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Creative Writing
Contact information
Coordinator
Dr Amanda Johnson
Email: amandaj@unimelb.edu.au
Currently enrolled students:
Future students:
Structure
100 credit points
MAJOR
A major in Creative Writing consists of eight x 12.5-point subjects:
Level 1
Two subjects / 25 points
- CWRI10001 Creative Writing: Ideas and Practice and
- One Arts Foundation Subject (this can count towards major credit points for a single major). See Arts Foundation Structure page for further information.
Level 2
Three subjects /37.5 points
- Three level 2 Creative Writing subjects
Level 3
Three subjects /37.5 points
- Compulsory capstone subject CWRI30004 Encounters with Writing
- and two level 3 Creative Writing subjects
Total: 100 credit points
Note: Level 1 subjects must be successfully completed before progressing to level 2 subjects; level 2 subjects must be successfully completed before progressing to level 3 subjects. Only students completing a major in Creative Writing can enrol in the capstone subject.
Refer to the Bachelor of Arts Handbook page for further information.
MINOR
75-point minor studies can be undertaken in specific genres (poetry, fiction, non-fiction, screenwriting, scriptwriting for theatre or performance).
Level 1
- One Arts Foundation Subject
- 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 |
CWRI20012 | Writing Identity and Difference | Semester 1 (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 Videogames and Live Performance | Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
CWRI30006 | Poetry and Poetics | Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
CWRI30013 | Life Writing | 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-writing
Last updated: 18 December 2020