
Overview
The Professional Writing MA degree at University of Westminster will give you the skills, motivation, networks and connections to work across a wide variety of industries – in publishing, journalism, public relations, advertising, as literary agents, copywriters and copyeditors. It will also allow you to explore the history and future of writing and the writing industries from a variety of perspectives, and to develop your own interests and specialisms.
Career:
Graduates will have the knowledge, skills and experience to work in a variety of positions within and beyond the literary and arts sectors, including in publishing, journalism, public relations, advertising, as literary agents, or as copywriters and copyeditors.
You'll graduate from the course ready to enter or re-enter the job market with a wealth of experience and knowledge, equipped to challenge and diversify the literary and creative industries and shape the future of writing.
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Courses include:
- The Story and the Book
- The Writing Business
- Working with the Words of Others
- MA Dissertation or Professional Writing Project
- English Worldwide
- Journalism Practice and Inclusive Society
- Mapping and Imagining the City: Non-Fiction and Poetic Writing
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Duration
- Full-time
- 12 months
- Part-time
- 24 months
Start dates & application deadlines
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Other requirements
General requirements
- A minimum of a lower second class honours degree (2:2).
- If your first language is not English you should have an IELTS 6.5 with at least 6.0 in writing.
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International
14000 GBP/yearTuition FeeBased on the tuition of 14000 GBP per year during 12 months. -
National
7500 GBP/yearTuition FeeBased on the tuition of 7500 GBP per year during 12 months.
- Part time: UK tuition fee: £3,750 (Price per academic year)
- International tuition fee:£7,000 (Price per academic year)
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