MDDU-CRWRI v.1 Creative Writing Double Degree Major (BA/BCom)
Major/Stream Overview
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.
Major/Minor/Stream Organisation
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
| Course Structure | Hrs/Wk | Credit | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year 1 Semester 1 | |||||
| COMS1003 | v.1 | Culture to Cultures | 3.0 | 25.0 | |
| PWRP1000 | v.1 | Introduction to Writing | 3.0 | 25.0 | |
| 50.0 | |||||
| Year 1 Semester 2 | |||||
| COMS1005 | v.1 | Making Meanings | 3.0 | 25.0 | |
| CWRI1000 | v.1 | Creative Writing | 3.0 | 25.0 | |
| 50.0 | |||||
| Year 2 Semester 1 | |||||
| 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 | |||||
| CWRI2007 | v.1 | Experimental Writing | 3.0 | 25.0 | |
| CWRI2008 | v.1 | Writing for Performance | 3.0 | 25.0 | |
| 50.0 | |||||
| Year 3 Semester 1 | |||||
| CWRI3011 | v.1 | Writing for Children | 3.0 | 25.0 | |
| OR | |||||
| CWRI3005 | v.1 | Writing Long Fiction | 3.0 | 25.0 | |
| SELECT ELECTIVE UNITS TO THE TOTAL VALUE OF: | 25.0 | ||||
| 50.0 | |||||
| Year 3 Semester 2 | |||||
| CWRI3002 | v.1 | Travel Writing | 3.0 | 25.0 | |
| OR | |||||
| CWRI3010 | v.1 | Writing Genre Fiction | 3.0 | 25.0 | |
| SELECT ELECTIVE UNITS TO THE TOTAL VALUE OF: | 25.0 | ||||
| 50.0 | |||||
| Year 4 Semester 1 | |||||
| CWRI3003 | v.1 | Creative Writing Supervised Project | 3.0 | 50.0 | |
| 50.0 | |||||
| Year 4 Semester 2 | |||||
| SELECT ELECTIVE UNITS TO THE TOTAL VALUE OF: | 50.0 | ||||
| 50.0 | |||||
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