational possibilities. Taught by research experts and published writers, this course will equip you with a solid grounding in the critical and practical skills you need to build a writing career.

During your time with us, you will become adept at conducting research. In modules that touch on such topics as the history of film and documentary, literary theory, and news media, you will also develop skills related to editing, blogging, and publishing. As such, you will hone the skills needed within the creative industries, building your expertise and experience so that you can make a living as a professional writer.

Placement
This course is available with a Placement Year option where you will study for 1 additional year. The Placement Year is undertaken at the end of the second year and students are away for the whole of the academic year.

The Placement Year provides you with a fantastic opportunity to broaden your horizons and develop valuable skills and contacts through working with a self-sourced organisation relevant to your degree subject. The minimum period in placement (at one or more locations) is seven calendar months; more usually you would spend 10-12 months with a placement provider. You would normally start sometime in the period June to September of your second year and finish between June and September the following year. Placements can be UK-based or overseas and you will work with staff to plan and finalise the placement arrangements.

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