Stream

Creative Writing - ENGLW24037

Stream Summary

Faculty: ARTSC - Faculty of Arts&Social Science

School: School of the Arts and Media

Contact: sam@unsw.edu.au

Program: 4037 - Social Work/Arts

Award(s):

Bachelor of Arts (Minor)

Information valid for students commencing 2013.
Students who commenced prior to 2013 should go to the Handbook's Previous Editions

Stream Outline

This stream is only available to students commencing from 2011

The minor stream in Creative Writing develops students’ creative compositional capacities in the English language. It provides a survey of the history of forms of writing, and sustained practice in the rhetorics and poetics of composition. It is closely aligned with subject matter in the fields of English and Cultural Studies. It develops practical skills in writing in various genres, as well as in editing and in understanding the professional contexts in which communication through writing plays a central role.

The aims of the BA minor stream in Creative Writing are:
  • to practice creative writing and editing across various genres, including poetry, scriptwriting, fiction, and essays
  • to develop effective rhetorical capacities through reflection on the English language
  • to develop broad understandings of effective written communications and their professional contexts
  • to foster critical and creative engagement with literary and cultural theory through reasoned and open-minded debate
  • to consider the value of ethical and aesthetic responses to real-world problems

Stream Structure

A student who wishes to gain a minor stream in Creative Writing must complete 36 uoc including 6 uoc at Level 1, and at least 12 uoc at each of Levels 2 and 3 including the core course ARTS2032 Creative Writing.

Level 1

Level 2

In order to meet the prerequisites of ARTS203X courses in Creative Writing, students are required to complete ARTS1010 and one of ARTS1030 or ARTS1031.

Students must complete the core course:
The following courses from other subject areas can also be counted towards the Creative Writing minor stream:

Level 3

The following courses from other subject areas can also be counted towards the Creative Writing minor stream:

Balls

Study Levels

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