Creative Writing // Structure
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Creative Writing
Contact information
Coordinator
Dr Amanda Johnson
Email: amandaj@unimelb.edu.au
Currently enrolled students:
Future students:
Structure
75 credit points
Creative writing is available as a major or a minor.
MAJOR
Level 1
- One
Code Name Study period Credit Points Arts Foundation Subject No longer available - CWRI10001 Creative Writing: Ideas and Practice
Level 2
- 37.5 points from the Creative Writing level two subject list
Level 3
- The compulsory capstone subject Encounters with Writing
- and 25 points from the Creative Writing level three subject list.
MINOR
75-point minor studies can be undertaken in specific genres (poetry, fiction, non-fiction, screenwriting, scriptwriting for theatre or performance).
Level 1
- One
Code Name Study period Credit Points Arts Foundation Subject No longer available - CWRI10001 Creative Writing: Ideas and Practice
Level 2
- 25-points from the level two Creative Writing subjects listed.
Level 3
- 25-points from the level three Creative Writing subjects listed.
The capstone subject is not available to students completing a minor or as breadth outside of Arts.
Subject Options
Creative Writing: Level 1 Subject
Code | Name | Study period | Credit Points |
---|---|---|---|
CWRI10001 | Creative Writing: Ideas and Practice | Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
Creative Writing: Level 2 Subjects
Code | Name | Study period | Credit Points |
---|---|---|---|
CWRI20005 | Creative Non Fiction | Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
CWRI20007 | Poetry | Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
CWRI20009 | Writing for Screen | Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
CWRI20002 | Short Fiction | Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
CWRI20010 | Scripts for Contemporary Theatre | Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
Creative Writing: Level 3 subjects
Code | Name | Study period | Credit Points |
---|---|---|---|
CWRI30014 | Advanced Screenwriting | Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
CWRI30015 | Writing Radical Performance | Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
CWRI30006 | Poetry and Poetics | Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
CWRI30013 | Biography and Autobiography | Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
CWRI30001 | Novels | Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
Level 3 Capstone
Code | Name | Study period | Credit Points |
---|---|---|---|
CWRI30004 | Encounters with Writing | Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
Links
http://www.culture-communication.unimelb.edu.au/study/creative-writingLast updated: 30 January 2024