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CRWT30110

Academic Year 2026/2027

Advanced Fiction Workshop II (CRWT30110)

Subject:
Creative Writing
College:
Arts & Humanities
School:
English, Drama & Film
Level:
3 (Degree)
Credits:
10
Module Coordinator:
Dr Niamh Campbell
Trimester:
Spring
Mode of Delivery:
On Campus
Internship Module:
No
How will I be graded?
Letter grades

Curricular information is subject to change.

Weekly workshop in which students' work is critically evaluated. A copy of the work to be evaluated is circulated to the other members of the group in advance and students are expected to join in the discussion.

About this Module

Learning Outcomes:

1. The capacity to evaluate creative work in progress
2. An increased ability to revise and redraft
3. Learning to work with an editor / team of editors
4. A clearer understanding of what is central in the work in progress
5. A sense of the importance of careful editing

The United Nations identified seventeen Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) as core to the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, and UCD contributes in general to SDG 4 Quality Education. Further SDGs explored within this module if relevant are listed below. A scale of 1 - 5 indicates the extent to which the SDG is covered.


 

Student Effort Hours:
Student Effort Type Hours
Lectures

0

Seminar (or Webinar)

24

Specified Learning Activities

76

Autonomous Student Learning

100

Total

200


Approaches to Teaching and Learning:
Workshop, peer-review, and self-reflective learning

Requirements, Exclusions and Recommendations

Not applicable to this module.


Module Requisites and Incompatibles
Not applicable to this module.
 

Assessment Strategy
Description Timing Component Scale Must Pass Component % of Final Grade In Module Component Repeat Offered
Portfolio: 5,000-word portfolio of literary fiction, containing 1,000-word reflective essay + 4,000 experimental prose.
Week 15 Graded No
100
No

As part of UCD's student support, under the Additional Consideration policy, extensions may be available for the following assessments in the module: Assignment (including essay/poster), Portfolio, Reflective Assignment, Report(s), and Individual Project.


Carry forward of passed components
No
 

Resit In Terminal Exam
Autumn No
Please see Student Jargon Buster for more information about remediation types and timing. 

Feedback Strategy/Strategies

• Feedback individually to students, on an activity or draft prior to summative assessment
• Peer review activities

How will my Feedback be Delivered?

Not yet recorded.

Timetabling information is displayed only for guidance purposes, relates to the current Academic Year only and is subject to change.
Spring Once Off Offering 1 Week(s) - 33 Mon 12:00 - 12:50
Spring Seminar Offering 1 Week(s) - 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33 Mon 12:00 - 13:50