MLitt Creative Writing

Course Overview

This course is designed across three semesters, with each class intended to develop not just the skills aspiring writers need but the right skills at the right stage in their development. The structure of the MLitt gives writers the freedom to pursue their chosen forms and genres in terms of their creative work while providing guidance and support in an academic context too. The staff team aims for a collegiate, supportive atmosphere – we aren’t just a writing course but a writing community.

Strathclyde staff can offer specialist tuition in a wide range of genres, including:

• contemporary fiction & non-fiction

• historical fiction & fiction for young adults

• screenwriting

• poetry

General Eligibility

Academic requirements

An upper second-class Honours degree, or overseas equivalent, in any subject, plus a creative writing portfolio.

The submission of a satisfactory entry portfolio of creative writing. This should consist of one of the following:

• 2,000 words of prose (fiction or creative non-fiction)

• up to 10 poems (no more than 40 lines in length)

• the page equivalent of a short, fifteen-minute play

• An outline of creative work you might develop in the course of the degree, possibly in the context of the dissertation (no more than two A4 pages)

Part Time Work Details

20 hours of work permit weekly for international students.

Language Requirement

• IELTS 6.5 overall (no individual band less than 5.5)