Creative and Professional Writing and Media (Hons)

Overview

The Creative and Professional Writing and Media (Hons) programme at University of Wolverhampton offers a disciplined engagement with both creative and professional writing, teaching the art of writing within a range of media from radio, TV and newspapers to multimedia platforms and mobile phones. 

The study of Creative and Professional Writing with Media will help you develop the ability to communicate more effectively in writing; you will learn about the ways in which media shape both our understanding of the world, and our perceptions of our place in that world.

The course also seeks to enable independent critical thinking and judgement, and to hone students' powers of imagination and invention in the creation of literary and non-literary texts. Students will develop a range of subject specific and transferable skills, including higher order communication skills, IT awareness and digital literacy, of immense value in graduate employment.

Career

Students studying Creative and Professional Writing and Media have gone on to work in the media industry (production and presentation), journalism, public relations, corporate communications and local government. Others are employed as teachers and writing tutors, while some have opted for postgraduate study at prestigious institutions throughout the world.