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Definitive Programme Document: Creative Writing (Bachelor’s with Honours)

Awarding institution Bath Spa University

Teaching institution Bath Spa University School College of Liberal Arts Department Creative Writing Main campus Newton Park Other sites of delivery N/A Other Schools involved in delivery N/A

Name of award(s) Creative Writing Qualification (final award) BA (Hons) Intermediate awards available CertHE, DipHE Routes available Single/Joint/Major/Minor Sandwich year Optional Duration of award 3 years full-time, 4 years with sandwich Modes of delivery offered Campus-based Regulatory Scheme^1 Undergraduate Academic Framework Exemptions from regulations/framework^2 Yes

Professional, Statutory and Regulatory Body accreditation

N/A

Date of most recent PSRB approval (month and year)

N/A

Renewal of PSRB approval due (month and year)

N/A

UCAS code W Route code (SITS) CWSIN Relevant QAA Subject Benchmark Statements (including date of publication)

Creative Writing Benchmark 2016

Date of most recent approval March 2018 Date specification last updated March 2018

Exemptions The following exemptions are in place:

Programme/Pathway Regulations/Framework Brief description of variance

Approving body and date BA (Hons) Creative Writing

Undergraduate Academic Framework

Exemption requested to depart from Framework, Paragraph 1.

Academic Quality Standards Committee, 15- Feb-

(^1) This should also be read in conjunction with the University’s Qualifications Framework (^2) See section on ‘Exemptions’

6. Emphasise the transferability of the skills acquired in the course to a variety of different creative and professional roles in the workplace
7. Encourage interdisciplinary collaboration through a culture of networking and a demonstration of the transferability of creative skills
8. Build awareness of - and participation in - local, national and global networks relevant to the discipline of Creative Writing

Programme Intended Learning Outcomes (ILOs)

A Subject-Specific Skills and Knowledge

Programme Intended Learning Outcomes (ILOs)

On Achieving Level 6

On Achieving Level 5 On Achieving Level 4

A1 A systematic and sustained critical awareness of the ways in which the aesthetic / stylistic framework of their own writing appeals to different audiences and markets

A critical and methodological awareness of the way in which the aesthetic / stylistic framework of their writing appeals to different audiences and markets

Knowledge of the ways in which the aesthetic / framework of their writing appeals to different audiences and markets

A2 Sustained reflection on their own process and product

The ability to apply underlying concepts and principles in order to reflect on their personal process and product

Knowledge of the underlying concepts and principles of personal process and product

A3 Critical ability to evaluate arguments and assumptions in order to use others’ feedback to improve the quality of creative work

The ability to critically evaluate the feedback of others in order to improve work

An ability to interpret and evaluate the views of others in order to improve the quality of their work

A4 The confidence to challenge forms and conventions

The confidence to experiment with form and/or convention

An openness to experimentation with different approaches to Creative Writing

A5 A sustained critical awareness of how to apply and transfer knowledge and skills in Creative Writing to a variety of unpredictable contexts and careers

Awareness of the methods in which Creative Writing skills may be transferred to different contexts and careers

A knowledge of the transferability of Creative Writing skills and the ways in which they may apply to a variety of contexts and careers

A6 The ability to evaluate and respond to complex ethical issues and debates at the forefront of the discipline of Creative Writing

A critical understanding and appreciation of some of the key ethical issues and debates in Creative Writing

An awareness of some of the key ethical issues and debates in Creative Writing

A7 Thorough and critical awareness of the similarities and differences that exist between local, national and international markets and networks

Knowledge and critical understanding of the similarities and differences that exist between local, national and international markets and networks

Understanding of the similarities and differences that exist between local, national and international markets and networks

A8 A coherent, systematic, and publishable level of competence with respect to English grammar and punctuation, conventions of layout (presentation)

Critical awareness of the main elements of English grammar and punctuation, and conventions of layout (presentation)

Working knowledge of English grammar and punctuation, conventions of layout (presentation)

B Cognitive and Intellectual Skills

Programme Intended Learning Outcomes (ILOs)

On Achieving Level 6

On Achieving Level 5 On Achieving Level 4

B1 Significant ability to structure and communicate complex and technical arguments to both specialist and non-specialist audiences

An ability effectively to structure and present arguments to both specialist and non-specialist audiences

An ability to define, structure and present arguments to their readers

B2 The synthesis of a wide variety of material – some of which is at the forefront of the discipline – using professional research tools, reflecting on Creative Writing as research/pedagogy in itself

A sustained ability to research, assimilate, select and organise relevant material using advanced research tools, understanding Creative Writing as research in itself

A core ability to research and organise relevant material using basic research tools, and an awareness of Creative Writing as a form of research

B3 A conceptual understanding that allows them to respond to, anticipate, and accommodate change and to solve problems individually or in groups/teams

A developed ability to accommodate change and to solve problems individually or in groups/teams

The ability to solve problems individually or in groups/teams

Programme content

This programme comprises the following modules

Key: Core = C

Required = R Required* = R*

Optional = O

Not available for this status = N/A If a particular status is greyed out, it is not offered for this programme.

Subject offered as single and combined award

BA CREATIVE WRITING Status Level Code Title Credits Single Major Joint Minor

4

CWR

The Writer’s Workshop 1 20 C^ C^ C^ C 4 CWR

Explorations in Prose Fiction

20 O O O O

4 CMU

Songwriting 20 O O O O

4 CWR4101-20^ The Writer’s Workshop 2 20 C C C C

4 CWR4102-20^ Reading to WritePoetry 20 O O O O

4

CWR

Introduction to Scriptwriting 20 O^ O^ O^ O

5

CWR

-20 Short Stories^20 R^ R^ R^ R 5 CWR

Form and Listening in Poetry

20 R* R* R* R*

5 CWR5002-20 Genre Fiction 20 R* R* R* R*

5 CWR5003-20 Lifewriting 20 R* R* R* R*

5

DRA5004-

Writing for Performance 1 20 R^ R^ R^ R

5

CWR

-20 Sudden Prose^20 O^ O^ O^ O 5 FTV5102- 20

Scripting for Screen 20 O O O O

5 CWR5004-20 Professional Portfolio 20 C C C C

5 DRA5005- 20 Performance 2^ Writing for 20 O O O O

5

CWR

Performance Poetry and Spoken Word 20 O^ O^ O^ O 5 CWR5102 Writing For Young 20 O O O O

-20 People: Reading as Writers

5

CWR

Creative Writing and Digital Media 20 O^ O^ O^ O

5

PUB5100-

The Independent Magazine 20 O^ O^ O^ O

5 YP5100- 120

Professional Placement Year

120 O O O O

6 CWR

Extended Prose Fiction 1

20 R* R* R* R*

6 CWR6001-20 Poetry as Synthesis 1 20 R* R* R* R*

6 CWR6002-20^ Advanced ScriptProject 1 20 R* R* R* R*

6

CWR

Advanced Nonfiction Project 1 20 R^ R^ R^ R

6

CWR

Planning and Writing a Novel For Young People 1

20 R* R* R* R*

6 CWR6101-20^ Creative EnterpriseProject 1 20 R* R* R* R*

6

CWR

-20 Teaching Writing^20 O^ O^ O^ O

6

CWR

-20 Strategy Camp^20 O^ O^ O^ O

6 CWR

Extended Prose Fiction 2

20 R* R* R* R*

6 CWR6006-20 Poetry as Synthesis 2 20 R* R* R* R*

6 CWR6007-20^ Advanced ScriptProject 2 20 R* R* R* R*

6

CWR

Advanced Nonfiction Project 2 20 R^ R^ R^ R

6 CWR6009-

Planning and Writing a Novel For Young People 2

20 R* R* R* R*

6 CWR6104-20^ Creative EnterpriseProject 2 20 R* R* R* R*

6

CWR

-20 Interactive Storytelling^20 O^ O^ O^ O

6

CWR

-20 Teaching Practice^20 O^ O^ O^ O

6 CWR

Professional Engagement

20 O O O O

6 PUB6001- 20 Publishing IndustryProject 20 O O O O

6 PUB6101- 20 Children’s Publishing 20 O O O O

6 DRA6007- 20 Writing and Directingfor Performance 1 20 O O O O

Graduate Attributes

Bath Spa Graduates… In Creative Writing, we enable this…

Will be employable: equipped with the skills necessary to flourish in the global workplace, able to work in and lead teams

By engaging students with the professional demands of their disciplines and their communities of practice as well as embedding employability strands and creative enterprise in our modules.

Will be able to understand and manage complexity, diversity and change

By encouraging students to understand how to realise the fundamental principles of their disciplines and through collaboration with other subjects (such as the new Songwriting module). We also encourage students to negotiate their own assessment items in modules such as the Professional Portfolio and Creative Enterprise 1 and 2.

Will be creative: able to innovate and to solve problems by working across disciplines as professional or artistic practitioners

By developing student recognition of the fact that their creativity must serve a wider audience and solving the questions that creative process presents. Also by enabling students to discuss and understand the market value of their own creative work.

Will be digitally literate: able to work at the interface of creativity and technology

By engaging students with the technical and digital demands of their subjects and broadening that knowledge through collaboration with others. New modules such as interactive Storytelling operate at the very forefront of the discipline.

Will be internationally networked: either by studying abroad for part of the their programme, or studying alongside students from overseas

By asking students to work across cultural divisions, with practitioners and colleagues who offer global perspectives

Will be creative thinkers, doers and makers By developing student abilities to solve the questions that the creative process presents

Will be critical thinkers: able to express their ideas in written and oral form, and possessing information literacy

By encouraging students to solve the questions that the creative process presents through presentations, reflective exercises, and workshopping.

8

Will be ethically aware: prepared for citizenship in a local, national and global context

By encouraging students to work across cultural divisions, with practitioners and colleagues who offer global perspectives

Modifications

Module-level modifications

Code Title Nature of modification

Date(s) of approval and approving bodies

Date modification comes into effect

Programme-level modifications

Nature of modification Date(s) of approval and approving bodies

Date modification comes into effect

Attached as appendices:

1. Programme structure diagram
2. Map of module outcomes to level/programme outcomes
3. Assessment map
4. Module descriptors

2: BA (Hons) Creative Writing (Major)

Level Semester One Semester Two

4 Core: The Writer’s Workshop 1 – 20 Credits

CW Option (e.g. Explorations in Prose Fiction) 20 credits

Second Subject Core – 20 credits

Core: The Writer’s Workshop 2 – 20 credits

CW Option (e.g. Introduction to Scriptwriting) – 20 credits

Second Subject Core – 20 credits

5 Required* Module (e.g. Genre Fiction) –

20 credits

CW Option (e.g. Short Stories) – 20 credits

Minor Subject Core/Required – 20 credits

Core: Professional Portfolio – 20 credits

CW Option ( e.g. Creative Writing and Digital Media) – 20 credits

Minor Subject Core/Required 20 credits

5/6 Professional Placement Year (Optional)

6 Required* Module: (e.g. Extended Prose

Fiction 1) – 20 credits

CW Option – 20 credits

Minor Subject 20 Credits

Required* Module: (e.g. Extended Prose Fiction 2) – 20 credits

CW Option – 20 credits

Minor Subject 20 Credits

NB: Students must pick at least 20 credits of R* modules at Level 5. Students must pick at least 40 credits of R* modules at Level 6 and this must normally include a ‘part 1’ and ‘part 2’ of the same genre (i.e. Creative Enterprise 1 and 2).

3: BA (Hons) Creative Writing (Joint)

Level Semester One Semester Two

4 Core: The Writer’s Workshop 1 – 20 Credits

Core: Second Subject – 20 credits

CW / Second Subject Option – 20 credits

Core: The Writer’s Workshop 2 – 20 credits

Core: Second Subject: 20 credits

CW / Second Subject / Other Option – 20 credits

5 CW Required* Module (e.g. Genre

fiction) – 20 credits

Core: Second Subject – 20 credits

CW / Second Subject Option – 20 credits

Core: Professional Portfolio – 20 credits

Core: Second Subject – 20 credits

CW / Second Subject Option / Other Option – 20 credits

5/6 Professional Placement Year (Optional)

6 Required* Module (e.g. Poetry as Synthesis 1) – 20 credits

Second Subject – 20 credits

CW / Second Subject Option – 20 credits

Required* Module (e.g. Poetry as Synthesis 2) – 20 credits

Second Subject – 20 credits

CW / Second Subject Option / Other Option – 20 credits

NB: Students must pick at least 20 credits of R* modules at Level 5. Students must pick at least 40 credits of R* modules at Level 6 and this must include a ‘part 1’

and ‘part 2’ of the same genre (i.e. Creative Enterprise 1 and 2).

Level Module Code Module Title

Status (C,R,R, O)*^4

Intended Learning Outcomes

Subject-specific Skills and Knowledge

Cognitive and Intellectual Skills

Skills for Life and Work

A1 A2 A3 A4 A5 A6 A7 A8 B1 B2 B3 C1 C2 C3 C

CWR4000-

The Writer’s Workshop 1 C^ x^ x^ x^ x^ x^ x^ x^ x^ x^ x^ x^ x^ x^ x 4 CWR4100- 20

Explorations in Prose Fiction

O x x x x x x x

4 CMU4000- 20

Songwriting O x x x

4 CWR4101 20 -^ The Writer’s Workshop 2 C x x x x x x x x x x x x x

4 CWR4102 20 -^ Reading to Write Poetry O x x x x x x x x

4 CWR4103 20 -^ Introduction to Scriptwriting O x x x x x x x x x x x

5 CWR5000 20 - Short Stories R* x x x x x x x x x x x x

5 CWR5001 20 -^ Form and Listening in Poetry R* x x x x x x x x x x x x

5

CWR5002-

20 Genre^ Fiction^ R*^ x^ x^ x^ x^ x^ x^ x^ x^ x^ x^ x

(^4) C = Core; R = Required (ie required for this route); R* = Required*; O = Optional

Appendix 2: Map of Intended Learning Outcomes (ILOs) against modules

Creative Writing (Bachelor’s with Honours)

5 CWR5003 20 - Lifewriting R* x x x x x x x x x x x

5

DRA5004-

Writing for Performance 1 R*^ x^ x^ x^ x^ x

5

CWR5100-

20 Sudden Prose^ O^ x^ x^ x^ x^ x^ x^ x^ x^ x^ x

5 FTV5102- 20

Scripting for Screen O x x x x x x x x x x x x x

5 CWR5004- 20

Professional Portfolio C x x x x x x x x x x x x

5 DRA5005 20 -^ Writing for Performance 2 O x x x x x x x

5

CWR5101-

Performance Poetry and Spoken Word O^ x^ x^ x^ x^ x^ x^ x^ x^ x^ x^ x^ x^ x

5 CWR5102 20 -

Writing For Young People: Reading as Writers

O x x x x x x x x x x x

5 CWR5103 20 -^ Creative Writing and Digital Media O x x x x x x x x x

5

PUB5100-

The Independent Magazine O^ x^ x^ x^ x^ x^ x^ x^ x^ x^ x^ x

5

YP5100-

Professional Placement Year O^ x^ x^ x^ x

6 CWR6000- 20

Extended Prose Fiction 1

R* x x x x x x x x x x x x

6 CWR6001- 20

Poetry as Synthesis 1 R* x x x x x x x x x x x x

6 CWR6002 20 -^ Advanced Script Project 1 R* x x x x x x x x x x x x

6

CWR6003-

Advanced Nonfiction Project 1 R*^ x^ x^ x^ x^ x^ x^ x^ x^ x^ x^ x^ x

6 CWR6004 20 -

Planning and Writing a Novel for Young People 1

R* x x x x x x x x x x x x

6 CWR6101 20 -^ Creative Enterprise Project 1 R* x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x

Level Module Code

Module Title

Status (C,R,R, O)*^5

Assessment method

Coursework Practical (^) ExaminationWritten Composition/

Script

Dissertation Essay^ Journal

Portfolio Report

Performance Project^ Practical^ Practical skills

Presentation^ Set exercises Written

Examination In-class test (seen)

In-class test (unseen)

4 CWR4000 - 20 The Writer’s Workshop 1 C 1x 1x

4

CWR

Explorations in Prose Fiction O^ 1x^ 1x

4

CMU

• 20 Songwriting^ O^ 1x^ 1x 4 CWR
• 20

The Writer’s Workshop 2

C 1x 1x

4 CWR

• 20

Reading to Write Poetry

O 1x 1x

4 CWR4103 - 20 Introduction to Scriptwriting O 1x 1x

5

CWR

• 20 Short Stories^ R*^ 1x^ 1x

5

CWR

Form and Listening in Poetry R*^ 1x^ 1x 5 CWR

• 20

Genre Fiction R* 1x 1x

(^5) C = Core; R = Required (i.e. required for this route); R* = Required*; O = Optional

Appendix 3: Map of summative assessment tasks by module

Creative Writing (Bachelor’s with Honours)

5 CWR5003-20 Lifewriting R* 1x 1x

5

DRA5004-

Writing for Performance 1 R*^ 1x^ 1x

5

CWR

-20 Sudden Prose^ O^ 1x^ 1x

5 FTV5102- 20

Scripting for Screen O 1x 1x

5 CWR

Professional Portfolio C 2x

5 DRA5005- 20 Writing forPerformance 2 O 1x

5

CWR

Performance Poetry and Spoken Word O^ 1x^ 1x

5 CWR5102-

Writing For Young People: Reading as Writers

O 1x 1x

5 CWR5103-20^ Creative Writing andDigital Media O 1x 1x

5

PUB5100-

The Independent Magazine O^ 1x^ 1x

5

YP5100-

Professional Placement Year O^ 1x

6 CWR

Extended Prose Fiction 1

R* 1x 1x

6 CWR

Poetry as Synthesis 1 R* 1x 1x

6 CWR6002-20^ Advanced ScriptProject 1 R* 1x 1x

6

CWR

Advanced Nonfiction Project 1 R*^ 1x^ 1x

6 CWR6004-

Planning and Writing a Novel for Young People 1

R* 1x 1x

6 CWR6101-20^ Creative EnterpriseProject 1 R*/O 1x 1x