Minor Thesis - Creative Writing

This subject has the following teaching availabilities in 2012:

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The student will negotiate a suitable project with a supervisor, attend meetings and supervision sessions as required and present work in progress to appropriate seminars or conferences during the year. Enrolment in the thesis is across two consecutive semesters and students must enrol in the subject in each semester to ensure they are meeting the full 50 point requirement for the year-long subject.

Note: For students who wish to proceed to the PhD, it is required that they undertake a creative writing and analytical-theoretical dissertation and also enrol in the subject MULT50001 Research Principles and Practices. Alternatively a pure creative writing dissertation can be undertaken but this does not lead to the PhD.

Students who complete this subject will:

• be able to a capacity to work consistently and independently at an advanced level on a self-devised project;
• be able to demonstrate a well-developed ability to solve problems in the field of creative arts;
• be able to have an appreciation of the design, conduct and completion of a major creative project;
• demonstrate a capacity to engage where appropriate with issues in contemporary society; and
• be able to have a conceptually rich understanding of the theoretical underpinnings and implications of their creative work.

Creative writing or a balance between creative writing and analytic-theoretical dissertation totalling (or equivalent to) 15,000 words (due at the end of the second consecutive semester of study).

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This subject is not available as a breadth subject.

Students who successfully complete this subject will:

• be able to structure an extended writing project;
• be able to undertake independent research;
• be able to demonstrate a capacity to structure and complete an independent project;
• be able to problem solve;
• be able to recognise the relevance of research to society;
• be able to access resources and organise material;
• be able to possess critical evaluation skills; and
• be able to make use of research to conceptually enrich projects.