A hands-on, intensive development program to refine your craft.
Whether you are writing a novel, memoir or other piece of writing to a publishable standard, this program will offer you insights into the publishing industry and provide valuable tools to ensure you achieve your goals. Through hands-on, intensive craft and writing workshops, students learn skills in editing, writing and creative practice.
- Only a full-time option is available to international students on a Student visa. Online programs are not available to Student visa holders.
- * Estimated tuition fees are based on 2025 rates. Refer to international fees for more information.
- Not all majors/minors and elective options are available at every campus. You should refer to the What Can I Study tab, and the proposed study sequence for your chosen campus and intake for further information.
- * Equivalent workload offered over three trimesters therefore fast tracked to complete in 12 months full-time (or equivalent part-time duration)
- * Equivalent workload offered over three trimesters therefore fast tracked to complete in 12 months full-time (or equivalent part-time duration)
Whether you are writing a novel, memoir or other piece of writing to a publishable standard, this program will offer you insights into the publishing industry and provide valuable tools to ensure you achieve your goals. Through hands-on, intensive craft and writing workshops, students learn skills in editing, writing and creative practice.
With a smaller, more personalised experience, set on the beautiful Sunshine Coast, USC is the ideal location to reach your potential as an author. You will benefit from a craft refresher course in the first semester and our collaborative learning model will see you working within a close community of writers.
This program provides creative writing students with an alternative postgraduate degree to a research/academic oriented path and can be completed in one year (three trimesters), with the option of online studies.
Career opportunities
Career options include publishing, advertising, creative writing (author), freelance writing and editing, journalism, media research, scriptwriting, teaching, and editing in community organisations or government departments.
Admission requirements
To be considered for admission candidates are required to possess an undergraduate degree, in Creative Writing or related Creative Industries.
Admission to the program is also based on a portfolio of creative writing, assessment of the candidate’s degree transcript.
Program structure
Program Structure
Required courses (5) (144 units)
CMN701 Reality Bites: An Exploration of Non-Fiction
CMN702 Wonderworlds: An Exploration of English Literature
CMN703 Talking History: Memory and the Past
CMN704 Creative Praxis
CMN705 Writing Seminar #
# Note: Students that are completing the project course CMN705 part-time over two trimesters will need to enrol in CMN705A in Trimester 3 and CMN705F in Trimester 1
Note: Program structures are subject to change. Not all USC courses are available on every USC campus.
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Total units: 144
Recommended study sequences
Program requirements and notes
Program requirements
In order to graduate you must:
- Successfully complete 144 units as outlined in the Program Structure
Program notes
- Only a full-time study option is available to international students on a Student Visa
- Online study mode not available to international students on a Student Visa