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Creative and Professional Writing Major

Effective from 01-JAN-2020 : Code MAAAJQ

Students with a passion for writing will be offered the opportunity to nurture a capacity for creativity and effective communication. They will develop writing skills in a range of genres, including autobiography and biography, poetry, drama, fiction, and creative nonfiction, while also gaining an understanding of important legal, ethical and practical elements of editing and publishing.

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This Major can be studied in the following courses:

Mode of Delivery

On Campus at Mount Lawley
Online

Learning Outcomes

  1. CLOs and mapping completed at course level and can be located in the new Bachelor of Arts proposal.

Related Careers

Writer, Editor, Scriptwriter, Journalist, Publisher, Poet, Novelist, Playwright, Reviewer, Commentator

Employment Opportunities

Graduates are able to seek employment in the expanding communications sector, as well as opportunities for freelance writing work.

Major Structure

Students must complete eight (8) units totalling 120 credit points:

Year 1 - Semester 1
Unit Code Unit Title Credit Points
WRT1101Language and Writing15
Year 1 - Semester 2
Unit Code Unit Title Credit Points
WRT1103Creativity and Writing15
Year 2 - Semester 1
Unit Code Unit Title Credit Points
WRT2110Introduction to Editing15
Year 2 - Semester 2
Unit Code Unit Title Credit Points
WRT2106Writing Therapy15
Year 3 - Semester 1
Unit Code Unit TitleCredit Points
Select two units (30 credit points) from the following:
WRT3130Writing Prose15
WRT3120Biographical and Autobiographical Writing15
WRT3215 ^Authorship and Publication15
Year 3 - Semester 2
Unit Code Unit TitleCredit Points
Select two units (30 credit points) from the following:
WRT3107Writing Poetry15
WRT3105Writing Drama15
WRT3140 ^Professional Writing15

^ Core Option

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.

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