Bachelor of Arts (Creative Writing and Literature)
Undergraduate
You're considered an Australian student if you are any of the following:
Undergraduate
February
July
Magill
3 year(s) full-time
On-campus
Selection Rank (Internal): 60.90 (for 2021)
Selection Rank (Guaranteed): 65.00 (for 2022)
TAFE/RTO (Guaranteed): DIP
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The admission criteria have been grouped to assist you to easily find the information most relevant to your circumstances. However, you may fit into more than one and the university will consider applicants against each of the relevant criteria.
Certain conditions apply. For more information refer to Appendix 4 of the University's Selection and Entry policy.
Applicants are required to meet one of the following criteria with a competitive result, and demonstrate that they fulfil any prerequisite requirements and essential requirements for admission:
Recent secondary education
Meet any prerequisite requirements with a minimum grade of C- or equivalent
AND
Applicants who have not achieved the Selection Rank required for automatic selection may be selected for any remaining places based on the grades of their year 12 subjects.
OR
Higher education study
OR
Vocational Education and Training (VET)
OR
Work and life experience
Graduates of the Bachelor of Arts (Creative Writing and Literature) degree will have a broad and coherent body of knowledge in the theory and practice of creative writing and the ways in which all creative forms help shape discourse and communication within and across cultures, particularly how a literary context, its creative and consumption, serves as a reflection of culture. Graduates will have knowledge of the historical and cultural significance of creative and critical texts across a range of genres such as fiction, poetry, creative non-fiction, auto-biography, essays and plays from multiple places and periods, learning to communicate effectively as readers, writers, researchers, speakers, advisers and performers and will develop their own creative repertoire and artistic portfolio.
Graduates will have a second Arts major to expand their technical, analytical and communicative skills essential for practice in the professional environments and further learning in a culturally diverse global marketplace.
Students will complete 108 units of study comprising 9 units of core courses, 36 units of an Arts specialisation, 36 units of a second Arts major, 18 units of a minor, and 9 units of electives.