Bachelor of Arts (Creative Writing)

Work closely on your writing in an intensive studio model with world-leading lecturers and creative practitioners, improving your writing and solving problems from industry.

This degree is designed to make you confident, skilled and adaptable in today’s creative industries - where writing and editing are essential skills, and so are creativity, communication, and critical thinking.

Along with leading genres like fiction, screen and digital writing, you’ll become an adaptable writer by learning the skills to adjust to a constantly changing industry, spending deep time with your creative work, trying experiments, and gaining new knowledge. A flair for creative expression will be complemented by proficiency in the business of writing, allowing you to understand the publishing process and learn the skills required to become a freelance writer, collaborator or creative entrepreneur, across multiple media platforms.

Typically there are three broad areas of work in the creative writing industry:

• writing for publication, in print and online media
• writing for screenplay and script development
• writing for and about education
• writing as research.

There are increasing opportunities arising in online and mobile media platforms through interactivity, games and apps as well as emerging opportunities for self-employment through ebooks, ezines and self-publication via the internet. There are also career opportunities resulting from emerging trends such as boutique publishing.

The writing industry is a constantly changing and competitive environment; more and more people want to create their own work and see it published. Local and international projects and events are well supported through government and private funding.

This degree will prepare you for roles such as:

• writer
• editor
• publisher
• events/festival manager
• screenwriter
• scriptwriter
• screen producer.

There are opportunities to go on to further studies in creative writing and publishing through our highly regarded honours, masters and PhD degrees in the School of Media and Communication. Students can choose to undertake research through creative practice, linked to internationally recognised research groups such as the non/fictionLab and Screen Cultures.

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If you are applying for on-campus study in a coursework program (Bachelor, Associate Degree or Honours), use the online application system for international students. 

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