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BA (Hons) Creative Writing and Film Studies

University of Hull, United Kingdom
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Course Overview

Combine your passion for writing and film at a university with a strong heritage in both. This exciting course invites you to be part of the University’s thriving literary and creative scene.

You’ll develop confidence in your writing through core skills and techniques, experimenting with forms including scriptwriting, non-fiction, short stories, novel, and poetry, as well as genres from fantasy and science fiction to myth and fairy tale. You’ll learn how to approach film and television as art, history, culture, entertainment, and commerce.

Our staffs are creative practitioners and experts in their field, fans of the creative arts as much as they are enthusiastic tutors and academics.

At Hull, you'll benefit from a range of opportunities outside of your studies. In creative writing, you can get involved with our active, student-led English Society and Write HU, as well as participate in termly Writing Showcases celebrating our students' work.

And in the film - there are opportunities to experience placement. This could be through our involvement with Screen Yorkshire's Connected Campus: a scheme that can help prepare you for life in the film and TV industry through masterclasses, workshops, and visiting speakers.

Creativity lives and breathes at the University of Hull. Always has done, always will. It’s central to what universities do. But at Hull, we’re building something that goes far beyond our four walls. 

General Eligibility

Points can be from any qualifications on the UCAS tariff but must include at least 80 points from

  • A levels

  • BTEC Subsidiary Diploma, Diploma, or Extended Diploma

  • OCR Cambridge Technical Introductory Diploma, Diploma, or Extended Diploma

  • CACHE Diploma or Extended Diploma

  • Irish Leaving Certificate

  • Scottish Highers

  • Welsh Baccalaureate Advanced Diploma

  • or a combination of appropriate Level 3 qualifications

Alternative qualifications

  • IB Diploma: 28 points

  • Pass Access to HE Diploma overall with a minimum of 112 UCAS tariff points.

Part Time Work Details

20 hours of work permit weekly for international students.

What You'll Study

1 Year 1

COMPULSORY

  • The Writer's Toolkit

  • Introduction to Filmmaking

  • Film From

  • Facts into Art

  • Poetry, Performance, Play

  • Film Analysis and Criticism

2 Year 2

COMPULSORY

  • Crime and Transgression

  • The Storyteller's Art

OPTIONAL

  • Scriptwriting

  • Moving Image Techniques

  • American Alternative Cinema

  • Screening Genders

  • The Short Story

  • Writing Poetry Now

  • Representing Reality, Disclosing Truth, and Capturing the Everyday

  • American Animation History

  • Television and Factual Production

3 Year 3

COMPULSORY

  • Creative Writing Portfolio: Preparation

  • Creative Writing Portfolio

OPTIONAL

  • Writing the Novel

  • East Asian Cinema

  • Screen Production Project 1

  • Sci-Fi, Fantasy and Horror: Writing the Wondrous and the Weird

  • Writing the City

  • Global Nightmares: Contemporary Horror Cinema From Around the World

  • Screen Production Project 2

  • Disney Studies

  • Dissertation

Language Requirement

  • IELTS5.5
  • TOEFL59
  • PTE50
  • Duolingo69

IELTS 6.0 overall, with no less than 5.5 in each skill.

Ready to get started?

For any enquiries or further details, please don't hesitate to contact us. Let's take the next step in your academic journey together.

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