Fiction, psychology and an education degree with psychology

Creative Writing, Fiction and Community is a module taught as part of your education degree with psychology.  When studying fiction, psychology can tell us a great deal about the text, and about a wide range of issues and themes contained within it.  This can help you in your career with a psychology degree, particularly if it relates to community.

Careers with a psychology degree - how this module can help you

This module of your education degree with psychology examines various approaches to fiction, the language used and what we can learn about communities.  Those hoping for community careers with their psychology degree can learn a great deal from this module.  You will gain an understanding about how fiction and psychology can reveal a great deal about each other.

Learn through fiction - psychology and context

This module of your education degree with psychology looks at fiction set in a wide range of communities.  It will examine how, in fiction, psychology and psychological readings can make sense of a wide range of experiences and help gain a career with psychology.  Degree students will benefit from this module as well as deriving enjoyment from it.

Careers with psychology - degrees opening up many opportunities

This module of your education degree with psychology will teach you about how to learn from culture which greatly assists your learning experience and prospects.  You will also see how, in fiction, psychology knowledge can enhance our understanding and enjoyment.
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Writing educational change: Creative Writing, Fiction and Community

This module examines approaches to reading fiction, looking at the language used, and what fiction can teach us about communities.  Taking into account fiction set in a wide variety of communities, this fascinating module shows how fiction becomes a way of making sense of experience – both for the reader and the writer.  You’ll learn how to read texts critically and précis, paraphrase and quote correctly – as well as interpret relevant published data.

Key Topics

In this module you will cover a range of topics including:

> The debate over representation of localised communities and the issue of race in recent fiction
> The controversy over recent critical acclaim of texts and contrasting local boycotts
> Why fiction?
> Student's literature survey
> Reading our writing


Assessment

There are a number of assessments that you complete as part of your coursework and forward to your academic tutor for grading and comments.

You'll also take a summative assessment at the end of your module. Exam venues are located across the UK and exams take place twice a year. Please note that there are additional assessment fees for each module.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 
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