MA Script Writing

at Goldsmiths University of London

A core course is designed to give you the skills and understanding required to develop your treatment for a feature film or equivalent television or radio script. The course is taught mostly with workshops, in which you present and discuss your own work with other students in a supportive environment. There are also class exercises, lectures, screenings, master classes, seminars and individual tutorials.

Starting in the Spring Term, the course then develops your treatment into a second draft feature script (or its equivalent).

Over the course of the year, you will be able to pick from a selection of option modules.

Compulsory Modules

Module title   

• Scriptwriting    
• Reflection Essay 

You will also choose 75 credits of option modules from the following list.

Module title    

• Short Form Script 
• Strategies in World Cinema
• The Ascent of the Image
• Filmmakers Make Theory    
• Social Activist Film    
• Representing Reality    
• Sound Design Fundamentals   
• Camera Fundamentals   
• Film Producing Fundamentals    
• Visual Storytelling    
• Adaptation and Script Editing    
• Sound Storytelling and Intertextuality of Narrative 
• Contemporary Screen Narratives in Practice and Theory    

You will be considered for this programme on the basis of your submitted creative work and your interview. If you are not a graduate you may be asked to show that you have the ability to work at postgraduate level.

International qualifications
We accept a wide range of international qualifications. Find out more about the qualifications we accept from around the world.

If English isn’t your first language, you will need an IELTS score (or equivalent English language qualification) of 7.0 with a 7.0 in writing and no element lower than 6.5 to study this programme. If you need assistance with your English language, we offer a range of courses that can help prepare you for postgraduate-level study.

Annual tuition fees

These are the fees for students starting their programme in the 2022/2023 academic year.

• Home - full-time: £9260
• International - full-time: £20250

If your fees are not listed here, please check our postgraduate fees guidance or contact the Fees Office, who can also advise you about how to pay your fees.

It’s not currently possible for international students to study part-time if you require a Student Visa, however this is currently being reviewed and will be confirmed in the new year. Please read our visa guidance in the interim for more information. If you think you might be eligible to study part-time while being on another visa type, please contact our Admissions Team for more information.

MA Script Writing is all about the product. So when you complete this masters, you leave with a whole portfolio of writing, a set of professional skills, a list of industry contacts, and a set of professional friendships through the Goldsmiths Screen School. 

The programme gives you a safe, supportive and stimulating environment to unpack your ideas, get constructive feedback, make mistakes, and find the story you want to tell. In the end though, it’s down to you as an individual to become the writer you want to be.