Creative Writing
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Errata
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Due to a technical error, the availability of some units of study is incorrectly listed. |
21/01/2022 |
| Unit of study | Credit points | A: Assumed knowledge P: Prerequisites C: Corequisites N: Prohibition | Session |
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Creative Writing |
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Master of Creative Writing |
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| Students complete 72 credit points, comprising: | |||
| (a) 18 credit points from core units of study; | |||
| (b) a minimum of 18 credit points and a maximum of 36 credit points from workshop selective units; | |||
| (c) a minimum of 6 credit points and a maximum of 12 credit points from capstone units of study; | |||
| (d) a minimum of 6 credit points and a maximum of 30 credit points from elective units of study. | |||
Graduate Diploma of Creative Writing |
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| Students complete 48 credit points, including: | |||
| (a) 18 credit points from core units of study; | |||
| (b) a minimum of 18 credit points and a maximum of 24 credit points from workshop selective units of study; | |||
| (c) where required, a maximum of 12 credit points from elective units of study. | |||
Graduate Certificate in Creative Writing |
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| Students complete 24 credit points, including: | |||
| (a) 6 credit points from core units of study; and | |||
| (b) 12 credit points from workshop selective unit of study; | |||
| (c) a maximum of 6 credit points from elective units of study. | |||
Core units of study |
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| ENGL6913 Critical Contexts for Creative Writing |
6 | Semester 2 |
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| ENGL6914 Research Methods for Creative Writing |
6 | Semester 1 |
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| ENGL6936 Writers at Work |
6 | Semester 1 |
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Capstone |
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| ENGL6119 Dissertation Part 1: Creative Writing |
6 | P Minimum 24 credit points of 6000-level Master of Creative Writing units (minimum 12 credit points core and workshop units) N ENGL6908 Note: Department permission required for enrolment |
Semester 1 Semester 2 |
| ENGL6120 Dissertation Part 2: Creative Writing |
6 | P ENGL6119 N ENGL6908 |
Semester 1 Semester 2 |
| ENGL6908 Creative Writing: Supervised Project |
6 | N ENGL6907 or ENGL6929 or ENGL6930 or ENGL6935 or ENGL6119 or ENGL6120 Note: Department permission required for enrolment |
Semester 1 Semester 2 |
Workshop selective units of study |
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| ENGL6122 Life Writing Workshop This unit of study is not available in 2022 |
12 | Semester 2 |
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| ENGL6986 Writing Workshop 2: Experiments in Form |
12 | Semester 1 |
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| ENGL6987 Writing Workshop 3: Narrative |
12 | Semester 2 |
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| ENGL6993 Creative Writing Workshop |
6 | Semester 1 Semester 2 |
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Elective units of study |
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| ENGL6040 Introduction to Old English |
6 | Semester 2 |
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| ENGL6100 Approaches to Literary History |
6 | Semester 2 |
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| ENGL6101 Approaches to Genre |
6 | Semester 1 |
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| ENGL6103 Approaches to Global English Literatures |
6 | Semester 2 |
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| ENGL6106 The Idea of the South This unit of study is not available in 2022 |
6 | Semester 2 |
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| ENGL6110 The Secret History of the Novel |
6 | Semester 1 |
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| ENGL6114 Language and Subject This unit of study is not available in 2022 |
6 | Semester 1 |
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| ENGL6917 Literary Culture: Sydney |
6 | Semester 1 |
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| ENGL6937 Literary Movements This unit of study is not available in 2022 |
6 | Semester 2 |
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| ENGL6970 Reading Magazines |
6 | Semester 2 |
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| ENGL6982 Shakespeare and Modernity |
6 | Semester 1 |
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| ENGL6985 Shakespeare and his Contemporaries This unit of study is not available in 2022 |
6 | Intensive July |
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| ENGL6992 Henry James and the Art of Fiction This unit of study is not available in 2022 |
6 | Semester 1 |
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| MECO6945 Creative Non-Fiction Workshop This unit of study is not available in 2022 |
6 | N ENGL6984 |
Semester 1 |
| FASS7001 Academic English for Postgraduates |
6 |
Where students intend to complete both FASS7001 and FASS7002, they should undertake FASS7001 first then FASS7002. Do not enrol in both in one semester. |
Semester 1 Semester 2 |
| FASS7002 Critical Thinking and Persuasive Writing |
6 | Semester 1 Semester 2 |
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| WRIT6000 Professional Writing This unit of study is not available in 2022 |
6 | Semester 2 |
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| WRIT6001 Professional Editing This unit of study is not available in 2022 |
6 | Semester 1 |
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| With prior written approval, it is possible for Master of Creative Writing students to count a maximum of 6 credit points of elective units from outside the Creative Writing table towards their degree requirements. Students wishing to do so should consult in the first instance with the Master of Creative Writing degree director to determine a suitable option, and then gain written approval from the relevant Associate Dean in advance of enrolment. | |||