Creative Writing - ENGLW23931
Stream Summary
Faculty: ARTSC - Faculty of Arts&Social Science
School: School of the Arts and Media
Contact: sam@unsw.edu.au
Program: 3931 - Advanced Science/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:
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
- ARTS1010 Life of Words (6 UOC)
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:
- ARTS2032 Creative Writing (6 UOC)
The following courses from other subject areas can also be counted towards the Creative Writing minor stream:
- ARTS2033 Poetry and Poetics (6 UOC)
- ARTS2034 Shakespearean Drama (6 UOC)
- ARTS2035 American Literature (6 UOC)
- ARTS2036 Modernism (6 UOC)
- ARTS2037 Women's Writing (6 UOC)
- ARTS2038 The Novel (6 UOC)
- ARTS2120 Writing for Performance (6 UOC)
- COFA0214 Creative Thinking Processes (6 UOC)
- SAHT2213 Memory and Self (6 UOC)
- SAHT2221 Writing for Art and Design (6 UOC)
- SOMA2610 Writing for Digital Media (6 UOC)
Level 3
- ARTS3011 Writing Bodies (6 UOC)
- ARTS3051 Fiction Writing (6 UOC)
The following courses from other subject areas can also be counted towards the Creative Writing minor stream:
- ARTS3034 Advanced Creative Writing (6 UOC)
- ARTS3046 Narrative (6 UOC)
