Bachelor of Arts

Creative Writing


2008 BA Handbook


Field of Study

Creative Writing

Both a 100 point major and a 75 point minor sequence of study is available in Creative Writing.

Major
Level 1

Level 2

  • 37.5 points from the Creative Writing level two subject list

Level 3

  • The compulsory capstone subject,
  • and 25 points from the Creative Writing level three subject list.

Minor
75-point minor studies can be undertaken in specific genres (poetry, fiction, non-fiction, screenwriting,
scriptwriting for theatre or performance).

Level 1

Level 2
  • 25-points from the level two Creative Writing subjects listed.
Level 3
  • 25-points from the level three Creative Writing subjects listed.

Creative Writing: Level 1 Subject

Code Title Semester Credit Points
106-105 Creative Writing: Ideas and Practice 1 12.500

Creative Writing: Level 2 Subjects

Code Title Semester Credit Points
106-202 Short Fiction 2 12.500
106-225 Writing for Real 2 12.500
106-235 Creative Non Fiction 1 12.500
106-236 Script for Performance 1 12.500
106-237 Poetry 1 12.500
106-238 Experimental Fiction 2 12.500

Creative Writing: Level 3 Subjects

Code Title Semester Credit Points
106-310 Novels 1 12.500
106-311 Travel, Landscape and Place 2 12.500
106-312 Thinking Writing 1 12.500
106-363 Writing For Theatre 2 12.500
106-364 Poetry and Poetics 2 12.500
106-365 Diaries/Journals and Autobiography 2 12.500
106-366 Writing Through Character 1 12.500

Creative Writing: Capstone Subject

Code Title Semester Credit Points
106-362 Encounters with Writing 12.500

Both a 100 point major and a 75 point minor sequence of study is available in Creative Writing.

Major
Level 1

Level 2

  • 37.5 points from the Creative Writing level two subject list

Level 3

  • The compulsory capstone subject,
  • and 25 points from the Creative Writing level three subject list.

Minor
75-point minor studies can be undertaken in specific genres (poetry, fiction, non-fiction, screenwriting,
scriptwriting for theatre or performance).

Level 1

Level 2
  • 25-points from the level two Creative Writing subjects listed.
Level 3
  • 25-points from the level three Creative Writing subjects listed.

Creative Writing: Level 1 Subject

Code Title Semester Credit Points
106-105 Creative Writing: Ideas and Practice 1 12.500

Creative Writing: Level 2 Subjects

Code Title Semester Credit Points
106-202 Short Fiction 2 12.500
106-225 Writing for Real 2 12.500
106-235 Creative Non Fiction 1 12.500
106-236 Script for Performance 1 12.500
106-237 Poetry 1 12.500
106-238 Experimental Fiction 2 12.500

Creative Writing: Level 3 Subjects

Code Title Semester Credit Points
106-310 Novels 1 12.500
106-311 Travel, Landscape and Place 2 12.500
106-312 Thinking Writing 1 12.500
106-363 Writing For Theatre 2 12.500
106-364 Poetry and Poetics 2 12.500
106-365 Diaries/Journals and Autobiography 2 12.500
106-366 Writing Through Character 1 12.500

Creative Writing: Capstone Subject

Code Title Semester Credit Points
106-362 Encounters with Writing 12.500

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