Creative Arts (Creative Writing), Bachelor

Your studies will begin with you working intensively on your writing in a number of forms and genres including:

• novels
• short stories
• creative non-fiction
• science fiction and fantasy writing
• media
• poetry
• digital media
• editing
• scriptwriting

There will be a focus on new and emergent forms, while learning to think and write critically about texts. From there, you will build specialist writing skills for professional applications via deep engagement with industry partners and contexts. Later in your degree you will choose electives to tailor your course to your strengths and vocational interests. You will write a sustained piece of creative work in a genre of your choice and participate in editing and developing a manuscript for a targeted market. Tailor your creative writing degree for your future with a second major or a combination of interdisciplinary majors, minors and course units across multiple subjects.

Double degrees

Combine creative writing with a second study area for greater career flexibility and opportunities in other industries. Consider a double degree with:

• behavioural science (psychology): combine your passion for creativity with psychology for an innovative career as a creative counsellor or practitioner
• business: develop your career as a creative writer, publishing professional or public relations consultant
• law: use your skills for a career as an in-house lawyer, solicitor in private practice, policy adviser, intellectual property lawyer supporting creative arts businesses or crime writer
• education (secondary): combine your interests in the arts and education to prepare you to teach in secondary schools and other education environments. Additional entry requirements apply to the Bachelor of Education.