Certificate IV in Professional Writing and Editing

You will learn about copyright, how to establish your career in the creative arts industry and to design and produce professional text documents.

But most importantly, you will enhance your writing skills across fiction and non-fiction and narratives and writing for children.

You will also learn to conduct research and to write for a range of media and gain knowledge of the markets available to professional writers and editors.

This one-year program (or 2 years part-time) will give you the opportunity to continue studying in the Diploma of Professional Writing and Editing or to seek employment in a range of fields.

The course content below provides all possible units related to the course. If the course has various streams, the units you are required to study will depend on your chosen stream.

DESIGN AND PRODUCE TEXT DOCUMENTS BSBITU303

IMPLEMENT COPYRIGHT ARRANGEMENTS CUACMP311

WORK EFFECTIVELY IN THE CREATIVE ARTS INDUSTRY CUAIND311

PERFORM WRITING AND EDITING TASKS CUAWRT404

WRITE FICTION MATERIAL CUAWRT405

WRITE NONFICTION MATERIAL CUAWRT406

CONDUCT RESEARCH CUARES402

RESEARCH HISTORY AND THEORY TO INFORM OWN ARTS PRACTICE CUARES403

EDIT TEXTS CUAWRT401

WRITE CREATIVE NONFICTION MATERIAL CUAWRT409

WRITE FOR YOUNG CHILDREN CUAWRT411

WRITE NARRATIVES CUAWRT414

Entry requirements (year 12)

There are no formal entry requirements for this program.

Entry requirements (non year 12)

There are no formal entry requirements for this program.

Extra Requirements

There are no minimum entry requirements but candidates are required to submit a 500-word piece or collection of writing with their application.