Module: CW7503-30 - Professional Skills in Travel and Nature Writing

Level: 7

Credit Value: 30

Module Tutor: Stephen Moss

Module Tutor Contact Details: s.moss@bathspa.ac.uk

1. Brief description and aims of module

A module designed to develop business, organisational and writing related skills, enabling the student to have a better chance of being published.

2. Outline Syllabus & Teaching & Learning Methods

This module is designed to apply the experience of the Writing in the Field and Advanced Travel and Nature Writing modules to the student’s career plan. Students will undertake an independent trip in the UK or abroad (usually during the Easter vacation) putting what they have learned into practice. With reference to a variety of media, students will work on establishing their own careers as professional writers. They will be encouraged to plan their own professional development through on-line workshops, seminars and tutorials. Students will analyse the travel and nature writing market and plan for their own independent journey and writing project.

Assessment Item 1:

• Assessment Type: Coursework
• Description: A project proposal with market analysis for a self-organised trip (c. 2,000 words)
• % Weighting: 20%

Assessment Item 2:

• Assessment Type: Coursework
• Description: A self-development plan including contents including a CV, profile, web presence, recordings (2,000 words or equivalent)
• % Weighting: 40%

Assessment Item 3:

• Assessment Type: Coursework
• Description: A report on a normally self-organised trip plus a piece or pieces of creative writing, (3,500 words or equivalent)
• % Weighting: 40%