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Writing Studies


Effective writing and the critical and analytical skills it demands is an essential aspect of a university education. Taken either as a stand-alone major or as a supporting subject, Writing Studies will foreground critical and cultural awareness, develop an understanding of how language works, and foster the creativity and intellectual independence which are the prerequisites for excellent academic, professional and creative writing.
Writing Studies is available as a major for the BA. Writing Studies may also be taken as a second major or as a supporting subject within other undergraduate degrees, subject to academic approval of the Faculty or School of Studies in which the student is enrolled. Within the BA and BMCT a Creative Writing specialisation is also available. Details of the specialisation requirements can be obtained from the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences.
To complete a major in Writing Studies, students must gain 120 points above 100 level in Writing Studies, including ENGL217, WRIT391 and at least 40 further points above 200 level of which at least 20 points must be from ENGL papers listed for the major.
To complete a supporting subject in Writing Studies, students must include ENGL217.

Note: Candidates must gain at least 60 points at 100 level in any subject(s) before enrolling in Writing Studies papers above 100 level, and at least 90 points at 100 and 200 level before enrolling in Writing Studies papers above 200 level.


| 100 level | 200 level | 300 level | Prescriptions for the GradCert(WritSt) and GradDip(WritSt) |

100 level
ALED100 - 12A (TGA), 12A (NET), 12A (HAM), 12B (NET) & 12B (HAM)  - Writing for University Purposes
ENGL104  - Telling the Story
ENGL112 - 12B (HAM)  - From Page to Screen: Literature as Text and Film
ENGL113 - 12B (HAM)  - English.Confidence
ESLA101 - 12A (HAM) & 12B (HAM)  - Academic Writing and Research
LING132 - 12A (HAM)  - Introduction to Linguistic Communication
MCOM103 - 12B (HAM)  - Journalism and Professional Practices
MCOM122 - 12B (HAM)  - Diversity Management and Communication
PHIL103 - 12A (HAM), 12B (TGA) & 12B (NET)  - Critical Reasoning

200 level
ENGL211 - 12B (HAM)  - Food Writing
ENGL212  - The Poetry Code
ENGL213 - 12B (HAM) & 12S (HAM)  - Creative Writing: Creative Non-fiction
ENGL215  - Creative Writing: Voice and Image
ENGL217 - 12A (NET)  - Writing and Audience
ESLA200 - 12A (HAM)  - Academic Written Discourse
HIST207  - Writing Historical Fiction
LING203 - 12B (HAM)  - Language, Society and Culture
MCOM292 - 12B (HAM)  - Business Communication
PHIL204  - Language and Communication
SMST216 - 12B (HAM)  - Television: Medium, Narrative and Audience

300 level
ALED325 - 12B (BLK)  - The Teacher as Writer
ENGL309 - 12A (HAM)  - Going Places: Life, Literature and Travel
ENGL310  - Cyber Reading/Cyber Writing
ENGL314  - Creative Writing: Creative Non-Fiction
ENGL316 - 12B (HAM)  - Literary Theory
ENGL318 - 12S (HAM)  - Creative Writing: Voice and Image
ESLA300  - Academic Research Writing: An Introduction
HIST319  - Digital Histories: Public and Collective Memories
LING304 - 12A (HAM) & 12B (HAM)  - Sociolinguistics
MCOM330 - 12B (HAM)  - Professional Speaking and Speechwriting
MCOM332 - 12A (HAM)  - Professional and Public Relations Writing
SMST307 - 12A (HAM)  - Writing for Screen Media
SMST309 - 12B (HAM)  - Propaganda, Advertising and Public Information
WRIT391 - 12A (HAM) & 12B (HAM)  - Writing Project
WRIT396 - 12C (HAM) & 12Y (HAM)  - Work Placement

Prescriptions for the GradCert(WritSt) and GradDip(WritSt)

A Graduate Certificate and Graduate Diploma are available to graduates who have not included Writing Studies at an advanced level in their first degree.
For further details, contact the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences Office.


Current information as of 15 May 2012 5:04pm

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