Creative Writing - ENGLW14043
Stream Summary
Faculty: ARTSC - Faculty of Arts&Social Science
School: School of the Arts and Media
Contact: sam@unsw.edu.au
Program: 4043 - Social Work (Honours) / Arts
Award(s):
Bachelor of Arts (Major)
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Stream Outline
The major stream in Creative Writing provides students with a strong disciplinary base in creative writing and literary studies with interdisciplinary extensions in the direction of Film Studies, Media, Theatre and Performance Studies, and Music. Through core courses at levels 1, 2 and 3 students develop technical skills and creative knowledge in the discipline of Creative writing while at the same time fostering critical reading and analytical skills in the broader field of English literary studies. Electives in other areas of creative writing including writing for the screen, performing arts and journalism provide broader experience in a variety areas of creative and professional writing. Students completing the major will be equipped with the formal disciplinary strengths of literary studies, while they are encouraged through workshop-based courses to test their knowledge creatively. The major challenges students to combine formal and technical competence with their imaginative work in poetics, narratology, and more specialist modes of production.
The aims of the BA major in Creative writing are:
The aims of the BA major in Creative writing are:
- to equip students with the critical knowledge and experience necessary to prove themselves as writers in any number of competitive situations, both professional and amateur.
- to foster the capacity to write in a variety of formats, and for a range of ends, in order to prepare them for the trials and demands of the various, interlocked worlds of publishing in the early twenty-first century.
- to develop an in-depth appreciation of the subtleties and technical specificities of written English.
- to fashion graduates who are confident and polished in their skills as writers, aware of the structural realities of the publishing industry, and able to position themselves intelligently in a competitive market.
Stream Structure
A student who wishes to gain a major stream in Creative Writing must complete the following:
- 54 units of credit in Creative Writing courses
- The Level 1 core course
- One Prescribed Elective at Level 1
- The Level 2 core course
- At least two Prescribed Electives at Level 2
- The Level 3 core courses
- At least one Prescribed Elective at Level 3
Level 1
- ARTS1010 Life of Words (6 UOC) Core
Prescribed electives
- ARTS1030 Introduction to English (6 UOC)
- ARTS1031 English:Early Modern to Modern (6 UOC)
- ARTS1060 Introduction to Film Studies (6 UOC)
- ARTS1121 Reading Performance (6 UOC)
- MDIA1004 News Reporting (6 UOC)
Level 2
- ARTS2032 Creative Writing (6 UOC) Core
Prescribed electives
- ARTS2031 Australian Literature (6 UOC)
- ARTS2033 Poetry and Poetics (6 UOC)
- ARTS2035 American Literature (6 UOC)
- ARTS2037 Women's Writing (6 UOC)
- ARTS2038 The Novel (6 UOC)
- ARTS2090 Publics and Publishing (6 UOC)
- ARTS2120 Writing for Performance (6 UOC)
- MDIA2003 Advanced Media Writing (6 UOC)
- ARTS2066 Writing for the Screen (6 UOC)
Level 3
- ARTS3034 Advanced Creative Writing (6 UOC) Core
- ARTS3031 English Capstone (6 UOC) Core
Prescribed electives
- ARTS3011 Writing Bodies (6 UOC)
- MUSC3606 Music and Words (6 UOC)
Students enrolled in their program in Single Mode may complete other courses from the above prescribed lists as free electives.
