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Creative Writing // Structure

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Structure

100 credit points

Duration: 1 year full-time / 2 years part-time

The Graduate Diploma in Arts (Advanced) in this area of specialisation requires:

  • one compulsory subject (12.5 points)
  • thesis subject (50 points)
  • elective subjects (37.5 points)

Total 100 points

Please note: Students must enrol in the thesis CWRI40015 Creative Writing Thesis Part 1 and CWRI40016 Creative Writing Thesis Part 2 over two consecutive semesters

Subject Options

Compulsory Subject

12.5 points

Code Name Study period Credit Points
MULT50001 Research Principles and Practices
Semester 1
Semester 2
 12.5

Thesis Subject

50 points

Code Name Study period Credit Points
CWRI40015 Creative Writing Thesis Part 1
Semester 1
Semester 2
 25
CWRI40016 Creative Writing Thesis Part 2
Semester 2
 25

Elective Subjects

37.5 points

Code Name Study period Credit Points
CWRI40004 Theory For Writing
Semester 1
 12.5
CWRI40009 Genealogies of Place
Semester 2
 12.5
CWRI40010 Contemporary Fictions
Semester 1
 12.5
CWRI40011 Graphic Narratives
Semester 1
 12.5
CWRI40012 Say What: Reading Dialogue
Semester 2
 12.5
CWRI40013 New Script Not available in 2017 12.5
CWRI40014 Writing Australia
Semester 2
 12.5
CWRI40017 Serial Storytelling
Semester 1
 12.5
CWRI90009 Young Adult Fiction
Semester 1
 12.5
CWRI90010 Writing for Children Not available in 2017 12.5

Links

http://arts.unimelb.edu.au/culture-communication

Last updated: 24 January 2023