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Major in Creative Writing

Faculty	Discipline	Credit points
Faculty of Arts and Design	School of Arts and Communications	18

Introduction

This major provides students with comprehensive knowledge of the major issues, approaches and perspectives associated with the professional practice of creative writing, and allows them to build their aesthetic and technical skills in two or more writing genres. Students develop their skills by completing a major project at third year level. Prerequisite and/or Corequisite: As some units in this major are offered in alternate years, students are advised to check the individual unit offerings for that year.

Assumed knowledge

None.

Additional information

None.

Referenced courses

Requirements

Note: - Must note the following

To complete this Major, students must pass at least 6 credit points at Level 3.

Creative Project (8298) | 3 credit points — Level 3 *

Introduction to Creative Writing (8304) | 3 credit points — Level 1 *

Cultural Research (8902) | 3 credit points — Level 2 *

Research and Practice (9989) | 3 credit points — Level 2 *

Writing for Young People (7479) | 3 credit points — Level 2 *

Writing Short Narratives (8147) | 3 credit points — Level 1 *

Screenwriting (8905) | 3 credit points — Level 2 *

Poetry and the Imagination (9308) | 3 credit points — Level 3 *

Writing Narrative Non-Fiction (9921) | 3 credit points — Level 2 *

Revision / Editing (9991) | 3 credit points — Level 3 *

Screenwriting for Television (9992) | 3 credit points — Level 3 *

Aliens, Dragons, Monsters, Me: Writing Genre (9993) | 3 credit points — Level 2 *

Please Note: Units marked with an * are no longer active, however students who have completed these units may still count them towards completion of this major or minor.

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