Creative Writing

Major/Minor/Specialisation !B-ARTS-MAJ+1011 (2009)

Note: This is an archived Handbook entry from 2009. Search for this in the current handbook

Year and Campus: 2009

Coordinator

Associate Professor Kevin Brophy

Contact

Arts & Music Student Centre
Room 104, Ground Floor, Old Arts Building
University of Melbourne
Tel: +61 3 8344 5235
Fax: +61 3 9347 0424

Overview:

Creative writing is available as a major or a minor.

Major
Level 1

  • Arts Foundational Interdisciplinary Subject
  • 106-105 Creative Writing: Ideas and Practice

Level 2

  • 37.5 points from the Creative Writing level two subject list

Level 3

  • The compulsory capstone subject,
  • and 25 points from the Creative Writing level three subject list.

Minor
75-point minor studies can be undertaken in specific genres (poetry, fiction, non-fiction, screenwriting, scriptwriting for theatre or performance).

Level 1

  • An Arts Foundational Interdiciplinary Subject
  • 106-105 Creative Writing: Ideas and Practice
Level 2
  • 25-points from the level two Creative Writing subjects listed.
Level 3
  • 25-points from the level three Creative Writing subjects listed.
Only students completing a major may enrol in the capstone subject.
Subject Options:

Creative Writing: Level 1 Subject

Subject
Study Period Commencement:
Credit Points:

Creative Writing: Level 2 Subjects

Subject
Study Period Commencement:
Credit Points:
Semester 2
12.50
Semester 1
12.50
Semester 1
12.50
Semester 2
12.50

Creative Writing: Level 3 Subjects

Subject
Study Period Commencement:
Credit Points:
Semester 1
12.50
Semester 2
12.50
Semester 2
12.50
Semester 2
12.50

Creative Writing: Capstone Subject

Subject
Study Period Commencement:
Credit Points:
Not offered in 2009
12.50
Related Course(s): Bachelor of Arts

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