Undergraduate Course: Innovative Fiction (LLLG07028)

Course Outline
School	School of Literatures, Languages and Cultures	College	College of Humanities and Social Science
Credit level (Normal year taken)	SCQF Level 7 (Year 1 Undergraduate)	Availability	Not available to visiting students
SCQF Credits	10	ECTS Credits	5
Summary	This is a for-credit course offered by the Office of Lifelong Learning (OLL); only students registered with OLL should be enrolled. An adventurous course which will encourage you to experiment with form, language and genre and extend the possibilities of your fiction. The course is intended to stretch the imaginative boundaries. It will also examine how far you can go with innovation and still keep the reader engaged. Through experimentation, it is hoped the writer will gain a deeper understanding of some of the key principles of the craft.
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Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
Pre-requisites		Co-requisites
Prohibited Combinations		Other requirements	None

Course Delivery Information

Academic year 2017/18, Not available to visiting students (SS1)		Quota: 14
Course Start	Lifelong Learning - Session 3
Timetable	Timetable
Learning and Teaching activities (Further Info)	Total Hours: 100 ( Seminar/Tutorial Hours 20, Programme Level Learning and Teaching Hours 2, Directed Learning and Independent Learning Hours 78 )
Assessment (Further Info)	Written Exam 0 %, Coursework 100 %, Practical Exam 0 %
Additional Information (Assessment)	Open Studies 10 credit courses have one assessment. Normally, the assessment is a 2000 word essay, worth 100% of the total mark, submitted by week 12. To pass, students must achieve a minimum of 40%. There are a small number of exceptions to this model which are identified in the Studying for Credit Guide.
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Learning Outcomes
By the end of the course, students should have gained: ż Practice in a range of techniques to stimulate the creative process ż Greater understanding of the need to experiment and keep their writing fresh ż The confidence to take their writing in new directions ż Increased skill in developing their work ż Increased skill in giving and receiving constructive feedback