Overview
NFQ Level 9, Minor Award
Exit Award only
Students passing modules to the value of at least 30 credits in Part I of the MA (Creative Writing) (English) programme and achieving an aggregate pass mark of 40% overall in Part I (50 credits) may opt to exit the programme and be awarded a Postgraduate Certificate in Creative Writing.
Programme Requirements
For information about modules, module choice, options and credit weightings, please go to Programme Requirements.
Programme Requirements
Module List
| Code |
Title |
Credits |
| |
| EN6036 | The Business of Writing | 10 |
| 40 |
| Poetry 1 | |
| Fiction Workshop: Serving The Idea | |
| Writing the Self: Fiction and non-Fiction | |
| Creative Writing Workshop [Writer-in-residence] | |
| Reading The Novel Creatively | |
| Writing for Other Media | |
| Poetry 2: Mythology and Contemporary Poetry | |
| Poetry Workshop | |
Examinations
Full details and regulations governing Examinations for each programme will be contained in the Marks and Standards Book and for each module in the Book of Modules.
Programme Learning Outcomes
Programme Learning Outcomes for Postgraduate Certificate in Creative Writing (English) (NFQ Level 9, Minor Award)
On successful completion of this programme, students should be able to:
- Produce well-crafted writing in one of the forms of creative writing;
- Experiment with, engage with, and reflect on a diversity of writing practices;
- Express an awareness of the role of technique and craft in their own work, that of their peers, and that of other writers;
- Understand the importance of editing and revision in the process of writing;
- Express an awareness of the creative process in their own work, that of their peers, and that of other writers;
- Develop appropriate research methods and record processes of self-reflection;
- Reflect upon and discuss the conceptual challenges of the creative process;
- Understand the practical constraints and professional opportunities of life as a writer.
