MDDU-CRWRI v.1 Creative Writing Double Degree Major (BA/BCom)

Curtin University

About

This major/stream is part of a larger course. Information is specific to the major/stream, please refer to the course for more information.

This double degree major allows students the opportunity to develop skills in a variety of creative writing forms and styles. A feature of this course is the Artist in Residence program, where professional artists contribute to the range of writing ideas and provide advice and support. Students also have the opportunity to give public readings of their works and to be published in a regularly produced magazine written and edited by students. The students of this course have been the recipients of many national and international awards.

Structure

Major/Stream Learning Outcomes

A graduate of this course can:

1. identify, explain and apply the key disciplinary concepts in Creative Writing

2. integrate theory and creative practice; conceive, develop and evaluate innovative new writing

3. access and evaluate the sources, authority and relevance of information and synthesise key facts, themes and ideas in writing

4. communicate ideas to a range of audiences and in a variety of media and genres

5. use technologies to access resources, communicate effectively and develop writing and research skills

6. use disciplinary skills and knowledge to learn how to learn, and apply these insights to new writing and to the different intellectual and professional roles required of a writer in the broader community

7. acknowledge the interrelationship between local, national and global perspectives and the impact of this on writing and the creative industries

8. value a range of cultural knowledge and take care to represent these, where appropriate, in an ethical and professional manner

9. work independently and/or collaboratively to produce innovative and informed creative writing that contributes meaningfully to contemporary culture

YEAR 1 SEMESTER 1

Code Version Course Name HRS/WK Credit
COMS1003 v.2 Culture to Cultures 3.0 25.0
PWRP1000 v.2 Introduction to Creative and Professional Writing 3.0 25.0
50.0

YEAR 1 SEMESTER 2

Code Version Course Name HRS/WK Credit
CWRI1000 v.1 Creative Writing 3.0 25.0
SELECT OPTIONS TO THE TOTAL VALUE OF: 25.0
50.0

YEAR 2 SEMESTER 1

Code Version Course Name HRS/WK Credit
CWRI2001 v.1 Writing Poetry 3.0 25.0
CWRI2002 v.1 Writing Short Fiction 3.0 25.0
50.0

YEAR 2 SEMESTER 2

Code Version Course Name HRS/WK Credit
CWRI2007 v.1 Experimental Writing 3.0 25.0
CWRI2016 v.1 Writing Genre Fiction 3.0 25.0
50.0

YEAR 3 SEMESTER 1

Code Version Course Name HRS/WK Credit
CWRI3005 v.1 Writing Long Fiction 3.0 25.0
OR
CWRI3011 v.1 Writing for Children 3.0 25.0
SELECT OPTIONS TO THE TOTAL VALUE OF: 25.0
50.0

YEAR 3 SEMESTER 2

Code Version Course Name HRS/WK Credit
CWRI3002 v.1 Travel Writing 3.0 25.0
SELECT ELECTIVES TO THE TOTAL VALUE OF: 25.0
50.0

YEAR 4 SEMESTER 1

Code Version Course Name HRS/WK Credit
CWRI3003 v.1 Creative Writing Supervised Project 3.0 50.0
50.0

YEAR 4 SEMESTER 2

Code Version Course Name
SELECT ELECTIVES TO THE TOTAL VALUE OF: 50.0
50.0

OPTIONS TO SELECT FROM IN YEAR 1 SEMESTER 2

Code Version Course Name HRS/WK Credit
CWRI1003 v.2 Engaging Narrative 3.0 25.0
LCST1004 v.1 Introduction to Cultural Studies 3.0 25.0

OPTIONS TO SELECT FROM IN YEAR 3 SEMESTER 1

Code Version Course Name HRS/WK Credit
CWRI3002 v.1 Travel Writing 3.0 25.0
CWRI3011 v.1 Writing for Children 3.0 25.0

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