150pt Program // Structure
150pt Program
Contact information
Coordinators
Maria Tumarkin
Graduate School of Humanities and Social Sciences
Currently enrolled students:
- Contact Stop 1
- General information: https://ask.unimelb.edu.au
Future students:
- Further information: http://graduate.arts.unimelb.edu.au/
- Contact: 'Make an enquiry' at http://graduate.arts.unimelb.edu.au/degrees/10-master-of-creative-writing-publishing-and-editing
Structure
150 credit points
150 point program
Duration: 1.5 years full-time / up to 3 years part-time
- 3 compulsory subjects (37.5 points)
- elective subjects: at least 12.5 points from the Creative Writing electives list, and at least 12.5 points from the Publishing and Editing electives list, with a total minimum of 50 points and maximum of 87.5 points of elective subjects
- A Capstone option (minimum 25 points, maximum 62.5 points)
Capstone requirement:
Capstone subject options must be completed in the final hundred points of the program. All students are required to complete one Capstone subject option (at least 25 points). This requirement cannot be waived or replaced in any circumstances:
Capstone 1: Thesis- CWRI90015 Creative Writing Thesis Part 1, CWRI90016 Creative Writing Thesis Part 2 and MULT50001 Research Principles and Practices (Total 62.5 points)
Purpose: An opportunity to integrate research and writing skills in the development of a major creative project. Pathway to apply for PhD.
Capstone 2: Creative project - CWRI90019 Advanced Creative Writing Project (Total 25 points)
Purpose: An opportunity to develop skills in the development of a major creative project.
Capstone 3: Publishing Project - (Total 25 points):
Complete one of these options:
- PUBL90025 Grattan Street Press Extended (25 points) or;
- PUBL90026 Publishing and Writing Summer School and PUBL90015 Grattan Street Press (25 points)
Purpose: An opportunity to develop skills in the development of a major publishing project, working in the School’s teaching press.
Subject Options
Compulsory Subjects
Code | Name | Study period | Credit Points |
---|---|---|---|
CWRI40004 | Thinking Writing: Theory and Creativity | Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
PUBL90001 | Structural Editing |
Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville)
Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville)
|
12.5 |
PUBL90002 | Editorial English |
Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville)
Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville)
|
12.5 |
Core Subjects
Minimum of 25 points, maximum of 62.5 points
Students must choose one of the capstone options:
Option 1:
Code | Name | Study period | Credit Points |
---|---|---|---|
CWRI90015 | Creative Writing Thesis Part 1 |
Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville)
Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville)
|
25 |
CWRI90016 | Creative Writing Thesis Part 2 |
Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville)
Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville)
|
25 |
MULT50001 | Research Principles and Practices |
Semester 1 (Early-Start) (On Campus - Parkville)
Semester 2 (Early-Start) (On Campus - Parkville)
|
12.5 |
Option 2:
Code | Name | Study period | Credit Points |
---|---|---|---|
CWRI90019 | Advanced Creative Writing Project | Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville) |
25 |
Option 3
Code | Name | Study period | Credit Points |
---|---|---|---|
PUBL90025 | Grattan Street Press (Extended) | Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) |
25 |
or
Code | Name | Study period | Credit Points |
---|---|---|---|
PUBL90026 | Publishing and Writing Summer School | Summer Term (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
PUBL90015 | Grattan Street Press | Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
Elective Subjects
At least 12.5 points from the Creative Writing electives list, and at least 12.5 points from the Publishing and Editing electives list, with a total minimum of 50 points or a maximum of 87.5 points of elective subjects
Creative Writing (at least 12.5 points):
Code | Name | Study period | Credit Points |
---|---|---|---|
CWRI40009 | Genealogies of Place | Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
CWRI40010 | Contemporary Eco-Fictions | Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
CWRI40011 | Graphic Narratives | Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
CWRI40012 | Reading Dialogue | Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
CWRI40013 | New Script | Not available in 2020 | 12.5 |
CWRI40014 | Writing Australia | Not available in 2020 | 12.5 |
CWRI40017 | Serial Storytelling | Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
CWRI90009 | Young Adult Fiction | Not available in 2020 | 12.5 |
Publishing and Editing (at least 12.5 points):
Code | Name | Study period | Credit Points |
---|---|---|---|
PUBL90003 | The Contemporary Publishing Industry | Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
PUBL90006 | Writing and Editing for Digital Media |
Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville)
Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville)
|
12.5 |
PUBL90007 | History of Books and Reading | Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
PUBL90009 | Advanced Editing for Digital Media | Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
PUBL90010 | Print Production and Design | Not available in 2020 | 12.5 |
PUBL90013 | Writing and Editing for Magazines | Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
PUBL90014 | Legal Issues in Arts and Media | Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
PUBL90016 | International Publishing Project | Not available in 2020 | 12.5 |
PUBL90020 | Advanced Book Publishing | Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville) |
25 |
PUBL90021 | Editing Masterclass | Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
MULT90018 | Internship I (Placement Only) |
Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville)
Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville)
|
12.5 |
Links
http://arts.unimelb.edu.au/culture-communication
Last updated: 18 December 2020