Major
For a major in Creative Writing, students must successfully
complete 8 courses:
4 required courses:
CMN215 Creative Writing A: Structuring Narrative
CMN238 Creative Writing D: Paperback Hero
CMN245 Creative Writing C: Writing for Children and Young
Adults
CMN260 Creative Writing B: Novel Ideas
Plus - choose 4 courses from:
CMN212 Creative
Event Management
CMN213 Editing for the Communications Professional
CMN228 The Writer and the Law
CMN241 Production Workshop (Creative Writing 1)
CMN271 Production Workshop (Creative Writing 2)
AUS260 Coast to Coast: Mystery, Crime and Writing the City
AUS285 Wonderworlds
AUS291 Otherlands: Myths and Legends from Homer to Disney
Students enrolling in a Creative Writing major require coordinator permission and enrolments are limited. Preference is given to students enrolled in BA(Comm) and BA, and entry into CMN241 , CMN242 , CMN243 , CMN271 , CMN272 and CMN273 is competitive and based on results in other courses in the major.
Students are eligible to enrol in the Creative Writing major after the end of their second year of full-time study or equivalent.
Students not able to undertake a Creative Writing major, may be eligible for a Communication Studies major.
Minor
For a minor in Creative Writing, students must successfully
complete 4 courses:
4 required courses:
CMN215 Creative Writing A: Structuring Narrative
CMN238 Creative Writing D: Paperback Hero
CMN245 Creative Writing C: Writing for Children and Young
Adults
CMN260 Creative Writing B: Novel Ideas