BA (Hons) Creative and Professional Writing

Study Creative Writing at Canterbury Christ Church University and turn your passion for storytelling into an employable skillset.

Whether you want to write novels, poetry, screenplays, or work in media, publishing or marketing, this course will give you the tools to craft your written voice and build a career with words.

What you’ll learn


- Create original work across a range of genres, from fiction to poetry to screenwriting.


- Analyse literature to sharpen your craft and understand how writing works.


- Explore the business side of writing, from publishing to freelance career paths.


- Build a portfolio of creative and professional writing to showcase your versatility.


- Develop your unique voice and writing style with feedback from published authors.


What’s more, you’ll learn in a supportive, creative community where your ideas matter. You’ll explore fiction, poetry, screenwriting, creative non-fiction, and digital storytelling, as well as studying how great writing works.

You’ll also join a lively writing community, with opportunities to gain valuable industry experience, including volunteering to help run our Writing Comes Alive and Live Literature events, or working on our student Creative Writing Magazine, Readable. You can also get involved in the creation of our Graduate Anthology and attend our annual residential Writing Day.

If you’re searching for a creative writing degree, this course gives you both creative freedom and career-focused direction.

Location

This course is run at our Canterbury Campus in Kent. Canterbury is just 50 miles south-east of London and less than an hour by high-speed train from St Pancras. Located on a UNESCO World Heritage Site the campus offers state-of-the-art buildings, right in the centre of a vibrant and world-famous cathedral city. You’ll benefit from a campus with excellent learning and teaching resources, music venues, a superb sports centre, a well-stocked bookshop and plenty of coffee bars and places to eat. A short walk away is Augustine House our award-winning library and home to a vast range of learning resources and student support teams.

A LevelsBBCBTECDMMAccess15 Distinctions and 30 Merits International Baccalaureate29 PointsCombinationsA combination of qualifications totalling 112 UCAS pointsIELTS - 6.0 overall with no element below 5.5TOEFL IBT - minimum of 60 overall - Reading 8, Listening 7, Speaking 16 and Writing 18