Handbook : Unit informationEdith Cowan University

School: Arts and Humanities

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Please note that given the circumstances of COVID-19, there may be some modifications to the assessment schedule promoted in Handbook for Semester 1 2020 Units. Students will be notified of all approved modifications by Unit Coordinators via email and Unit Blackboard sites. Where changes have been made, these are designed to ensure that you still meet the unit learning outcomes in the context of our adjusted teaching and learning arrangements.

• Unit Title

  Writing Therapy

• Unit Code

  WRT2106

• Year

  2020

• Enrolment Period

  1

• Version

  2

• Credit Points

  15

• Full Year Unit

  N

• Mode of Delivery

  On Campus
  Online

• Unit Coordinator

  Dr Marcella Kathleen POLAIN

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Description

This unit explores the concept and practice of writing therapy and its relation to discourses of psychology, psychoanalysis and literature. Writing has sometimes been regarded as a symptom or cause of mental illness and pain as a source of creativity, but there is some evidence to suggest that writing improves physical and mental health, alleviates stress, contributes to self-development and helps people to cope with grief and trauma. Students engage in and critically reflect on various kinds of therapeutic writing.

Equivalent Rule

Equivalent to WRT3106. Replaces WRT3106.

Learning Outcomes

On completion of this unit students should be able to:

1. Discuss key issues, research findings and organisations in the field of writing therapy.
2. Identify, employ and review a variety of writing methods and genres in relation to relevant theories and research.
3. Compose an original creative work drawing on selected methods and conventions.
4. Appraise and compare their own and other writers’ processes, outcomes and responses in the context of writing therapy.

Unit Content

1. Theories of narrative and poetry therapy.
2. Therapeutic writing experiments.
3. Writing therapy research.
4. Writing skills and conventions.

Learning Experience

Students will engage in learning experiences through ECU Blackboard as well as additional ECU learning technologies.

Additional Learning Experience Information

On-campus: Seminars Off-campus: Blackboard

Assessment

GS1 GRADING SCHEMA 1 Used for standard coursework units

Students please note: The marks and grades received by students on assessments may be subject to further moderation. All marks and grades are to be considered provisional until endorsed by the relevant Board of Examiners.

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