MLitt/PgDip/PGCert Creative Writing

Entry requirements for 斯特陵大學

A minimum of a Second Class Honours degree (2:1 preferred) in a relevant subject or equivalent is required. If you don’t have these formal qualifications, but have significant relevant work and life experience, we still encourage you to apply.

We require a sample of creative work as one of the academic requirements for entry. Here are our guidelines for what you need to submit.
If you are choosing to study prose, we require up to ten pages (fiction or creative nonfiction). For poetry, we are looking for approximately eight poems. You can also send us half prose and half poetry as your sample.

Our tutors specialise in literary fiction, creative non-fiction, poetry and scriptwriting, and we welcome applicants who share those interests. Please note that journalistic, professional and children’s writing are not taught on the course – so writing in these forms should not be included in your writing sample.

The personal statement is an opportunity for you to share your background, experiences and, crucially, the types of contemporary literature that you like to read and which you aspire to write.

These are some of the things we’re looking for you to demonstrate in the writing sample, across both prose and poetry. The list is not exhaustive or prescriptive, and should be used as a guide rather than a checklist.

Prose

A degree of consistency and persuasiveness of setting, character and point-of-view (in creative fiction) and subject matter, theme and tone (creative non-fiction)
Evidence of essential aspects of technique and form such as narrative point-of-view, dialogue, physical description and narrative time
Clear and fluent expression, avoiding predictable, clichéd or expositional language
Good editing and presentation skills, including a command of spelling, grammar and punctuation
Poetry

A good command of register and tone
A willingness to engage with aspects of technique and form such as metre, rhyme, imagery, metaphor and simile (although not all of these need to be present)
Expression that is lucid and focused, without reliance on abstractions
Clear evidence of editing and presentation skills, including a command of spelling and punctuation.
If English is not your first language, you must have one of the following qualifications as evidence of your English language skills:

IELTS: 6.0 with 5.5 minimum in each skill
Cambridge Certificate of Proficiency in English (CPE): Grade C or above
Cambridge Certificate of Advanced English (CAE): Grade C or above
Pearson Test of English (Academic): 54 with 51 in each component
IBT TOEFL: 80 with no subtest less than 17

English language requirements

6.0

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托福(TOEFL iBT)總分: 78.0

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