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Creative Writing (MA) University of Southampton

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Our Master of Arts in Creative Writing is a stimulating course which will prepare you to be a professional writer. You’ll have opportunities to publish and edit an anthology, take part in a literary festival, and pursue creative collaborations with everyone from scientists to visiting actors. Your fellow students will come from all over the world and bring with them a wide range of experiences and writing traditions. You can take part in a lively programme of literary events, including our own 'Writers in Conversation' reading series. We hold this event 3 times each semester, featuring authors such as Pulitzer Prize winner Jennifer Egan, American writer Gish Jen, and BBC scriptwriter Stephen M. Thompson. We'll also encourage you to take advantage of the University's rich arts environment, including the on-campus Turner Sims Concert Hall and affiliation with Southampton's John Hansard Gallery.

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First or upper second-class degree or an equivalent standard in other qualifications approved by the University in English literature or a cognate discipline.

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You can take part in a lively programme of literary events, including our own 'Writers in Conversation' reading series. We hold this event 3 times each semester, featuring authors such as Pulitzer Prize winner Jennifer Egan, American writer Gish Jen, and BBC scriptwriter Stephen M. Thompson. We'll also encourage you to take advantage of the University's rich arts environment, including the on-campus Turner Sims Concert Hall and affiliation with Southampton's John Hansard Gallery.

Information for international students

English language: Band C, IELTS 6.5 overall, with a minimum of 6.0 in all components.

Fees and funding

A variety of scholarships, grants and bursaries may be available to help you fund your master’s study, both from the University and from other organisations. Please check the website for more information: https://www.southampton.ac.uk/courses/funding/postgraduate.page

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Campus-based learning is available for this qualification

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Creative Writing English Language

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First or upper second-class degree or an equivalent standard in other qualifications approved by the University in English literature or a cognate discipline

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Creative Writing MA

Get inspired and take your creative writing to the next level on this degree. Develop the skills to succeed in your career as a writer, editor, publisher, or journalist.

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1 year full-time
2 years part-time
September 2024

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Where better to take your writing to the next level than the home city of literary greats like Charles Dickens and Sir Arthur Conan Doyle?

On this MA Creative Writing degree course, you'll study the genres that inspire you the most – from poetry and historical fiction, to screenwriting and crime – as well as genres you may not have explored, taking your writing in new directions.

You'll spend plenty of time writing and reviewing work and benefit from the help and experience of our expert lecturers. You'll develop the confidence to become a better writer by learning to critique your own work, and that of your peers. There's even the chance to take up a placement at a famous literary magazine.

If you're imaginative, ambitious, and ready to devote yourself to improving your writing, it's time to take your studies to the next level with us. This Master's in creative writing will give you the tools you need for a successful career as a writer, or in fields such as publishing, media, and education.

Eligibility

This course accepts UK, EU, and international students.

Course highlights

Build confidence as a writer and consolidate your creative writing skills
Get to grips with different writing techniques and study contemporary skills to inspire and entertain your audience through the power of the written word
Complete a major project in the form of your own novel, screenplay or poem
Participate in writers' workshops, where you'll develop your own skills and constructively contribute to the work of others
Learn from our expert lecturers and creative writing academics, all of whom are published authors with a vast wealth of experience in the industry within their specialisms
Learn about the market and current debates within differing genres
Hear from accomplished guest speakers from the worlds of publishing and writing

Joining us as an international student

You'll feel at home in our international community and our diverse city. You'll be joining over 5,000 international students from more than 150 countries who are studying with us.

Learn more about international student life and how we can help you with visas, applications, arrival and settling in.

Information for international students

Take a literary history tour of Portsmouth with us

From Charles Dickens and Sherlock Holmes to Neil Gaiman, Portsmouth is steeped in lively literature. Join two of our students for a tour around our literary city.

Chibuzor and Holly: Welcome to Portsmouth.

Chibuzor: Our island city has a really rich history of literature and culture.

Holly: Come and join us for a tour.

Chibuzor: One of our most famous literary residents is Charles Dickens, who was born here on Old Commercial Road. It is now home to the Charles Dickens Birthplace Museum.

Holly: Portsmouth is also the birthplace of another famous figure. Arthur Conan Doyle wrote his first Sherlock Holmes story while practising as a doctor here in Southsea. Now you can walk in his footsteps while doing a spot of shopping on Elm Grove.

Chibuzor: Thinking of shopping, our popular Gunwharf Quays features in Graham Hurley's DI Faraday crime novel, The Take. Graham Hurley is a friend of the English Literature programme. If you study with us here at the University of Portsmouth, you may get a chance to work with him in class.

Holly: There is literally an ocean at the end of this lane. It was renamed in honour of the famous novel by Neil Gaiman, who lived just outside of Portsmouth and spent many holidays here with relatives in the city.

Chibuzor: As an island city, Portsmouth has had a huge influence on authors both from home and abroad. Jane Austen often visited here to see her brothers, who were stationed here with the Royal Navy. She was inspired to include Portsmouth in her novel, Mansfield Park.

Holly: Stephanie Norgate's poem, Ferries at Southsea, was inspired by the view of ferries here on Clarence Parade Pier. Her poem is strongly rooted in the local area, but also tackles global issues of immigration.

Chibuzor: Portsmouth’s naval history means we can't shy away from the topics of race and slavery. The first slave narrator, Ukawsawa Gronniosaw, visited our city, while John Jea, another former slave, was a prominent preacher near the docks. Their memoirs movingly reveal the city's black history.

Holly: As we move into modern day, we have authors and poets tackling issues both big and small. Poet laureate Simon Armitage studied at the University of Portsmouth. Local poet Denise Bennett has written on Portsmouth Jewish history, and Fatima Bhutto featured Portsmouth in her contemporary novel on Islamic culture. As well as its fabulous literary history, Portsmouth also has a really vibrant, creative writing community, and you can be a part of it if you decide to study here.

Chibuzor: Our final stop is Milldam building. Originally a mill pond, it was featured in a long forgotten novel by Walter Besant, who was a contemporary of Charles Dickens. The Navy drained the pond and built officer quarters here. Then it changed hands and became home to the English Literature team at the University of Portsmouth.

Holly: Which means Portsmouth is home to the next generation of writers, thinkers and world shapers.

Chibuzor: We hope you join us.

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What you'll study (full-time)

Core modules, critical reading for creative writers - 30 credits enhance your creative writing by studying a wide range of inspiring texts..

This module takes you on a critical journey through various genres and time periods, from fairy tales to philosophy. Discover how to interpret writing through lectures, interactive workshops, and presentations. Hone your skills in understanding literature, crafting solid arguments, and using literary theories to refine your writing — be it prose, poetry, or scripts.

You’ll learn how to read critically in different situations, connecting with classic and contemporary authors. This will help you gather valuable knowledge to shape your unique writing style.

By the end of this module, you’ll have developed the analytical tools and creative techniques to enrich your writing and establish a voice that is distinctly your own.

Writer's Workshop: Exploration - 30 credits Find and refine your unique writing style in this foundational creative writing module.

The Writer’s Workshop offers a friendly environment to experiment with various types of writing. It will help you find what you love and where you excel. By writing in different formats, like prose and poetry, you’ll improve your technique and originality. Get help on how to draft and revise your work, learning to explain your creative decisions at every step.

By the end of the term, you’ll have sharpened your abilities and laid out a path for your final dissertation.

Critical Thinking for Creative Writers - 30 credits Deepen your creative writing by engaging with critical literary theories.

This seminar-focused module will introduce you to essential theories from academic criticism that apply to the art of writing. Through conversations, research, and hands-on activities, you'll explore timeless texts to grasp powerful writing principles. You’ll also critique these theories related to your own work, honing the ability to incorporate both original and scholarly sources effectively.

Dive into vital scholarly viewpoints to strengthen the core of your distinctive writing style.

Final Project: the Creative Practice Dissertation - 60 credits Create your defining work in this final module, aimed at crafting an impressive collection of your original writing.

With tutor guidance, you’ll refine your creative process. Apply analytical insight to elevate your work to a professional level. Your comprehensive portfolio will reflect your capacity for dedicated, autonomous work.

With this module, you can show how well you can blend genre-specific techniques with critical self-reflection. Through commitment and creativity, you’ll finish your course with a powerful testament to your talents.

Writer's Workshop: Resolution - 30 credits Bring your creative writing talents into sharp focus in this advanced workshop.

You’ll use research, reading, and discussion to critically reflect on your skills and interests, setting the stage for an ambitious final project. Armed with genre knowledge and preparatory writing skills, you'll perfect your opening chapters or scenes through feedback. By examining your methods and considering feedback, you’ll enhance your technique and vision.

This module provides essential groundwork to resolve your ideas into a polished dissertation that showcases your writerly voice.

What you'll study (part-time)

Changes to course content.

We use the best and most current research and professional practice alongside feedback from our students to make sure course content is relevant to your future career or further studies.

Therefore, some course content may change over time to reflect changes in the discipline or industry. If a module doesn't run, we'll let you know as soon as possible and help you choose an alternative module.

Careers and opportunities

Careers this master's in creative writing prepares you for.

As a successful graduate of this course, you'll have experienced an exciting immersion into writing, with the freedom and discipline of writing across multiple forms to express your unique narrative voice.

Through workshops, independent writing and critical analysis, this creative writing Master's course will help you to develop your own skills and constructively contribute to the work of other writers.

When you graduate, you'll have completed a major project in the form of your own novel, screenplay or poem, and have developed the necessary confidence and critical skills to continue a career in writing, or in fields such as publishing, media, and education.

Graduates of this course have gone onto roles in:

Public Relations (PR)

Recent graduates of this course have found jobs such as:

Account Executive
Article portfolio writing
Freelance sports journalist
Freelance writer
Social Media Manager

9 reasons to do a Master's

Career outcomes shown are sourced from the latest available graduate outcome surveys. The data shows career outcomes at 15 months after graduation.

Career planning

During your course, you'll have expert career support from your tutors and from our Careers and Employability Centre, which you can access for 5 years after you graduate.

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You'll benefit from:

Networking events and industry links, including the opportunity to attend five industry parties at The London Magazine
1-to-1 appointments
CV and cover letter advice
Interview preparation and practice
Workshops to enhance your employability skills
Recruitment events including the Student and Graduate Opportunities Fair
Support starting your own business

Placements and industry connections

There is the opportunity to either work in London at The London Magazine offices for a two-week placement, or undertake a virtual placement working at The London Magazine dealing with submissions to the magazine.

All teaching staff are published authors and have a vast wealth of experience in the industry within their specialisms.

How you'll spend your time

We recognise that you'll probably be juggling more demands when you do your Master's degree, as you may be working or you may have family responsibilities.

We'll give you as much indication here as we can of how much time you'll need to be on campus and how many hours you can expect to spend in self-directed study, but please note that these indications are always subject to change. You should receive your full timetable several weeks before you start with us.

Course structure

This Master's degree will take:

1 year (full-time study)
2 years (part-time study)

You can expect:

1 day of teaching per week (pro rata for part time students)
Around 20–25 hours of dedicated independent study each week (pro rata for part time students)

At the moment, teaching takes place on Fridays, leaving you the rest of the week for self-guided study.

Master's study is deeper and more specialised than an undergraduate degree. This means you'll focus on something that really matters to you and your career as you work closely with academics committed to the subject.

You'll spend more time in independent study and research than you did for your undergraduate degree, but the majority of your teaching time will be in-person and face-to-face.

Teaching methods on this course include:

independent writing
critical analysis

You'll be assessed through:

creative writing projects
final creative writing project

Teaching staff

These are some of the expert staff who'll teach you on this course:

Dr Steven O'Brien

Senior Lecturer

[email protected]

School of Film, Media, and Communication

Faculty of Creative and Cultural Industries

PhD Supervisor

Thomas Gerald Charlesworth Sykes Portrait

Dr Tom Sykes

Associate Professor in Creative Writing and Global Journalism

[email protected]

September start

The Master's academic year runs from September to the following September. There are breaks at Christmas and Easter. Over the summer you'll be writing your project/dissertation.

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Supporting you

Master's study is more focused on independent learning than undergraduate study, but you'll get lots of support via video, phone and face-to-face from teaching and support staff to enhance your learning experience and help you succeed. You can build your personalised network of support from the following people and services:

Types of support

Personal tutor.

Your personal tutor helps you make the transition to independent study and gives you academic and personal support throughout your time at university.

You'll have regular contact with your personal tutor in learning activities or scheduled meetings. You can also make an appointment with them if you need extra support.

Student support advisor

Creative skills tutors, academic skills tutors.

You'll have help from a team of faculty academic skills tutors. They can help you improve and develop your academic skills and support you in any area of your study.

They can help with:

improving your academic writing (for example, essays, reports, dissertations)
delivering presentations (including observing and filming presentations)
understanding and using assignment feedback
managing your time and workload
revision and exam techniques

IT and computing support

Academic skills support.

As well as support from faculty staff and your personal tutor, you can use the University's Academic Skills Unit (ASK).

ASK provides one-to-one support in areas such as:

academic writing
note taking
time management
critical thinking
presentation skills
referencing
working in groups
revision, memory and exam techniques

Disability advice and additional support

If you require extra support because of a disability or additional learning need our specialist team can help you.

They'll help you to

discuss and agree on reasonable adjustments
liaise with other University services and facilities, such as the library
access specialist study skills and strategies tutors, and assistive technology tutors, on a 1-to-1 basis or in groups
liaise with external services

Wellbeing and mental health support

Our online Learning Well mini-course will help you plan for managing the challenges of learning and student life, so you can fulfil your potential and have a great student experience.

You can get personal, emotional and mental health support from our Student Wellbeing Service , in person and online. This includes 1–2–1 support as well as courses and workshops that help you better manage stress, anxiety or depression.

Library support

Library staff are available in person or by email, phone, or online chat to help you make the most of the University’s library resources. You can also request one-to-one appointments and get support from a librarian who specialises in your subject area.

The library is open 24 hours a day, every day, in term time.

Support with English

If English isn't your first language, you can do one of our English language courses to improve your written and spoken English language skills before starting your degree. Once you're here, you can take part in our free In-Sessional English (ISE) programme to improve your English further.

Course costs and funding

Tuition fees (september 2024 start), uk, channel islands, and isle of man students.

Full-time: £8,200
Part-time: £5,470 (Year 1) and £2,730 (Year 2)

EU students

(including Transition Scholarship )

International students

Full-time: £17,200
Part-time: £11,360 (Year 1) and £5,840 (Year 2)

University of Portsmouth graduates may receive a 20% alumni tuition fee discount .

Fees are subject to annual increase. Read our tuition fees terms and conditions .

You'll be able to pay your fees in instalments. Find out how to pay your tuition fees .

Funding your studies

Explore how to fund your studies, including available scholarships and bursaries .

If you're a UK student, you may be eligible for a Government Postgraduate Master's Loan , which you can use to help with course fees and living costs.

Loans, scholarships and bursaries

Browse funding such as the Government Postgraduate Loan, our scholarships for new and returning students, and subject specific loans.

Funding for international students

Learn more about sponsorships, scholarships and loans for students applying from outside of the UK.

Fees and funding for Master's courses

Explore Master's funding options, including loans, scholarships, bursaries and more.

Entry requirements

September 2024 start, uk qualifications, qualifications or experience.

A second-class honours degree in a related subject. Equivalent qualifications and/or notable experience as a creative writer will also be considered.

Please get in touch if you're not sure if your undergraduate subject is relevant to this degree.

Equivalent professional experience and/or qualifications will also be considered, such as previous study, employment, voluntary work and training courses, including courses and qualifications you didn't complete. Learn more about our Recognition of Prior Learning (RPL) .

Non-UK qualifications

If you're applying as an international student with a non-UK degree, you’ll need to show you meet the UK entry requirements listed above.

To find out if your non-UK degree or other qualification is accepted, please visit our page for your country and view the UK equivalent of your qualification.

English language requirements

English language proficiency at a minimum of IELTS band 6.5 (or equivalent) with no component score below 6.0.

You do not need an IELTS or equivalent certification if:

you have a UK degree
you have a degree from a majority English-speaking country (not taught by Distance Learning)
you are a national of a majority English-speaking country

Degrees taught solely in English from non-majority English-speaking countries will be considered on a case-by-case basis. Find out more about our English language requirements .

If you don't meet the English language requirements yet, you can achieve the level you need by successfully completing a pre-sessional English programme before you start your course.

Selection process

An online portfolio submission may be required as part of the selection process.

For more information on how to put together a portfolio, read our MA Creative Writing portfolio guide .

How to apply

Unlike undergraduate applications, which go through UCAS, applications for this Master's course are made directly to us.

There's no deadline for applications to this course. We accept applications right up until the start date in September, as long as there are places available. If you wait until September to apply, you may find that the course is full.

If you're applying as an international student, remember that you'll need to leave plenty of time to get your visa organised.

You can find more advice about applying in our Master's application checklist . International students and current students and recent graduates of the University of Portsmouth also have some different application options, which are detailed below.

Extra information for international students

I'm an international student.

If you're an international student, you can apply directly to us using the same application form as UK students.

You could also get an agent to help with your application. Check your country page for details of agents in your region. To find out what to include in your application, head to the how to apply page of our international students section .

If you don’t meet the English language requirements for this course yet, you can achieve the level you need by successfully completing a pre-sessional English programme before you start your course.

Ready to apply?

Start this course in september 2024.

Apply now (Full-time)

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I'm a current Portsmouth student, or a recent Portsmouth graduate

If you're currently in your final year of study at Portsmouth, or you graduated since July 2021, you're eligible to make a fast track application. You'll have:

a shorter application form to complete
access to the 20% Alumni fee discount
a guaranteed conditional offer, for most Master's courses

Learn more about fast track

After you apply

Once we receive your application, we may ask you for further information. We will then either make you an offer or suggest alternatives if your application is unsuccessful.

You'll usually get a decision within 10 working days, so you shouldn't have to wait too long. Some courses have an interview stage – we'll let you know if you need to prepare for one.

Learn more about how we assess your application .

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When you accept an offer to study at the University of Portsmouth, you also agree to abide by our Student Contract (which includes the University's relevant policies, rules and regulations). You should read and consider these before you apply.

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Stony Brook Southampton - Lichtenstein Center

New york, united states.

The Stony Brook MFA in Creative Writing and Literature at the Lichtenstein Center welcomes aspiring writers who seek instruction and guidance that is friendly, rigorous, professionally useful, and intellectually challenging. Our graduate students work and publish in many genres, including short and long fiction, poetry, creative nonfiction, children's literature, and memoir. We encourage students to write outside their genres in the belief that this practice informs their primary area of interest. Our courses are offered in three locations (Southampton, Manhattan, and Stony Brook, NY) and taught by practicing writers of the first rank. Our faculty members are known not only for their books, but also for their careful attention to the work of our students.

Our Southampton location is a quiet, inspiring campus on the East End of Long Island, a beautiful resort and residential community with attractive beaches, and a rich cultural legacy. Our second location is in the heart of Manhattan, the center of the American literary scene. With easy access to public transportation it’s great for anyone living in the boroughs or commuting from the tri-state area. Our final location is the main campus of Stony Brook University in Stony Brook, NY. A population of over 20K undergraduate and graduate students at a SUNY (State University of NY) Flagship university.

We hold workshops year-round, including publishing and teaching practica. Many of our second year and thesis students teach undergraduate creative writing courses. Every July, creative writers from all over the country converge on our Southampton campus for the Southampton Writers Conference.

All who join us also participate in a thriving and diverse community of writers. Our students reflect a range of interests and experience; they include recent college graduates, and also mid- and post-career professionals, working journalists, secondary school teachers, editors, and professors seeking to make a transition from scholarly to creative writing. Many of our students apply as full-time students and residents. Other students work at a slower pace. Still others enroll in shorter-term courses of study through our Advanced Certificate or one-year BookEnds Fellowship.

We encourage you to visit our website for more information about the MFA course of study, our distinguished faculty, requirements for admission, and application materials. You'll also find additional information about our ancillary programs--TSR: The Southampton Review, the Southampton Writers Conference, BookEnds, AudioPodcasting, and the Writers Speak Lecture Series.

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239 Montauk Highway Chancellors Hall, RM 238, Creative Writing Southampton New York, United States 11968-6700 Phone: (631) 632-5016 Email: [email protected] Fax: (631) 987-7318 https://www.stonybrook.edu/lc

Bachelor of Fine Arts in Creative Writing +

Undergraduate program director.

Study with world class faculty on Stony Brook's bustling main campus. Be part of an intensive, supportive major led by exceptional working writers. Engage in workshops, connect with your colleagues, and soak up a curriculum designed to prepare you for life after graduation. Application is competitive, but the payoff is immense.

Master of Fine Arts in Creative Writing and Literature +

Graduate program director.

The Stony Brook MFA program in Creative Writing and Literature welcomes aspiring writers who seek instruction and guidance that is friendly, rigorous, professionally useful, and intellectually challenging. Our graduate students work and publish in many genres, including short and long fiction, poetry, creative nonfiction, essay, and memoir. We encourage students to write outside their genres in the belief that this practice informs their primary area of interest.

Our courses are offered in three locations (Southampton, Manhattan, and Stony Brook, NY) and taught by practicing writers of the first rank. Our faculty members are known not only for their books, but also for their careful attention to the work of our students.

Our students reflect a range of interests and experience; they include recent college graduates, and also mid- and post-career professionals, working journalists, secondary school teachers, editors, and professors seeking to make a transition from scholarly to creative writing. Our faculty members are known not only for their writing, but also for their careful attention to the work of our students.

All who join us also participate in a thriving and diverse community of writers. The Program also invites applications from talented writers who wish to participate as non-matriculated students.

Certificate in Creative Writing +

The Advanced Certificate in Creative Writing welcomes aspiring part-time writers who seek guidance that is friendly, rigorous, professionally useful, and intellectually challenging. Complementing the strength of the existing Master of Fine Arts (MFA) Program in Creative Writing and Literature at Stony Brook University, the Certificate emphasizes creative work in fiction, nonfiction and poetry, and responds to the needs of a society increasingly dependent upon the intelligent use of language. The Advanced Certificate is a sixteen credit hour concentration available upon successful application to degree-seeking students who have been admitted to any Stony Brook University graduate program, as well as to non-degree seeking students who meet the requirements outlined by the Graduate School. It is designed for working adults who have completed a BA and who are interested in master’s level instruction.

Robert Lopez

Robert Lopez is the author of three novels: Part of the World, Kamby Bolongo Mean River, named one of 25 important books of the decade by HTML Giant, and All Back Full; two story collections, Asunder and Good People, and a novel-in-stories titled A Better Class of People, and the nonfiction book, Dispatches from Puerto Nowhere. He has previously taught at Columbia University, The New School, Pratt Institute, and Syracuse University. He lives in Brooklyn, New York.

https://www.stonybrook.edu/commcms/lichtenstein-center/who_we_are/index.php#/faculty

Robert Reeves

For the last 17 years, most recently as Associate Provost, Reeves has been honored to lead the design, development, and growth of the academic, advanced training, publishing, and community programs, recently gathered within the newly founded Lichtenstein Center. Spanning three Stony Brook locations –Southampton, West Campus and the Manhattan Center for Creative Writing and Film – these programs include four new degrees and three minors in Creative Writing, Film, and Writing for TV, a nationally prominent literary journal (TSR: The Southampton Review), innovative training in podcast and manuscript development (BookEnds), the Southampton FoodLab, all supported in part by fundraising, including the Lichtenstein Reeves Endowment Fund. In his pre-program-building life, Reeves authored two well-regarded novels, as well as screenplays, short fiction, essays, and literary criticism. Even earlier, he received a BA and MA from Harvard. Now, continuing to serve as publisher of The Southampton Review and at work on a comic novel of academia, Reeves is the happiest he’s ever been.

https://www.stonybrook.edu/commcms/lichtenstein-center/who_we_are/index.php#/leadership

Lou Ann Walker

Lou Ann Walker's memoir, A Loss for Words: The Story of Deafness in a Family, won a Christopher Award. Other books include Hand, Heart & Mind, and Roy Lichtenstein: The Artist at Work. She is Executive Editor of TSR: The Southampton Review, a literary and arts journal now in its 15th year. Her fiction and nonfiction writing has appeared in many publications, including The New York Times Magazine, Esquire, Life, Allure, The Chicago Sun-Times, The New York Times Book Review, O: The Oprah Magazine, The Writer, and The Hopewell Review. Formerly an editor at Esquire and New York Magazine, Walker has lectured on writing at Smith and Yale, and has taught at Marymount Manhattan and Columbia University. She has written numerous children's books, and recently served as a nonfiction judge for The Dayton Literary Peace Prize.

Julie Sheehan

Julie Sheehan's three poetry collections are Bar Book: Poems & Otherwise (W.W. Norton), Orient Point (also from Norton) and Thaw (Fordham). Her honors include a Whiting Writers’ Award and NYFA Fellowship in Poetry. Her poems have appeared in many magazines and anthologies.

Billy Collins

Recent books include Horoscopes for the Dead, Questions About Angels, The Art of Drowning, Sailing Alone Around the Room, Nine Horses, Ballistics and Picnic, Lightning. United States Poet Laureate (2001-2003).

Genevieve Sly Crane

Genevieve Sly Crane is a graduate of the University of Massachusetts (B.A. English, 2010) and Stony Brook Southampton, (M.F.A. Creative Writing and Literature, 2013). Her first novel, Sorority, earned a Publisher's Weekly starred review. She is the recipient of the 2020 Whiting Award for fiction. Her 2017 story, "Endings, Bright and Ugly," was a finalist for the American Short(er) Fiction Prize. Her upcoming novel is due for publication through Simon and Schuster in 2023.

Emma Walton Hamilton

Emma Walton Hamilton is a best-selling and award-winning author, editor, stage, television, and podcast writer/producer, and arts educator. Together with her mother, Julie Andrews, she has co-authored over thirty books for children and adults, nine of which have been on the New York Times best-seller list, including The Very Fairy Princess series (#1 NY Times Bestseller), and Andrews’ second memoir, Home Work: A Memoir of My Hollywood Years. A Bridport Prize-winning poet, Emma’s poetry collection, Door to Door, was published in 2022 by Andrews McMeel Publishing. Her book for parents and caregivers, Raising Bookworms: Getting Kids Reading for Pleasure and Empowerment, premiered as a #1 best-seller on Amazon.com in the literacy category and won a Parent’s Choice Gold Medal. Emma was a two-time Emmy Award nominee for her role as Executive Producer and Writer for Julie’s Greenroom, a children’s television program co-produced with the Jim Henson Company for Netflix. She is also a Grammy Award-winning voice-over artist, having provided voicing for numerous audiobooks, including Julie Andrews’ Collection of Poems, Songs and Lullabies (2010 Grammy Award, Best Spoken Word Album for Children), as well as numerous radio, television, theater and industrial spots. Emma and her mother co-host and co-produce Julie’s Library, a story-time podcast for family audiences produced by American Public Media. Emma has been on the faculty at Stony Brook since 2008, where she teaches children’s lit, YA, playwriting, and the business of being a writer at the graduate and undergraduate level.

Kaylie Jones

Kaylie Jones’ latest novel is The Anger Meridian. She is the author of the acclaimed memoir, Lies My Mother Never Told Me. Her novels include A Soldier’s Daughter Never Cries, released as a Merchant Ivory Film in 1998. She co-chairs the James Jones First Novel Fellowship, which awards $10,000 yearly to an unpublished first novel. In 2012, she founded the imprint Kaylie Jones Books, under the aegis of Akashic Books.

Matthew Klam is the author of the novel, Who Is Rich?, a New York Times and Washington Post Notable Book, nominated for the Center for Fiction's First Novel Prize; and Sam the Cat, winner of the PEN/Robert Bingham Prize for a Debut Short Story Collection, and a finalist for The Los Angeles Times Book of the Year, First Fiction. He's a recipient of a Guggenheim Fellowship, a Whiting Award, and a National Endowment of the Arts. His writing has been featured in such places as The New Yorker, Harper's, GQ, The New York Times Magazine, Esquire, The O' Henry Prize Stories, The Best American Nonrequired Reading, and The Ecco Anthology of Contemporary American Short Fiction.

Patricia Marx

Patricia Marx is a staff writer for The New Yorker and a former writer for Saturday Night Live and Rugrats. Her two novels (Him Her Him Again The End of Him and Starting From Happy) were Thurber Prize Finalists. Her children’s book Now Everybody Really Hates Me was the first and only winner of the Friedrich Medal, an award made up by Marx and named after her air conditioner. She was the first woman on the Harvard Lampoon and is a recipient of a 2015 Guggenheim Fellowship. She has taught humor writing since 1837. Mainly she does errands and looks things up on Wikipedia. She can take a baked potato out of the oven with her bare hand.

Susan Scarf Merrell

Susan Scarf Merrell is the author of Shirley: A Novel, also a major motion picture starring Elisabeth Moss and Michael Stuhlbarg. She is also the author of A Member of the Family, and The Accidental Bond: How Sibling Connections Influence Adult Relationships. She co-directs the Southampton Writers Conference, is co-director (along with Meg Wolitzer) of the novel incubator program, BookEnds, and teaches in the MFA in Creative Writing and Literature program. She served as fiction editor of The Southampton Review. Essays, book reviews and short fiction appear most recently in The New York Times, Newsday, The Los Angeles Review of Books, The Common Online, The Washington Post, and East Magazine.

Frederic Tuten

Frederic Tuten grew up in the Bronx and later lived in Latin and South America and Paris. He wrote about Brazilian Cinema Novo and taught film and literature at the University of Paris 8. He has written about art, literature and film in Art Forum, The New York Times, Vogue; was an actor in an Alain Resnais movie; taught with Paul Bowles in Morocco; co-wrote the cult-classic Possession, and along the way, earned three Pushcart Prizes, an O. Henry award, a PhD in literature, a Guggenheim Fellowship and the Award for Distinguished Writing from the American Academy of Arts and Letters.

Meg Wolitzer

Meg Wolitzer’s novels include The Female Persuasion, The Interestings, The Uncoupling, The Ten-Year Nap, The Position, and The Wife, which was made into a film that garnered Glenn Close an Academy Award nomination. Wolitzer, who has also written books for young readers, was guest editor of The Best American Short Stories 2017. Her short fiction has appeared in McSweeney’s, Ploughshares, The Pushcart Prize, and The Best American Short Stories. She has taught at the Iowa Writers’ Workshop, Columbia University’s School of the Arts. Skidmore College, and the 92nd Street Y, and along with singer-songwriter Suzzy Roche, Wolitzer was a guest artist in the Princeton Atelier at Princeton University.

Carla Caglioti

Carla Caglioti is the Executive Director of Southampton Arts and founding Associate Director of MFA in Creative Writing and Literature. She is also an Assistant Dean at Stony Brook Southampton. Caglioti has a Bachelor's in English Literature and Writing, a Master's in English Education, and a doctorate of arts in English Literature.

Author of REASONS TO LIVE, AT THE GATES OF THE ANIMAL KINGDOM, TUMBLE HOME, THE DOG OF THE MARRIAGE, SING TO IT (all story collections), and THE COLLECTED STORIES. Awards include a Guggenheim Fellowship, and United States Artists Fellowship, The Ambassador Award, The REA Award, The PEN/ Malamud Award, The Vursell Award from The American Academy of Arts and Letters. Member of the American Academy of Arts and Letters, and the American Academy of Arts and Science. Stories have been anthologized in BEST AMERICAN SHORT STORIES, THE PUSHCART PRIZE, BEST AMERICAN NONREQUIRED READING, and many more. Amy has been involved in hands-on dog rescue for many years.

Paul Harding

Paul Harding is the author of the novel Tinkers, which won the 2010 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction. His second novel, Elon, was published by Random House in 2013. He has received a Guggenheim Fellowship and the PEN American Robert Bingham Fellowship for Writers. He was a fiction fellow at the Fine Arts Work Center, in Provincetown, MA, and has taught at the Iowa Writers' Workshop, Harvard University and Grinnell College.

Molly Gaudry

Molly Gaudry is the author of the verse novel WE TAKE ME APART, which was a finalist for the Asian American Literary Award and shortlisted for the PEN/Osterweil, as well as its sequel DESIRE: A HAUNTING. She teaches at Stony Brook University and the Yale Writers' Workshop. Email: [email protected]

Her work has been translated into 33 languages.

Susan Minot

Susan Minot studied writing and painting at Brown University and received an MFA in writing from Columbia University. After she published short stories in Grand Street and The New Yorker. the legendary publisher Seymour Lawrence brought out her next three books: Monkeys, a collection of linked short stories which won the Prix Femina Etranger in France in l987; Lust & Other Stories, another collection, and Folly, a novel. She collaborated with the director Bernardo Bertolucci on the screenplay of Stealing Beauty. Her fourth book, Evening, was made into a major motion picture in 2007. It was followed by the novels Rapture in 2002 and Thirty Girls in 2014.

Christine Kitano

Christine Kitano is the author of the poetry collections Birds of Paradise (Lynx House Press) and Sky Country (BOA Editions), which won the Central New York Book Award and was a finalist for the Paterson Poetry Prize. She is co-editor of They Rise Like a Wave, an anthology of Asian American women and nonbinary poets. She holds an MFA in Creative Writing from Syracuse University and a PhD in English and Creative Writing from Texas Tech University. She teaches in the MFA and BFA programs at Stony Brook University and has taught in the MFA Program for Writers at Warren Wilson College.

LB Thompson

LB Thompson's poems have been described as having a voice “filled with the sense of a part-human, part-Other intelligence, curious, questing…” and this quest to comprehend the more-than-human world we share fuels her writing process. The range of forms and expressions made possible by poetry is a notable fascination, as are the poetic possibilities of structures such as the Fibonacci sequence, playing cards, and units of American currency. Together with visual artist Ellen Wiener, Thompson has exhibited a bestiary of poems situated in the interactive wall-sized mural "Longhand Forest" and a poem mediating between two paintings in the limited edition artists' book Between Red and Green, which is in the collection at the Parrish Museum.Thompson has received awards from the Mrs. Giles Whiting Foundation and the Rona Jaffe Foundation.

Christian McLean

Christian McLean teaches undergraduate fiction and ethics, graduate arts administration, and co-directs the Southampton Writers Conference with Susan Scarf Merrell. His fiction has been published in The Rumpus, Scores Anthology, and The Southampton Review. His poetry has been featured in a collaborative work at Dundee Contemporary Arts (Scotland). He has a Master of Letters in Creative Writing from the University of St. Andrews and an MFA in Creative Writing from Stony Brook University. He is finishing up two projects: The Brunelleschi and Other Stories and Savage American Violence: Erasure Poems of The Great Gatsby.

Scott Sullivan

Scott Sullivan officially joined the Lichtenstein Center team as director of the Stony Brook Manhattan Center for Creative Writing and Film in 2018, after serving in a similar role for 16 years at the original Stony Brook Manhattan. Scott grew up in London, the Middle East, and Toronto; he has a Bachelor's degree in English from Amherst College; and he thrives on wearing many hats. He enjoyed a first career in magazine publishing, and has been — and continues to be — an avid athlete and a fan of em-dashes. In addition to his facility, scheduling, and budgetary duties for the Manhattan Center, Scott also serves as the current managing editor of The Southampton Review. Together with his wife Elana, Scott is raising two children and a dog in Manhattan, with frequent escapes to the Berkshires and western Catskills.

Stephen Aubrey

Stephen Aubrey is a Brooklyn-based writer and dramaturg. He is a founding co-artistic director of The Assembly, and his plays have been produced at The New Ohio Theater, The Living Theater, The Ontological-Hysteric Theater, The Collapsable Hole, and Edinburgh Fringe Festival, where his original play, We Can’t Reach You, Hartford, was nominated for the prestigious Fringe First Award. His fiction and essays have appeared in Electric Literature, CRAFT, Publishing Genius, and The Brooklyn Review. He is currently an editor and game designer at Stillfleet Studios. MFA: Brooklyn College. www.stephenaubrey.com

Karen Bender

Karen E. Bender is the author of two story collections: Refund , a finalist for the National Book Award in Fiction, a shortlist selection for the Frank O’Connor International Short Story Prize, a longlist selection for the Story Prize, and a Los Angeles Times bestseller; and The New Order, a longlist selection for the Story prize. A new collection, The Words of Dr. L and Other Stories, is forthcoming from Counterpoint Press. She is also the author of two novels: Like Normal People, a Los Angeles Times bestseller, a Washington Post Best Book of the Year, and a Barnes and Noble Discover Great New Writers selection; and A Town of Empty Rooms. Her fiction has appeared in magazines including The New Yorker, Granta, Zoetrope, Ploughshares, The Yale Review, The Harvard Review, Guernica and others, and has been reprinted in Best American Short Stories, Best American Mystery Stories, and won three Pushcart prizes. Visit her at www.karenebender.com.

Bobby Crace

Bobby Crace is a writer, teacher, and editor in New York City. He teaches at Stony Brook University and ghostwrites for Kevin Anderson & Associates. His primary work is in fiction: long form, short stories, and flash; as well as Creative Nonfiction: memoir and the experimental. He has published in Routledge, The Under Review, The Southampton Review, Mayday, Bubble Lit, and Punk Noir Lit.

Marissa Levien

Marissa Levien is a writer and artist living in New York with a kindly journalist and their two cats. Her first novel, The World Gives Way, was 2022 Ray Bradbury Award Finalist and was a New York Times Best Sci-Fi Novel of 2021.

Patricia McCormick

Patricia McCormick, a 2006 finalist for the National Book Award, is the author of four critically acclaimed novels – Purple Heart, a suspenseful psychological novel that explores the killing of a 10-year-old boy in Iraq; Sold, a deeply moving account of sexual trafficking; My Brother’s Keeper, a realistic view of teenage substance abuse; and Cut, an intimate portrait of one teenager’s struggle with self-injury. Her books have earned many honors: Sold was named by Publishers Weekly as one of Best 100 Books of the Year and was selected by the American Library Association as one of the Top Ten Best Books for Young Adults in 2006. Cut was an ALA Best Book for Teenagers. McCormick was named a New York Foundation on the Arts fellow in 2004. Her writing has also appeared in The New York Times, The Washington Post Magazine and other publications.

Dawnie Walton

Dawnie Walton is the author of The Final Revival of Opal & Nev, winner of the 2022 Aspen Words Literary Prize, the Mark Twain American Voice in Literature Award, the VCU Cabell First Novelist Award, and the Audie Award for Fiction. Her debut novel was also longlisted for the 2022 Women’s Prize for Fiction, and was named one of the best books of 2021 by The Washington Post, NPR, Esquire, and former U.S. President Barack Obama. She is the cofounder and editorial director of Ursa, an audio production company celebrating short fiction from underrepresented voices, and is the cohost of its accompanying podcast. Formerly an editor at Essence and Entertainment Weekly, she has received fellowships from MacDowell and Tin House, and an MFA from the Iowa Writers’ Workshop (where she has taught a fiction seminar). Born and raised in Jacksonville, Florida, she lives in Brooklyn with her husband.

Neal Gabler

Neal Gabler is the author of seven books and the recipient of a Guggenheim Fellowship, a Shorenstein Fellowship from Harvard, a Public Policy Scholarship from the Wilson Center for International Studies, a Freedom Forum Fellowship and the Patrick Henry Fellowship. He has been awarded two LA Times Book Prizes and was nominated for the National Book Critics Circle award. His biography of Walter Winchell was named Time Magazine's nonfiction book of the year and his biography of Walt Disney USA Today's Biography of the Year. Princeton historian Sean Wilentz called his biography of Edward Kennedy "one of the truly great biographies of our time." He has also been the chief judge of the National Book Awards and was a recipient of an Emmy.

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2024 Doti Awards Honor Graduate Students in Education and English The annual award acknowledges outstanding academic accomplishment, scholarly and creative work and service by graduating master's and doctoral students.

Chapman University has announced the recipients of the 2024 James L. Doti Outstanding Graduate Awards, the university’s highest honor for graduate students.

This year’s honorees are Katelyn Kitchens, a doctoral candidate in education , and Audrey Fong, a candidate for a dual Master of Arts in English and Master of Fine Arts in creative writing .

The Doti Awards are bestowed annually to an outstanding graduating master’s and doctoral student with a distinguished record of academic accomplishment, scholarly/creative activity and/or service. The award recipients’ names are permanently inscribed on the Doti Award trophy, which incorporates artist Nick Hernandez’s sculpture Emergence, on display in Argyros Forum. The recipients receive a desk-size copy of the trophy with a cash award of $1,000 and are recognized at their college’s commencement ceremony.

Katelyn Kitchens, Ph.D. Education, Attallah College of Educational Studies

Attallah’s faculty say Kitchens is a brilliant and exceptionally outstanding doctoral student. The faculty describes them as a highly ethical, committed and intellectually rigorous scholar-activist and teacher.

Kitchens successfully defended their Ph.D. dissertation in March 2024 on “New Ways of Being White: White Families Striving to Cultivate Antiracist Familial Cultures,” an expansive work based on a critical ethnographic study of white families committed to raising anti-racist children. The work is important, theoretically grounded and methodologically rigorous. Their chosen dissertation topic reflects their long-standing commitment to anti-racism. As a white person, Kitchens has personal experience with whiteness studies and engaging with others in anti-racist work.

Within the doctoral program, they developed a strong foundation in the theories that frame their work, including Marxist humanism, critical pedagogies and theories of whiteness. Kitchens also has strong instincts toward decolonizing and humanizing praxis. They are well recognized among faculty and peers as highly ethical and collaborative and evidence a commitment to the growth and learning of all those around them. Kitchens is especially committed to equity for racialized students and to the preservation and restoration of the cultural strengths, epistemologies and resources of historically oppressed communities.

These strengths, along with their excellent writing skills, have led to a significant record of emerging scholarship, research and teaching pursuits. Currently, Kitchens is co-authoring several research manuscripts. Kitchens has already published an impressive six publications (one is in press) and is planning a book based on their dissertation. Their scholarship is highly collaborative with Indigenous colleagues and other people of color, evidencing allyship with these communities. Kitchens’ numerous presentations at conferences and community settings exemplify a keen awareness and commitment to engage with the community beyond the academy.

Kitchens is also a gifted educator of children and adults. They have taught numerous courses in higher education, and faculty are certain that this has included challenging coursework, high expectations and humanizing pedagogy. A faculty mentor shared that conversations with Kitchens revealed their tremendous love and empathy for all peoples.

It’s notable that in a world where Indigenous communities are often wary of the dominant group, Kitchens has been invited to teach and work at an Indigenous tribal school. They recognize and value the opportunity that has been given to them and are continuously reflecting on their responsibility as a white person to that community and its peoples. Kitchens’ previous work in Montessori schools has also provided important insights into humanizing, democratic and life-giving pedagogies that inform their development. Furthermore, Kitchens has a strong social justice background. They served on the Montessori for Social Justice Board of Directors for five years.

At Chapman, Kitchens has been an active member of the Paulo Freire Democratic Project, supported guest talks and co-led teach-ins during the Black Lives Matter protests. Attallah faculty believe Kitchens is an outstanding student with a brilliant future ahead.

Audrey Fong, MA/MFA English and Creative Writing, Wilkinson College of Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences

Wilkinson’s faculty say Fong’s academic excellence and professional leadership are exceptional. She has used the dual program to set her own ambitious professional path. Importantly, Fong has used her own ongoing learning growth to contribute to the university and to the larger literary culture. She is the only graduate student who has taught Asian American Studies at Chapman University, and she’s also a graduate student instructor in English. She continues to open students to new ideas and texts and also works with Stephanie Takaragawa, associate professor of sociology, across disciplines on a variety of projects and programming.

Fong’s creative and scholarly achievements are unusually strong for a graduate student. She has presented at the Asian American Studies Conference and the College English Association Conference, in addition to others. She will present again this spring at the Asian American Studies Conference and is making a name for herself in that field. She also has a chapter forthcoming in an anthology about food and memory, an essay published in the literary journal South Dakota Review, and she’s placed several interviews with Asian American writers in Adroit Journal.

This important cultural work and her entrepreneurial spirit led Fong to found her own journal, Soapberry Review. Anna Leahy, director of the MFA in creative writing program, shared that she is awestruck by Fong’s ability to launch this project while excelling at all the other work we expect of graduate students and instructors. This project focuses on reviews of books and interviews with Asian American writers, filling a void in literary culture rather than replicating existing projects. Fong has encouraged other MFA students and alumni to read Asian American books and submit reviews for publication at Soapberry Review.

Faculty point to Fong’s mature understanding of a scholar-writer’s practice. She has a keen ability to turn conference presentations into journal publications, a professional practice that few graduate students in the humanities recognize and embrace. Also, she turns practical experience — the marketing internship with Red Hen Press and the social media work at UCI — into original intellectual and cultural production. She recognizes that her accomplishments as a scholar-writer have the power to change culture.

To continue honing her craft, Fong is entering the Ph.D. program at the University of Southern California, another program that combines creative writing and literature. Wilkinson’s faculty is convinced that will lead to even more achievement.

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Creative Technologies (MSc)

Creative Technologies (MSc) starting September 2024 for 1 year

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Combine your passion for creative art and design with digital technologies on this master's degree in creative technologies. Based at Winchester School of Art (WSA), we'll prepare you for a range of careers in the arts and technology sectors.

You'll develop your creative and technical skills in systems thinking and design. You'll learn through projects where you'll design and build immersive digital experiences. These experiences will go beyond digital screen formats to include fabrication, textiles and 3D printing.

You can choose to focus on:

programming skills
user experience design
physical fabrication
art and design practice
project management

You'll use industry standard equipment including virtual reality and augmented reality systems. You'll learn to programme as well as look at robot design. At WSA, you'll be part of a creative community that makes it easy to collaborate across subject areas.

On this creative technologies course you’ll have the opportunity to:

plan, design and develop digital projects
develop computational cognitive and practical skills
visit museums, galleries, and industry events
take part in industry facing projects with partners such as IBM and Moving Brands

We regularly review our courses to ensure and improve quality. This course may be revised as a result of this. Any revision will be balanced against the requirement that the student should receive the educational service expected. Find out why, when, and how we might make changes .

Our courses are regulated in England by the Office for Students (OfS).

Course lead

Your course leader is Dr Seth Giddings . His interests include cultures, technologies and economics of games, toys, and play. He researches AI and robotics in art, games, and everyday life.

Learn more about these subject areas

Art, design and fashion

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Computer science and software engineering

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Course location.

This course is based at Winchester .

Awarding body

This qualification is awarded by the University of Southampton.

Entry requirements

You'll need one of the following:

2:2 degree or equivalent international qualification
industry experience, in arts, design, media, humanities or computing

You'll need to submit a portfolio of your work.

English language requirements

If English isn't your first language, you'll need to complete an International English Language Testing System (IELTS) to demonstrate your competence in English. You'll need all of the following scores as a minimum:

IELTS score requirements

We accept other English language tests. Find out which English language tests we accept.

Pre-masters

If you don’t meet the English language requirements, you can achieve the level you need by completing a pre-sessional English programme before you start your course.

If you don’t meet the academic requirements, you can complete a pre-master's programme through our partnership with ONCAMPUS. Learn more about the programmes available .

Got a question?

Please contact us if you're not sure you have the right experience or qualifications to get onto this course.

Email: [email protected] Tel: +44(0)23 8059 5000

Course structure

This is a full-time master’s course. You’ll study for 12 months, from September to the following September.

In the first 9 months (semesters 1 and 2) you’ll study the taught part of your course. This is made up of modules that everyone on the course takes, and optional modules.

In the first semester you'll be introduced to key technical skills and applications in creative technologies. The emphasis will be on programming for creative work.

Compulsory modules cover:

ideas in art and technology
collaborative practices
creative computing

In semester 2 you'll build on your skills. Compulsory modules cover:

creative technologies
creative industry research

Through an optional module you'll extend your specialism in one of these areas:

experimental publishing
visual culture
exploring the visual language of display

You’ll also prepare a research proposal for your final project and decide on the best approach.

In semester 3, you’ll work independently on your final project. You’ll have one-to-one meetings with your supervisor during this time to discuss your progress.

Want more detail? See all the modules in the course.

The modules outlined provide examples of what you can expect to learn on this degree course based on recent academic teaching. As a research-led University, we undertake a continuous review of our course to ensure quality enhancement and to manage our resources. The precise modules available to you in future years may vary depending on staff availability and research interests, new topics of study, timetabling and student demand. Find out why, when and how we might make changes .

Year 1 modules

You must study the following modules :

Collaborative Practices

In this module, you will collaborate with a research group at WSA or in the wider university, an arts and cultural organisation, or a creative technology practitioner to co-design and undertake a project. You will be supported in identifying and approachi...

Creative Industry Research

On this module, you will identify and develop research on an areas of the broad field of creative technologies industry that connects with your creative or vocational interests and trajectory. This could be an organisation in the creative and cultural sec...

Creative Technologies 1: coding

In this module you will explore principles of programming and creative production for innovative technological applications. Using accessible platforms including block-based coding, simple robotics and front-end web design you will work on exercises that ...

Creative Technologies 2: environments

In this module you will build on your technical and creative practice in programming to explore the possibilities of applied and pervasive computing. Through workshops you will experiment with hardware and material systems that might include wearable tech...

Final Project in Creative Technologies

In this module you will build on the skills, experience and creative interests you have developed across the programme to complete an independent project that makes an innovative contribution to the creative technologies sector. Integrating theory and pra...

Ideas in Art and Technology

In this module you will engage with key historical, theoretical and aesthetic contexts for contemporary creative technology production. You will explore ideas that relate to your own practice through academic research and creative responses.

You must also choose from the following modules :

Experimental Publishing

The consideration of what publishing actual means today remains a relevant question for any creative practitioner. Over the past few years we have seen a huge rise in self-publishing, print on-demand services, tweeting and social media, from post-digital ...

Exploring the Visual Language of Display

The module provides thematic examples of the theories and practices of visual presentation and display explored through interdisciplinary and critical contexts appropriate to the MA pathways. It offers a number of critical “tools”, enhanced through refere...

Visual Culture

We live in a world that is saturated by images, from the far reaches of space to the sub-atomic level and just about everything in between. Images seem to have a special power in our lives, playing a part in the constructions of who and what we are and t...

Learning and assessment

As well as lectures and seminars led by subject experts you'll learn through:

workshops and demonstrations
interdisciplinary workshops
study visits such as to industry linked partners or design studios
industry related projects

Assessment could include:

digital portfolio
group and individual projects
design research and development
technical exercises
2D and 3D models and prototypes

Academic Support

We'll assign you a personal academic tutor, and you'll have access to a senior tutor.

You'll graduate with the experience and skills for a range range arts and technology roles in the cultural and creative industries. These include:

creative technologist in the advertising, entertainment, games or music industries
user interface or experience designer
media artist
Internet of Things or smart products developer
app or mobile media designer
digital project manager
technology researcher
arts and live events technologist
web developer
employment within different sized organisations
become a freelance practitioner or producer
start a business
go on to study a PhD

Careers services at Southampton

We're a top 20 UK university for employability (QS Graduate Employability Rankings 2022). Our Careers, Employability and Student Enterprise team will support you throughout your time as a student and for up to 5 years after graduation. This support includes:

work experience schemes
CV/resume and interview skills workshops
networking events
careers fairs attended by top employers
a wealth of volunteering opportunities
study abroad and summer school opportunities

We have a thriving entrepreneurship culture. You'll be able to take advantage of:

our dedicated start-up incubator, Futureworlds
a wide variety of enterprise events run throughout the year
our partnership in the world’s number 1 business incubator, SETsquared

Fees, costs and funding

Tuition fees.

Fees for a year's study:

UK students pay £9,250.
EU and international students pay £24,200.

Check fees for other versions of this course .

If you're an international student on a full-time course, we'll ask you to pay £2,000 of your tuition fees in advance, as a deposit.

Your offer letter will tell you when this should be paid and provide full terms and conditions.

Find out about exemptions, refunds and how to pay your deposit on our tuition fees for overseas students page.

What your fees pay for

Your tuition fee covers the full cost of tuition and any exams. The fee you pay will remain the same each year from when you start studying this course. This includes if you suspend and return.

Find out how to pay your tuition fees .

Accommodation and living costs, such as travel and food, are not included in your tuition fees. There may also be extra costs for retake and professional exams.

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living costs
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10% alumni discount

If you’re a graduate of the University of Southampton, you could be eligible for a 10% discount on your postgraduate tuition fees.

Postgraduate Master’s Loans (UK nationals only)

This can help with course fees and living costs while you study a postgraduate master's course. Find out if you're eligible .

Funding your postgraduate studies

A variety of additional funding options may be available to help you pay for your master’s study. Both from the University and other organisations.

Funding for EU and international students

Find out about funding you could get as an international student.

Use the 'apply for this course' button on this page to take you to our online application form.
Search for the course you want to apply for.
Complete the application form and upload any supporting documents.
Submit your application.

For further details, read our step by step guide to postgraduate taught applications .

Application deadlines

International applicants: Monday 29 July 2024, midday UK time
UK applicants: Friday 30 August 2024, midday UK time

Application assessment fee

We’ll ask you to pay a £50 application assessment fee if you’re applying for a postgraduate taught course.

This is an extra one-off charge which is separate to your tuition fees and is payable per application. It covers the work and time it takes us to assess your application. You’ll be prompted to pay when you submit your application which won’t progress until you've paid.

If you're a current or former University of Southampton student, or if you’re applying for certain scholarships, you will not need to pay the fee. PGCE applications through GOV.UK and Master of Research (MRes) degree applications are also exempt. Find out if you’re exempt on our terms and conditions page .

Supporting information

When you apply you’ll need to submit a personal statement explaining why you want to take the course.

You’ll need to include information about:

your knowledge of the subject area
why you want to study a postgraduate qualification in this course
how you intend to use your qualification

References are not required for this programme.

Please include the required paperwork showing your first degree and your IELTS English language test score (if you are a non-native English speaker) with your application. Without these, your application may be delayed.

You'll need to submit a portfolio of your work, as follows:

In a Word document or PDF, with your name clearly visible in the first page, include around 6 ‘sets’ of work that demonstrate your interests and experience across creative and technical practice.
If you have a creative background, show us your work in art, design or music, and give some evidence of your interest in technical practice such as computing, making or creative software use.
If you have a computing or technical background, include and explain your best and most innovative work. Also include evidence of creative interests and practice such as photography, drawing or music-making.
A set might be a sequence of photographs exploring a theme, or it could be a single developed work such as a painting, audio work, written work, Arduino experiment, piece of code or application.
Include preparatory materials in a set where appropriate, such as sketchbooks, prototypes, moodboards or models. You can include links to your work on online portfolios, blogs, coding sites, audio and video sites.
Annotate your sets by including short texts giving some context to your ideas and explaining anything that isn’t clear from your images and links.

What happens after you apply

You'll be able to track your application through our online Applicant Record System.

We will aim to send you a decision 6 weeks after you have submitted your application.

Unfortunately, due to number of applications we receive, we may not be able to give you specific feedback on your application if you are unsuccessful.

Equality and diversity

We treat and select everyone in line with our Equality and Diversity Statement .

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Writer&#039;s Workshop: Exploration - 30 credits Find and refine your unique writing style in this foundational creative writing module.

Critical Thinking for Creative Writers - 30 credits Deepen your creative writing by engaging with critical literary theories.

Final Project: the Creative Practice Dissertation - 60 credits Create your defining work in this final module, aimed at crafting an impressive collection of your original writing.

Writer&#039;s Workshop: Resolution - 30 credits Bring your creative writing talents into sharp focus in this advanced workshop.

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Dr Tom Sykes

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Writer's Workshop: Exploration - 30 credits Find and refine your unique writing style in this foundational creative writing module.

Writer's Workshop: Resolution - 30 credits Bring your creative writing talents into sharp focus in this advanced workshop.

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