Courses
CREATIVE WRITING
Graduate Certificate in Creative Writing – Melbourne (Bundoora) (ACCW)
Both fee-paying and Commonwealth Supported Places (CSP) are available. Details of fees are provided with the application kit.
This course is intended for graduates who wish to develop their skills in the art and craft of writing. For further details see below under Graduate Diploma in Creative Writing.
Duration
The course is one semester full-time or equivalent part-time.
Admission requirements
Applicants must hold either a Bachelor’s degree or a diploma from a tertiary institution of at least three years’ full-time duration (or an equivalent qualification).
Course structure
The course consists of at least 60 credit points from the Graduate Diploma in Creative Writing (see below). No more than 30 credit points may be at first year level and at least 40 credit points must be from List A.
Subject to approval of students’ enrolment by the Course Coordinator, normal prerequisites for the listed units will be waived for students in this course.
Graduate Diploma in Creative Writing – Melbourne (Bundoora) (AGCW)
Both fee-paying and Commonwealth Supported Places (CSP) are available. Details of fees are provided with the application kit.
This course is intended for graduates who wish to develop their skills in the art and craft of writing. ‘Creative writing’ is construed here more broadly than the writing of fiction. It is practised professionally in many domains: writing directly for publication, the stage, various electronic media, advertising and public relations, desktop publishing and specialised forms of communication - explaining and interpreting science or economics to the public, for media releases and brochures for official or commercial purposes, and for editing. Creative writing is also practised for personal satisfaction; this can include the writing of fiction, memoirs and family histories, verse and song lyrics.
Duration
The course is one year full-time or equivalent part-time.
Admission requirements
Applicants must hold either a Bachelor’s degree or a diploma from a tertiary institution of at least three years’ full-time duration (or an equivalent qualification).
Course structure
The course consists of units from the following list to a total value of at least 120 credit points. The units are grouped as A (practical) and B (theoretical). Students must take at least four units from list A, at least 40 credit points (from either list) must be at or above third year level, and at most 30 credit points (from either list) may be at first year level.
Subject to approval of students’ enrolment by the Course Coordinator, normal prerequisites for the listed units will be waived for students in this course.
LIST A
First year units (15 credit points)
| Teaching period | Unit title | Unit code |
|---|---|---|
| TE-SEM-2 | Writing for the Media | MST1WFM |
Second or third year units (20 credit points)
| Teaching period | Unit title | Unit code |
|---|---|---|
| TE-SEM-1 | Screenwriting Project | CST2ADS/CST3ADS |
| TE-SEM-1 | Persuasion and Public Speech | DRA2PPS/DRA3PPS |
| TE-SEM-1 | Writing for Video Non-fiction | MST2WFV/MST3WFV |
| TE-SEM-1 | Writing Fiction | ENG2WFI/ENG3WFI |
| TE-SEM-2 | English: a User’s Guide | LIN2EUG/LIN3EUG |
| TE-SEM-2 | Writing Poetry | ENG2WRP/ENG3WRP |
| TE-SEM-2 | Writing for Radio | MST2WFR/MST3WFR |
| TE-SEM-2 | Writing, Internet, Performance1 | DRA2WIP/DRA3WIP |
Third year units (20 credit points)
| Teaching period | Unit title | Unit code |
|---|---|---|
| TE-SEM-1 | Creating Non-fiction | HUS3CNF |
| TE-SEM-1 | Publishing and Editing | MST3PAE |
| TE-SEM-2 | Writing Autobiography | ENG3WAB |
| TE-SEM-2 | Script Development | CST3SED |
Key: 1 Not available in 2009.
LIST B
First year units (15 credit points)
| Unit title | Unit code |
|---|---|
| Critical Thinking | PHI1CRT |
| Professional Writing: words in action | HUS1PWR |
| The Nature of Language and Communication B | LIN1NLB |
Second year units (20 credit points)
| Unit title | Unit code |
|---|---|
| Storytelling and the Cinema | CST2SAC |
Second or third year units (20 credit points)
| Unit title | Unit code |
|---|---|
| Language, Meaning and Understanding | PHI2LMU/PHI3LMU |
| Narrative Analysis A | ENG2NAA/ENG3NAA |
| Researching Media Audiences | MST2RMA/MST3RMA |
| Researching the Media | MST2RTM/MST3RTM |
| Screen Criticism | CST2FCR/CST3FCR |
| Screenplay as Narrative Form | CST2SCN/CST3SCN |
| Semantics and Pragmatics: the Relationship between Meaning and Use | LIN3SEM |
| Syntax: the Relationship between Meaning and Structure | LIN3SYN |
| Theory and Theatre | DRA2TAT/DRA3TAT |
Third year units (20 credit points)
| Unit title | Unit code |
|---|---|
| Reading Course A | CST3RCA |
| Reading Course A | ENG3RCA |
| Reading Course B | CST3RCB |
| Reading Course B | ENG3RCB |
Other List B unit
With the permission of the coordinator, appropriately qualified students may be permitted to enrol in ENG5ABN: Auto/biography: narrative of the self.
For full unit information, see the relevant discipline entries in the La Trobe University Undergraduate Handbook 2009, or the online handbook at www.latrobe.edu.au/handbook.