Creative Writing Major

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Creative Writing

UAC Code: 754601

A major in Creative Writing offers both a practical and theoretical understanding of writing practice. The first year provides a foundation in Creative Writing covering a range of styles as well as editing. The core themes of the narrative, poetic and dramatic are continued in second year along with specific writing theory. The final year culminates in a major project that allows students to develop a significant piece of creative work.

In general, class activities are based around a combination of lectures, intensive workshops, writing exercises, group discussions and individual student presentations. The degree regularly makes use of various artist and writer-in-residence schemes. Students are encouraged to participate in extracurricular activities; to facilitate public readings and performance of their work and to pursue publication opportunities.

Major Study Program

Students must complete 72 credit points as follows:

Code	Subject Name	Session	Credit Points
100 level
CACW101	Writing Foundation: Poetic, Dramatic, Narrative	Autumn	6
CACW102	Writing Foundation: Literary Crossovers	Spring	6
CACW103	Editing Foundations	Autumn	6
CACW104	Text and Context	Spring	6
200 level
CACW201	Poetic Studio	Autumn	6
CACW202	Dramatic Studio	Autumn	6
CACW203	Narrative Studio	Spring	6
CACW231	Writing, Representation and Power	Autumn	6
CACW232	Writing and Critical Theory	Spring	6
300 level
CACW301	Invention and Experimentation - Imagining and Re-imagining Text	Autumn	6
CACW309	Creative Writing Major Project	Spring	12

Other Information

Further information is available at http://coursefinder.uow.edu.au/ or email: Creative Arts - fca_enquiries@uow.edu.au