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Creative Writing
Contact information
Coordinator
Associate Professor Maria Tumarkin
Email: m.tumarkin@unimelb.edu.au
Currently enrolled students:
Future students:
Structure
100 credit points
This major requires the completion of:
- 25 credit points of Level 1 subjects, comprising of either:
-
12.5 credit points of Level 1 electives and 12.5 credit points of Arts Discovery (for a single major)
OR
25 credit points of Level 1 electives (for a double major)
- 37.5 credit points of Level 2 electives
- 12.5 credit points of Level 3 Capstone Subjects
- 25 credit points of Level 3 electives
*Notes:
Students must undertake the Arts Discovery subject as part of the course requirements and the Arts Discovery can be counted in one major only. For this major, you will need to complete two Level 1 subjects.
If you are completing a single major the correct enrolment for this major at level 1 is: The Arts Discovery subject and One Level 1 elective subject.
If you are completing a double major the correct enrolment for this major at level 1 is: The Arts Discovery subject and One Level 1 Elective subject OR Two Level 1 Elective subjects.
Level 1 electives
Code | Name | Study period | Credit Points |
---|---|---|---|
CWRI10001 | Creative Writing: Poetry and Fiction | Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
CWRI10003 | Creative Nonfiction & Multimodal Writing | Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
Level 2 electives
Code | Name | Study period | Credit Points |
---|---|---|---|
CWRI20002 | Short Fiction | Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
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 |
CWRI20010 | Scripts for Contemporary Theatre | Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
CWRI20012 | Writing Identity and Difference | Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
Level 3 electives
Code | Name | Study period | Credit Points |
---|---|---|---|
CWRI30001 | Novels | Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
CWRI30006 | Poetry and Poetics of Writing Back | Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
CWRI30013 | Life Writing | Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
CWRI30014 | Advanced Screenwriting | Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
CWRI30015 | Writing Videogames and Live Performance | Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
Level 3 Capstone Subject
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: 21 March 2024