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Creative Writing Major

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.

Program of Study

Subjects

Session

Credit Points

 

Core BCA Subjects:

CACS101

Contemporary Creative Practice

Autumn

6

CACS102

Critical Frameworks in Creative Practice

Spring

6

CACS301

Professional Practice

Spring

Summer

6

 

Major Study:

CACW101

Writing Foundation: Poetic, Dramatic, Narrative

Autumn

6

CACW103

Editing Foundations

Autumn

6

CACW102

Writing Foundation: Literary Crossovers

Spring

6

CACW104

Text and Context

Spring

6

CACW201

Poetic Studio

Autumn

6

CACW202

Dramatic Studio

Autumn

6

CACW231

Writing, Representation and Power

Autumn

6

CACW203

Narrative Studio

Spring

6

CACW232

Writing and Critical Theory

Spring

6

CACW301

Writing Across Borders: Imagining and Re-imagining

Autumn

6

CACW390

Creative Writing Major Project

Spring

12

 

One of the following 300 level BCA Theory subjects:

CACW331

Contemporary Theory and the Practising Writer

Autumn

6

CAGD331

New Media and Visual Communications Theory

Autumn

6

CAPF331

Theory and Practice of Theatre and Performance in the 20th and 21st Century

Autumn

6

CAVA331

Contemporary Artworlds

Autumn

6

CAGD332

Advanced Graphic Design and Visual Communications Theory

Spring

6

CAPF333

Political Dramaturgy

Spring

6

CAVA332

Globalisation and Contemporary Art

Spring

6

CAVA361

Curatorial Practices

Spring

6

Other Information

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