Will doing a course help me get a literary agent?

Will doing a course help me get a literary agent?

Russell Celyn Jones (Published writer. Professor of Creative Writing and Director of the MA Programme at Birkbeck College (University of London).) gives expert video advice on: What advice do you have for writers just starting out?; What cautions do you have for wannabe writers?; Is it true that 'everyone has a novel in them'? and more...

If you take an advanced course in writing fiction such as a Master's degree, the chances are an agent would be more willing to read what you've written. Because it's a filtering system. Most MA courses are discriminatory and it means that to get an MA in creative writing you'll have learnt a lot. And agents know that. Also agents recruit from courses like the one at Birkbeck and others.