Creative Writing

Major/Minor/Specialisation !D22-AA-SPC+1010 (2014)

Note: This is an archived Handbook entry from 2014.

Year and Campus: 2014

Coordinator

Dr Grant Caldwell

Email: cal@unimelb.edu.au

Contact

Office of Graduate Studies, Faculty of Arts

Email: arts-gradstudies@unimelb.edu.au

Overview:

This Program offers students the opportunity to explore their creative potential and to extend their work to avant-garde, cross-genre and experimental forms of writing. Students are encouraged to critically test the creative potential and the influence of contemporary theoretical and philosophical schools of thought in all forms of writing. Areas of specialisation include fiction, poetry, poetics, non-fiction, performance and writing for theatre and autobiography.
Learning Outcomes:

See program objectives
Structure & Available Subjects:

The Graduate Diploma in Arts in this area of specialisation requires:

  • one Level one subject (12.5 points)
  • three Level two subjects (37.5 points)
  • one compulsory subject (12.5 points)
  • three Level 3 subjects (37.5 points)


Total 100 points
Subject Options:

Level 1 Subject

12.5 points

Subject
Study Period Commencement:
Credit Points:

Level 2 Subjects

37.5 points

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

Compulsory Subject

12.5 points

Subject
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Level 3 Subjects

37.5 points

Subject
Study Period Commencement:
Credit Points:
Semester 1
12.50
Semester 1
12.50
Links to further information: http://www.culture-communication.unimelb.edu.au/
Related Course(s): Graduate Diploma in Arts

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