Turn your writing craft into a successful career.
Explore the evolving needs of the marketplace while honing your writing practice on this Creative Writing online degree.
Whether you dream of penning novels, writing for games, creating compelling digital content, or producing award-winning screenplays, join our online Creative Writing degree and graduate with an assured voice – ready to make your mark.
Guided by experienced professionals while actively engaging with peers and industry connections across the globe, you’ll learn to create and publish high-quality written content in a range of formats and platforms.
Why study this course at Falmouth?
Experiment with your writing from day one, developing and enhancing your craft
Join a supportive global community of writers and make crucial connections
Tap into Falmouth’s renowned storytelling legacy from your own location on a Creative Writing degree designed specifically for online delivery
Work on industry-informed briefs and learn how to turn your writing into a viable career
Exploring the breadth of the creative industries, you'll develop your writing practice and your reflective and analytical skills both as an individual and as part of a team.
You'll experiment with form and prompts, embrace the art of reading as a writer, and learn how to connect with a vast range of audiences.
This online degree will prepare you to join the global creative writing marketplace, equipped with specialist knowledge, an adaptable skill set, and a clear vision of your place within the market.
Stage one
You'll begin to develop your writing practice and your reflective and analytical skills both as an individual and as part of a team. You'll experiment with a wealth of forms and prompts, gain an awareness of the context of the creative industries, learn the art of reading as a writer and examine the elements and concepts that mediate, influence and challenge your place as a creator.
Modules:
Dreaming Up Worlds: Imagination, World-Building and Character
True Stories: Creative Non-Fiction and Life-Writing
Post-Digital Writing: Idea, Concept, Platform
Society and Identity
Stage two
You'll push the boundaries of your discipline to extend and enhance your writing, entrepreneurial and critical skills. You'll work in teams to create and publish innovative content, while exploring and analysing audience reception. You'll also have the opportunity to develop your writing and analytical skills across different genres and forms.
Modules
Writing for Screen Media: Games, Film, TV
Bound by None: Place and Adventure
Writing for Performance: Poetry, Theatre, Comedy
Collaborative Project
Stage three
You’ll continue to strengthen your industry presence as a writer and be encouraged to submit your work to active calls for submission. You’ll also hone your own voice further with a deep-dive into a genre of your choosing – developing a critical and market-based understanding of its intricacies. All this will culminate in your final project, where you’ll be supported by your supervisor to produce a substantial creative piece in a specific form and genre. You'll take a more entrepreneurial approach to your practice and establish your public persona as a 21st-century writer.
Modules
The Hybrid
Genres and Disruptive Fictions
Masterpiece: Individual Project
Publishing Lab: Entrepreneurial Practice
As part of our process of continuous improvement, we routinely review course content to ensure that all our students benefit from a high-quality and rewarding academic experience. As such, there may be some changes made to your course which are not immediately reflected in the content displayed on our website. Any students affected will be informed of any changes made directly.
The BA(Hons) Creative Writing online employs a range of assessments and strategies throughout the course, including formative and summative assessments.
Formative assessment in the form of continuous written and/or verbal feedback takes place across the module through your participation in the different learning activities and webinars, and by exchanging peer feedback on ideas and work in progress. This kind of assessment supports you to develop your writing, critical and reflective skills and to keep up to date with your course work.
Summative assessment takes place on each module, usually at mid-points and at the end of the module. Activities across each module will help you prepare for these assessments. Assessment types include portfolios, reviews, pitches, presentations, reflective journals, case studies, competition analysis, documentation of projects and the final project, which is the major project of the end of your course. At the end of the module you'll receive written feedback and a mark for each assignment via an online feedback system within three weeks of the deadline.
You'll be able to check in with your online tutor to discuss your progress and ask any questions you have about your course.
This course is available in Clearing. If you have submitted an application, you can add this course. If you haven’t sent us an application yet, you can do this until 24th September 2026.
This is the equal consideration deadline. You can still apply after this date, but your application may not receive guaranteed consideration.
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If English is not your first language, you will need to demonstrate English language skills that are sufficiently developed for successful completion of your studies. We accept a range of recognised English language qualifications that are equivalent to the International English Language Testing System (IELTS) Academic minimum score of 6.0 overall, with a minimum of 5.5 in Reading, Writing, Speaking and Listening.
At Falmouth, we recognise excellence in many forms, and we see the whole you.
Our diverse community is creative, innovative and entrepreneurial.
We recognise that these qualities aren’t always shown in academic grades alone. That’s why, while many of our applicants achieve high academic grades, we also welcome those who can demonstrate their potential through an exceptional portfolio or performance.
At a minimum, we typically require the equivalent of 64 UCAS Tariff points for undergraduate courses where we can review a portfolio or audition, or a minimum of 96 UCAS points for those courses that do not require a portfolio or audition. For our Integrated Foundation Year courses, we typically require a minimum of 32 UCAS points for courses where we can review a portfolio or audition, or 64 UCAS points for those that do not require a portfolio or audition.
To support this approach, during a friendly conversation with our academic team, we’ll consider your ideas, your creative output and your ambition to ensure you’ll thrive at Falmouth.
If you are able to demonstrate relevant, current, equivalent experience instead of formal qualifications, we encourage you to apply. Please contact our Applicant Services team before applying, for advice regarding your individual experience and eligibility.
If you are an international applicant and require a Student visa to study in the UK, you must have a recognised English language test approved and vouched for by the University at the appropriate level. You can see what we accept on our website https://www.falmouth.ac.uk/study/international/english-language-requirements Our Applicant Services team can help you with any general questions you may have about study visas or suitable language tests. For more specific advice, we recommend you also consult UKCISA http://www.ukcisa.org.uk/
Find out more about qualification requirements for this course.
View our list of accepted English language tests and qualifications using the link belowhttps://www.falmouth.ac.uk/study/international/english-language-requirements
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