Postgraduate Course: The Craft of the Playwright I (ENLI11178)

Course Outline
School	School of Literatures, Languages and Cultures	College	College of Humanities and Social Science
Credit level (Normal year taken)	SCQF Level 11 (Postgraduate)	Availability	Not available to visiting students
SCQF Credits	40	ECTS Credits	20
Summary	This 40 credit course will, through seminars and workshops on students own developing folio, introduce students to the theory and practice of writing for live performance. The course will encourage students to unlock their own personal creative voice as well as building skills in a range of techniques for conceiving, developing and structuring their dramatic writing through practical exercises. It simultaneously enhances studentsż ability to think reflect critically on their own and othersż writing through engagement with critical texts, theatre history, philosophy and visits to live performance. Input from established professional theatre-makers into the workshop element of the course will introduce students into the role of the writer in the process of developing script for live performance. Please note this course is ONLY available to students on the MSc Playwriting programme.
Course description	Not entered

Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
Pre-requisites		Co-requisites
Prohibited Combinations		Other requirements	None

Course Delivery Information

Academic year 2015/16, Not available to visiting students (SS1)		Quota: None
Course Start	Semester 1
Timetable	Timetable
Learning and Teaching activities (Further Info)	Total Hours: 400 ( Seminar/Tutorial Hours 18, Dissertation/Project Supervision Hours 3, Supervised Practical/Workshop/Studio Hours 8, Feedback/Feedforward Hours 1, Other Study Hours 16, Programme Level Learning and Teaching Hours 8, Directed Learning and Independent Learning Hours 372 )
Additional Information (Learning and Teaching)	Professional Development work with theatre makers on students own scripts
Assessment (Further Info)	Written Exam 0 %, Coursework 100 %, Practical Exam 0 %
Additional Information (Assessment)	Folio comprising of writing for performance of 50 minutes.
Feedback	Not entered
No Exam Information

Learning Outcomes
Students will: ż be introduced to and become familiar with different techniques for writing text for live performance ż develop their dramaturgical skills for development of text for live performance ż enhance their critical skills as readers and consumers of text for live performance ż to learn how to give and receive critical feedback on their own and othersż work, and how to evaluate, and respond to that feedback in the future development of their writing for the stage