Courses Handbook 2010

306999 v.1 Creative Writing Double Degree Major


Introduction

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 ideasand 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.

Course Structure Hrs/Wk Credit
Year 1 Semester 1
301011 v.2   Cultures, Identities, Texts 111 3.0 25.0
303483 v.4   Performance Studies 102 3.0 25.0
  50.0
Year 1 Semester 2
1581 v.6   Creative Writing 120 3.0 25.0
301012 v.4   Reading Cultural Representations 110 3.0 25.0
  50.0
Year 2 Semester 1
  SELECT 2 OPTIONS   50.0
  50.0
Year 2 Semester 2
  SELECT 2 OPTIONS   50.0
  50.0
Year 3 Semester 1
301015 v.3   Cultures, Identities, Texts 311 3.0 25.0
  SELECT 1 OPTION   25.0
  50.0
Year 3 Semester 2
301016 v.2   Cultures, Identities, Texts 312 3.0 25.0
  SELECT 1 OPTION   25.0
  50.0
Year 4 Semester 1
  SELECT 1 ELECTIVE   25.0
  SELECT 1 OPTION   25.0
  50.0
Year 4 Semester 2
  SELECT 1 ELECTIVE   25.0
  SELECT 1 OPTION   25.0
  50.0
Optional Units (No Year Level Specified) Hrs/Wk Credit
10087 v.5   Travel Writing 220 3.0 25.0
11483 v.7   Screenwriting- Advanced 346 2.0 25.0
2584 v.8   Writing Poetry 210 3.0 25.0
2585 v.8   Writing Short Fiction 210 3.0 25.0
2666 v.5   Creative Writing 213-1 - Scriptwriting 3.0 25.0
308836 v.2   Creative Writing 393-5 - Advanced Poetry 3.0 25.0
308837 v.3   Writing Long Fiction 310 3.0 25.0
308839 v.3   Writing and New Technologies 320 3.0 25.0
3543 v.10   Creative Writing 393-1 - Advanced Poetry 3.0 25.0
7353 v.8   Experimental Writing 220 3.0 25.0
7354 v.7   Genre Fiction 320 3.0 25.0
9344 v.9   Creative Writing 393-2 - Advanced Prose 3.0 25.0
9358 v.10   Writing for Performance 220 3.0 25.0
9359 v.8   Writing for Children 310 3.0 25.0
#      Two 393 units may be subsituted with a 394 or 395 unit, to the value of two full units
N1      Only a selection of option units will be available each semester
NB      Electives must be selected from within the Department of Communication and Cultural Studies
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