Dissertation in Creative Writing

Code School Level Credits Semesters
ENGL4201 English 4 60 Summer Malaysia
Code
ENGL4201
School
English
Level
4
Credits
60
Semesters
Summer Malaysia

Summary

Students will develop a creative writing manuscripts in consultation with their tutors and MA Course Convenors. There will be a published deadline for submission of titles for formal approval by the MA Convenors and the Director of PG(T), along with a 500

Target Students

Students on the MA in English with Creative Writing (UNMC)

Classes

Preliminary meetings will explore approaches to the dissertation. Supervision thereafter will be arranged with individual students. Tutors will normally undertake to read a treatment plus a chapter or section of the dissertation.

Assessment

Educational Aims

To provide students with an opportunity to develop a manuscript under the direction of a tutor.

Learning Outcomes


Knowledge and understanding of:

  • the process of carrying out sustained independent creative work
  • editorial feedback and revision
  • constructive responses to works in progress
  • the elements of fiction, including narrative voice and technique, point of view, character development, dialogue, plot and setting.


    Intellectual skills

  • the ability to plan and carry out a creative manuscript
  • the ability to think analytically about works in progress
  • the ability to assess critically one's own work
  • the ability to discuss and apply editorial suggestions to one's own writing


    Professional skills

  • the ability to demonstrate a working knowledge of the one's project
  • the ability to develop a work in progress in accordance with feedback received


    Transferable skills

  • the ability to work independently with some degree of originality or creative application
  • the ability to reflect upon and assess progress of oneself

    • Conveners

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    Last updated 09/01/2025.