School: Arts and Humanities

This unit information may be updated and amended immediately prior to semester. To ensure you have the correct outline, please check it again at the beginning of semester.

  • Unit Title

    Writing Poetry
  • Unit Code

    WRT3107
  • Year

    2021
  • Enrolment Period

    1
  • Version

    2
  • Credit Points

    15
  • Full Year Unit

    N
  • Mode of Delivery

    On Campus
    Online
  • Unit Coordinator

    Dr Donna Jean MAZZA

Description

This unit will offer students the opportunity to develop an existing strength and interest in writing poetry. The work of established writers in the genre will be the starting point for workshops in which students will be able to explore a range of subjects and styles in the development of their own writing. The emphasis in this unit will be on free-verse form, contemporary Australian poets, and the development of independent writing practice.

Learning Outcomes

On completion of this unit students should be able to:

  1. Identify and explain pertinent historical, social, political and inter-cultural themes and issues relating to poetry.
  2. Generate a collection of original poems that demonstrate skills gained in the unit.
  3. Identify, select and employ relevant technical elements - in language, form and structure - in the production of own original poetry.
  4. Interrogate, challenge and defend the use of chosen techniques in others’ poetry.

Unit Content

  1. Discussion of selected themes, as well as formal, linguistic and stylistic issues, as they relate to poetry.
  2. Study of selected Australian and international poems.
  3. Group work and peer reviewing processes.
  4. Analysis and discussion of students' poetry.
  5. Sustained development of a reflective journal.
  6. Writing original poetry which demonstrates skills gained through the unit.

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 School Progression Panel.

ON CAMPUS
TypeDescriptionValue
PortfolioCompleted original poems 60%
PresentationIn class presentation20%
JournalAnalytical writing (journal)20%
ONLINE
TypeDescriptionValue
PortfolioCompleted original poems 60%
JournalAnalytical writing (Journal) 20%
PresentationOnline presentation20%

Disability Standards for Education (Commonwealth 2005)

For the purposes of considering a request for Reasonable Adjustments under the Disability Standards for Education (Commonwealth 2005), inherent requirements for this subject are articulated in the Unit Description, Learning Outcomes and Assessment Requirements of this entry. The University is dedicated to provide support to those with special requirements. Further details on the support for students with disabilities or medical conditions can be found at the Access and Inclusion website.

Academic Misconduct

Edith Cowan University has firm rules governing academic misconduct and there are substantial penalties that can be applied to students who are found in breach of these rules. Academic misconduct includes, but is not limited to:

  • plagiarism;
  • unauthorised collaboration;
  • cheating in examinations;
  • theft of other students' work;

Additionally, any material submitted for assessment purposes must be work that has not been submitted previously, by any person, for any other unit at ECU or elsewhere.

The ECU rules and policies governing all academic activities, including misconduct, can be accessed through the ECU website.

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School: Arts and Humanities

This unit information may be updated and amended immediately prior to semester. To ensure you have the correct outline, please check it again at the beginning of semester.

  • Unit Title

    Writing Poetry
  • Unit Code

    WRT3107
  • Year

    2021
  • Enrolment Period

    2
  • Version

    2
  • Credit Points

    15
  • Full Year Unit

    N
  • Mode of Delivery

    On Campus
    Online
  • Unit Coordinator

    Dr Donna Jean MAZZA

Description

This unit will offer students the opportunity to develop an existing strength and interest in writing poetry. The work of established writers in the genre will be the starting point for workshops in which students will be able to explore a range of subjects and styles in the development of their own writing. The emphasis in this unit will be on free-verse form, contemporary Australian poets, and the development of independent writing practice.

Learning Outcomes

On completion of this unit students should be able to:

  1. Identify and explain pertinent historical, social, political and inter-cultural themes and issues relating to poetry.
  2. Generate a collection of original poems that demonstrate skills gained in the unit.
  3. Identify, select and employ relevant technical elements - in language, form and structure - in the production of own original poetry.
  4. Interrogate, challenge and defend the use of chosen techniques in others’ poetry.

Unit Content

  1. Discussion of selected themes, as well as formal, linguistic and stylistic issues, as they relate to poetry.
  2. Study of selected Australian and international poems.
  3. Group work and peer reviewing processes.
  4. Analysis and discussion of students' poetry.
  5. Sustained development of a reflective journal.
  6. Writing original poetry which demonstrates skills gained through the unit.

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 School Progression Panel.

ON CAMPUS
TypeDescriptionValue
PortfolioCompleted original poems 60%
JournalAnalytical writing (journal)20%
PresentationIn class presentation20%
ONLINE
TypeDescriptionValue
PortfolioCompleted original poems 60%
JournalAnalytical writing (Journal) 20%
PresentationOnline presentation20%

Disability Standards for Education (Commonwealth 2005)

For the purposes of considering a request for Reasonable Adjustments under the Disability Standards for Education (Commonwealth 2005), inherent requirements for this subject are articulated in the Unit Description, Learning Outcomes and Assessment Requirements of this entry. The University is dedicated to provide support to those with special requirements. Further details on the support for students with disabilities or medical conditions can be found at the Access and Inclusion website.

Academic Misconduct

Edith Cowan University has firm rules governing academic misconduct and there are substantial penalties that can be applied to students who are found in breach of these rules. Academic misconduct includes, but is not limited to:

  • plagiarism;
  • unauthorised collaboration;
  • cheating in examinations;
  • theft of other students' work;

Additionally, any material submitted for assessment purposes must be work that has not been submitted previously, by any person, for any other unit at ECU or elsewhere.

The ECU rules and policies governing all academic activities, including misconduct, can be accessed through the ECU website.

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