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Creative Writing
Bachelor of ArtsMajorYear: 2017
Creative Writing
Contact information
Coordinator
Dr Amanda Johnson
Email: amandaj@unimelb.edu.au
Currently enrolled students:
Future students:
Overview
This major offers students the opportunity to explore their creative potential and to extend their work to avant-garde, cross-genre and experimental forms of writing. Students are encouraged to critically test the creative implications and the influence of contemporary theoretical and philosophical schools of thought in all forms of writing. Areas of specialisation include fiction, poetry, poetics, non-fiction, autobiography and writing for performance, theatre and screen.
Intended learning outcomes
Students who complete this major will:
- apply critical and creative skills to the identification, dramatisation and exploration of problems within complex changing social and cultural contexts;
- demonstrate a detailed knowledge of the conventions, traditions, genres, innovations and history of creative writing;
- apply independent approaches to creative practice and the knowledge related to these practices with intellectual honesty and a respect for ethical values;
- communicate effectively in a variety of oral, digital and written forms;
- confront and explore the relationships between diverse forms of knowledge and the cultural contexts that produce and support them;
- work effectively in a group to meet shared goals, taking into account individual and cultural differences.
Last updated: 30 January 2024
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