Award(s): Bachelor of Arts in Communication (BA)
UAC code: 600033 (Autumn semester, Spring semester)
CRICOS code: 079557K
Commonwealth supported place?: Yes
Load credit points: 144
Course EFTSL: 3
Location: City campus
Creative writing at UTS is a practice- and disciplinary-based program focusing on narrative, poetics, reading and literary theory. This degree develops creative writing across several genres, fosters independent and professional writing skills via workshop and lecture study, and engages critically with the broader cultural context in which creative writing is produced and read.
Students gain practical experience and theoretical engagement in the discipline of contemporary creative writing. They apply their skills across a number of key genres and narrative forms. An emphasis on critical skills leading towards the development of independent writing projects prepares students for professional practice.
Career options include editors, publishers, scriptwriters, literary agents, communication coordinators, arts and cultural administrators, copywriters, novelists, feature writers, publications officers, freelance writers, book marketing coordinators.
Applicants must have completed an Australian Year 12 qualification, Australian Qualifications Framework Diploma, or equivalent Australian or overseas qualification at the required level.
The English proficiency requirement for international students or local applicants with international qualifications is: Academic IELTS: 6.5 overall with a writing score of 6.0; or TOEFL: paper based: 550-583 overall with TWE of 4.5, internet based: 79-93 overall with a writing score of 21; or AE5: Pass; or PTE: 58-64; or CAE: 58-66
Eligibility for admission does not guarantee offer of a place.
Visa requirement: To obtain a student visa to study in Australia, international students must enrol full time and on campus. Australian student visa regulations also require international students studying on student visas to complete the course within the standard full-time duration. Students can extend their courses only in exceptional circumstances.
Any two units of English and computer literacy.
The Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences has established credit recognition packages with the following institution for the course listed:
The course is offered on a three-year, full-time basis.
Students must complete 144 credit points consisting of a 48-credit-point core program, a 48-credit-point major, a 24-credit-point sub-major and 24 credit points of electives.
Students write in diverse forms and genres, and can elect to undertake a professional placement during their course.
| STM90550 Core subjects | 48cp |
| MAJ10037 Creative Writing | 48cp |
| CBK90701 Sub-major choice | 24cp |
| CBK90702 Electives | 24cp |
| Total | 144cp |
A typical course program is shown below for students commencing in Autumn semester.
Students must choose a sub-major from CBK90701 in Year 1, Spring semester.
| Typical program, Autumn commencing | ||
| Year 1 | ||
| Autumn semester | ||
| Select one of the following: | 8cp | |
| 58101 Understanding Communication | 8cp | |
| 58102 Language and Discourse | 8cp | |
| 58121 Fictional Forms | 8cp | |
| 58103 Ideas in History | 8cp | |
| Spring semester | ||
| Select one of the following: | 8cp | |
| 58102 Language and Discourse | 8cp | |
| 58101 Understanding Communication | 8cp | |
| 58216 Imagining the Real | 8cp | |
| Select 8 credit points from the following: | 8cp | |
| CBK90701 Sub-major choice | 24cp | |
| Year 2 | ||
| Autumn semester | ||
| 58201 Communication and Cultural Industries and Practices | 8cp | |
| 58330 Narrative and Theory | 8cp | |
| Select 8 credit points from the following: | 8cp | |
| CBK90701 Sub-major choice | 24cp | |
| CBK90702 Electives | 24cp | |
| Spring semester | ||
| 58202 Regulating Communication: Law, Ethics, Politics | 8cp | |
| 58902 Writing Through Genre | 8cp | |
| Select 8 credit points from the following: | 8cp | |
| CBK90701 Sub-major choice | 24cp | |
| CBK90702 Electives | 24cp | |
| Year 3 | ||
| Autumn semester | ||
| 58313 Writing Laboratory | 8cp | |
| Select 16 credit points from the following: | 16cp | |
| CBK90701 Sub-major choice | 24cp | |
| CBK90702 Electives | 24cp | |
| Spring semester | ||
| 58301 Communication Practice Project | 8cp | |
| 58331 Creative Writing Project | 8cp | |
| Select 8 credit points from the following: | 8cp | |
| CBK90701 Sub-major choice | 24cp | |
| CBK90702 Electives | 24cp | |
| Typical program, Spring commencing | ||
| Year 1 | ||
| Spring semester | ||
| 58101 Understanding Communication | 8cp | |
| 58102 Language and Discourse | 8cp | |
| Select 8 credit points from the following: | 8cp | |
| CBK90701 Sub-major choice | 24cp | |
| Year 2 | ||
| Autumn semester | ||
| 58201 Communication and Cultural Industries and Practices | 8cp | |
| 58121 Fictional Forms | 8cp | |
| 58103 Ideas in History | 8cp | |
| Spring semester | ||
| 58202 Regulating Communication: Law, Ethics, Politics | 8cp | |
| 58216 Imagining the Real | 8cp | |
| Select 8 credit points from the following: | 8cp | |
| CBK90702 Electives | 24cp | |
| Year 3 | ||
| Autumn semester | ||
| 58313 Writing Laboratory | 8cp | |
| 58330 Narrative and Theory | 8cp | |
| Select 8 credit points from the following: | 8cp | |
| CBK90701 Sub-major choice | 24cp | |
| Spring semester | ||
| 58902 Writing Through Genre | 8cp | |
| 58331 Creative Writing Project | 8cp | |
| Select 8 credit points from the following: | 8cp | |
| CBK90701 Sub-major choice | 24cp | |
| Year 4 | ||
| Autumn semester | ||
| 58301 Communication Practice Project | 8cp | |
| Select 16 credit points from the following: | 16cp | |
| CBK90702 Electives | 24cp | |
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