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BA (Hons) Screenwriting

University of Portsmouth, United Kingdom
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Course Overview

Blend your love of film with your passion for writing on our BA (Hons) Screenwriting degree course.

You'll write scripts, see your work produced on screen, study screenplays and hone your writing skills with industry-experienced lecturers and mentors. You'll explore theories and genres of film and writing through history, study how they might evolve in the future, and experience the craft of filmmaking both as critic and creator.

Through close integration with our film production degrees, you'll discover how screenwriting interconnects to other specialisms within filmmaking, preparing you to write short stories, create scripts and produce screenplays with industry-wide insight.

You'll have the chance to learn practical production skills (such as camera work and editing) that'll enrich your ability to tell stories through film and enable you to produce your own screenplays from start to finish. Collaborating with drama and performance students, you’ll see your scripts brought to life on screen.

Once you graduate, you'll have skills that will set you on the path for a career in the creative sector, particularly the film industry as a screenwriter, script editor, researcher, producer or showrunner. Other career paths include journalism, marketing, public relations and teaching.

General Eligibility

  • A levels – ABB–BBC

  • UCAS points – 112-128 points to include a minimum of 2 A levels, or equivalent

  • T levels – Merit

  • BTECs (Extended Diplomas) – DDM–DMM

  • International Baccalaureate – 25-26

Part Time Work Details

20 Hours of Work permit weekly for international students.

What You'll Study

1 Placement year

On this course, you can do an optional work placement year between your 2nd and 3rd years to get valuable experience working in the industry. We'll help you secure a work placement that fits your situation and ambitions. 

You'll choose from the modules below to complete your work placement.

  • Film, Media and Communication Study Abroad - Full Year

  • CCI Work Placement - Full Year

  • CCI Self-Employed Placement - Full Year

  • CCI Placement Plus - Full Year

  • Film, Media and Communication Study Abroad - Half Year (First Semester)

  • Film, Media and Communication Study Abroad - Half Year (Second Semester)

2 Year 1

Core modules

All modules below are worth 20 credits each.

  • Telling Tales

  • Tips, Tricks, Techniques

  • Writing for The Film and TV Industries

  • Film Craft

  • Professional Development for Screenwriters

  • Screen Debates

  • Future Production

3 Year 2

Core modules

All modules below are worth 20 credits each.

  • British Cinema

  • World and Transnational Cinema

Optional modules

All modules below are worth 20 credits each except Film, Media and Communication Study Exchange, worth 60 credits.

  • Fiction Film-Making

  • Screenwriting

  • Finding Form - Fiction

  • Creative Writing for Film

  • Institute-Wide Learning Programme (IWLP)

  • Student Enterprise

  • Creative Writing and Critical Thinking

  • Professional Experience

  • Engaged Citizenship Through Interdisciplinary Practice

  • Factual Media Production

  • Film and Ethics

  • Film, Media and Communication Study Exchange

4 Year 3

Core modules

For your dissertation, you'll choose one of the following modules. Each are worth 40 credits.

  • Dissertation (Creative Writing)

  • Dissertation (Film and Media)

You'll also have these core modules, worth 20 credits each:

  • Professional Industry Skills

  • Self Promotion

Optional modules

All modules below are worth 20 credits each.

  • Gender, Sexuality and Cinema

  • Advanced Screenwriting

  • Media Fan Cultures

  • Writing Project (with Publishing)

Language Requirement

The IELTS score for international applicants is 6.0 (with no less than 5.5 in each component).

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