MA Wild Writing: Literature, Landscape and the Environment at University of Essex

Programme overview

The MA Wild Writing explores the landscape and environment of Essex, Britain and beyond through modules on contemporary nature writing, ecocriticism and psychogeographic literature. Students can focus on scholarly ecocriticism, creative writing about the natural world, or both, with field trips outside the classroom.

Department: Language, Literature, and Media (School of) | Duration: 1 year (full-time) | Intake: October | Study mode: full-time; part-time | Location: Colchester, England, United Kingdom

What you will study

Modules listed include The New Nature Writing, Creative Writing Workshop, Memory Maps: Practices in Psychogeography, Dissertation Preparation: Postgraduate Research and Writing Skills and a Dissertation in Wild Writing.

Career pathways

Graduates have become writers, practising artists, scholars and environmentalists, including roles in climate change work and natural resources policing.

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Application information

Entry requirements

A 2:2 degree in American Studies, Art History, Creative Writing, Film and Media Studies, History, Journalism, Law, Literature, Modern Languages, Music, Performance Studies, Philosophy, Politics, Sociology or Theatre/Drama Studies. International applicants: IELTS 7.0 overall with at least 6.5 in writing and 5.5 in all other components; a pre-sessional English pathway is available for those who do not meet the IELTS score.

Domestic applicants: GBP 11,600 for the whole programme Source

International applicants: GBP 25,075 for the whole programme Source

Intake: October

Duration: 1 year (full-time)

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