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DRPS : Course Catalogue : School of Literatures, Languages and Cultures : English Literature

Postgraduate Course: Creative Writing Online Learning Dissertation (ENLI11171)

Course Outline
SchoolSchool of Literatures, Languages and Cultures CollegeCollege of Humanities and Social Science
Course typeStandard AvailabilityNot available to visiting students
Credit level (Normal year taken)SCQF Level 11 (Postgraduate) Credits60
Home subject areaEnglish Literature Other subject areaNone
Course website None Taught in Gaelic?No
Course descriptionIn preparation for their final folio, students will receive five individual consultations with their supervisor and contribute to three writing forums. In late August of the year in question they will submit for assessment: for poetry it will be c.35 pages of poetry and for fiction will be between 20,000 and 30,000 words.
Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
Pre-requisites Co-requisites
Prohibited Combinations Other requirements None
Additional Costs None
Course Delivery Information
Delivery period: 2014/15 Full Year, Not available to visiting students (SS1) Learn enabled:  No Quota:  None
Web Timetable Web Timetable
Course Start Date
Breakdown of Learning and Teaching activities (Further Info) Total Hours: 600 ( Dissertation/Project Supervision Hours 5, Online Activities 100, Feedback/Feedforward Hours 25, Formative Assessment Hours 10, Programme Level Learning and Teaching Hours 12, Directed Learning and Independent Learning Hours 448 )
Additional Notes
Breakdown of Assessment Methods (Further Info) Written Exam 0 %, Coursework 100 %, Practical Exam 0 %
No Exam Information
Summary of Intended Learning Outcomes
By the end of the course students will have gained the skill and expertise required to generate, develop, redraft and edit a substantial body of their own work to a high standard.
Assessment Information
Poetry - circa 35 pages
Fiction - between 20,000 and 30,000 words
Special Arrangements
None
Additional Information
Academic description Not entered
Syllabus Not entered
Transferable skills Not entered
Reading list Not entered
Study Abroad Not entered
Study Pattern Not entered
Keywordscreative writing, online learning, dissertation
Contacts
Course organiserMs Dilys Rose
Tel:
Email: drose@staffmail.ed.ac.uk
Course secretaryMiss Sophie Bryan
Tel: (0131 6)50 3030
Email: Sophie.Bryan@ed.ac.uk
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