Screenwriting

MA Full time

Course Overview

UCAS code:
Duration: 1 year
Study type: Full Time
Napier code: 54707MM

If you’re determined to break into the competitive screenwriting world, our highly regarded, Skillset-accredited Screen Academy Scotland course will maximise your chances. You’ll gain direction and guidance in developing and polishing ideas into finished scripts and l earn how the film, television and interactive media businesses operate. Practising industry professionals will provide valuable insight and contacts as you develop a portfolio of projects, including a ‘calling card’ script.

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If you're determined to break into the competitive world of screenwriting, this highly regarded Screen Academy Scotland course will maximise your chances. As well as giving you direction and guidance in developing and polishing ideas into finished scripts, you'll learn how the film, television and interactive media businesses operate. Practising industry professionals will guide your learning, providing valuable insight and contacts. By the end of the course, you'll have produced a portfolio of scripts that can be your calling card, an important tool for a new screenwriter when approaching producers or directors.

While your primary focus throughout the course will be developing your writing skills for moving media, secondary skills will also be addressed. This is a business that requires determination and discipline, and you'll learn motivational techniques, collaborative skills and confidence in presentation. Business issues are also covered, giving you insights into the financial and organisational processes of the industry.

Professionally accredited by:

This course has been awarded the Creative Skillset Tick, the industry kitemark of quality, following a rigorous assessment process by experts working in the Creative Industries. The Creative Skillset Tick is awarded to practice-based courses which best prepare students for a career in the industry.

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What's it like?

By the end of the course, you'll have produced a script that can be your calling card

Career prospects

We are one of the top universities in Scotland for graduate employability, with over 93% of our graduates in jobs or further study six months after graduating.

You'll encounter plenty of competition on your way to a screenwriting career, but this qualification will ensure you're well-equipped to take advantage of every opportunity that may come your way. A number of modules within the course are shared with the MA Screen Project Development and will give you the opportunity to meet up-and-coming producers, development executives and script editors. Past students of this course have made contacts with visiting industry speakers, received commissions and won prizes.

  • feature film production
  • short films
  • television 
  • computer games 
  • internet-based content



 

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What's involved

Modular learning

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Developing our students, both professionally and personally, is at the heart of all learning at Edinburgh Napier and is embedded in our approach to Learning, Teaching and Assessment. We put the employability of our graduates at the core of everything we do and we are regarded as one of the Top 10 Universities in the UK for graduate employability.

We are proud to be investing £100m to provide some of the very best teaching and learning facilities and there are plans for a new student union in 2012/13.


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Requirements at a glance

Entry to the course

International students

Full-time study (per year)

The fees listed are stated per annum.

Part-time study (per year)

The fees listed are stated per annum.

Part-time study

The number of modules studied is dependant on the exit that you wish to achieve, for example:

  • A Grad Cert is 60 Credits (3 modules)
  • A Cert HE/Grad Dip/ HND is 120 credits (6 modules)
  • A Dip HE credit is 240 credits (12 modules)
  • A Degree is 360 credits (18 modules)
  • An Honours Degree is 480 credits

Please note that some part-time courses give modular exemptions for previous study and vocational experience. Advice is available during application.

Part-time study (per module)

  • A Postgraduate Certificate is 60 credits (3 modules)
  • A Postgraduate Diploma is 120 credits (6 modules)
  • MBA is 180 credits

Fees Table

Fees displayed are correct at the time of publication but the University Court reserves the right to make changes in fees at any time, and without notice, before or after the student's admission to the University.

Tuition fees are reviewed annually and will rise each year during your programme of study, at least in line with inflation.

Funding your study

We have lots of funding options available such as the postgraduate tuition fee loan for Scottish & EU students, specific scholarships for students from India and Africa, as well as bursaries & grants for those closer to home in England, Northern Ireland and Wales. Visit our funding pages to find out what you could be eligible for.

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