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Programme: MA (Creative Writing)

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Code	Faculty	Department
01250006	Faculty of Humanities	Department: Unit for Creative Writing

Credits	Duration	NQF level
Minimum duration of study: 1 year	Total credits: 180	NQF level: 09

Programme information
Curriculum: Final year

Programme information

Closing date for applications: 31 January annually.

Admission requirements

Relevant honours degree or relevant 4-year bachelor’s degree
A portfolio of creative work

Additional requirements

Selection will take place. A portfolio of creative work for evaluation must be submitted to the Head, Unit for Creative Writing.

Other programme-specific information

A student must work under the guidance of a supervisor for at least one academic year.
A student who does not comply with the requirements for the degree within the second academic year, must obtain permission from the Director/Dean for each succeeding year of registration.

General information

University of Pretoria Programme Qualification Mix (PQM) verification project

The higher education sector has undergone an extensive alignment to the Higher Education Qualification Sub-Framework (HEQF) across all institutions in South Africa. In order to comply with the HEQSF, all institutions are legally required to participate in a national initiative led by regulatory bodies such as the Department of Higher Education and Training (DHET), the Council on Higher Education (CHE), and the South African Qualifications Authority (SAQA). The University of Pretoria is presently engaged in an ongoing effort to align its qualifications and programmes with the HEQSF criteria. Current and prospective students should take note that changes to UP qualification and programme names, may occur as a result of the HEQSF initiative. Students are advised to contact their faculties if they have any questions.

Degree consists of creative work and a mini-dissertation

Core modules

KSK 895

Creative manuscript and documentation 895

Credits: 180.00
Module content:
The dissertation should demonstrate creative achievement in one of the following genres:
- poetry
- drama and screenplay
- prose (fiction),
- prose (creative non-fiction: biography or autobiography), or
- literary translation/adaptation.
The creative component should be complete work, or set of complete shorter works and should in substance be the equivalent of at least (in fiction) a short novel or a collection of short stories, or (in poetry) a book-length collection of poems, or (in drama) a full-length play or a collection of at least three one-act plays.
The theoretical component should be a scholarly/academic work on a related topic.
*The language of tuition depends on the language in which the creative and theoretical components are written.

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