Creative, Digital and Professional Writing - MA

at London Metropolitan University

Modular structure

The modules listed below are for the academic year 2022/23 and represent the course modules at this time. Modules and module details (including, but not limited to, location and time) are subject to change over time.

Year 1 modules include:
 

• Creative Writing (core, 20 credits)
• Creative, Digital and Professional Writing Project / Dissertation (core, 60 credits)
• Digital Storytelling (core, 20 credits)
• Feature Journalism (core, 20 credits)
• Researching Media, Communication and the Creative Industries (core, 20 credits)
• Accredited Work-Based Learning in the Creative Industries (option, 20 credits)
• Creative Nonfiction (option, 20 credits)
• Digital Video Production (option, 20 credits)
• Multimedia Journalism (option, 20 credits)
• Principles of Digital Media (option, 20 credits)
• Scriptwriting (option, 20 credits)

You will be required to have:
 

• a 2:2 UK degree or equivalent (a relevant professional qualification or experience will also be considered)
• two contrasting writing samples of 750 words each ready for submission

English language requirements
To study a degree at London Met, you must be able to demonstrate proficiency in the English language. If you require a Student visa you may need to provide the results of a Secure English Language Test (SELT) such as Academic IELTS.

UK/Home Fees

Cost
£9,300 per year

Overseas Fees

Cost
£16,500 per year

Please note, in addition to the tuition fee there may be additional costs for things like equipment, materials, printing, textbooks, trips or professional body fees.

Additionally, there may be other activities that are not formally part of your course and not required to complete your course, but which you may find helpful (for example, optional field trips). The costs of these are additional to your tuition fee and the fees set out above and will be notified when the activity is being arranged.

This master’s course will give you the skills needed to help you forge a career in the media and creative industries. Almost every commercial and public company now requires a communications manager, and as a graduate of this course you’ll be equipped with the specialist skills this role demands. More diverse roles will also be open to you, including creative writer (fiction and creative nonfiction), journalist, editor, publisher, arts manager, web designer, arts curator and consultant and events manager professions.

Sectors you could work in include the arts, creative, cultural, publishing, public relations, music, media and marketing industries. Our students have gone on to find success as writers, editors and digital innovators around the world. One ex-student, now teaching part-time on the course, is helping pioneer the use of virtual reality in journalism.