Bachelor of Arts (Writing and Creative Communication)

Notes

1. The professional major of 36 units is made up of: 4 x 4.5 unit core courses: COMM 2051 Professional and Creative Communication 1; COMM 1051 Professional and Technical Writing: An Introduction or COMM 2047 Language and Context; COMM 1045 Writing and Text Workshop; COMM 2052 Professional and Creative Communication 2. Students have the option of choosing either 1 x 9 unit course plus 2 x 4.5 unit courses towards their major, or 2 x 9 unit courses. If students choose to complete only one 9 unit course the 2 x 4.5 unit courses may be chosen from the professional major optional courses listed in the program schedule above. The 9 unit course(s) may be selected from the following: COMM 3047 Advanced Editing and Publishing; COMM 3042 Creative Writing Practice; COMM 3046 Literary Texts and Practice; COMM 3045 Writing and Professional Practice.

2. A Common Core course is one available to students enrolled in most undergraduate programs offered within the School of Communication, International Studies and Languages. In addition to the two common core courses on the schedule, students select two of the listed Common Core Options, as above.

3. A sub-major (27 units) can be taken in a wide range of disciplines. Not all sub-majors are available on each campus. Students enrolled in a professional major on one campus may enrol in a sub-major on another campus. Courses making up each sub-major are detailed in the Majors, Sub-majors, Minors home pages - see above link. Students who choose a language or any other discipline requiring sequential enrolment may need to seek enrolment advice from the Program Director.

4. Students take 4 x 4.5 units of electives chosen from any courses offered in the University, including courses from the field of their professional major, sub-major or minor. Electives may be selected from the professional major optional courses listed on the schedule.

5. Students who are taking or have already taken COMM 1045 Writing and Text Workshop towards the sub-major in Literary Practice must take either COMM 1051 Professional and Technical Writing: An Introduction or COMM 2047 Language and Context instead.

6. The following restrictions apply to enrolment in these courses: COMM 2047 Language and Context is not available to students who have completed COMM 2029 The English Language: An Introduction. COMM 3042 Creative Writing Practice is not available to students who have completed COMM 3036 Advanced Writing Workshop. COMM 3045 Writing and Professional Practice is not available to students who have completed COMM 3033 Writing: Community and Professional Contexts and/or COMM 2027 Language and Society: Introduction to Sociolinguistics. COMM 2044 Creative Nonfiction is not available to students who have completed COMM 2031 The Informed Writer. COMM 2045 Writing Place is not available to students who have completed COMM 3038 Writing the City. COMM 2053 Reworking the Canon is not available to students who have completed COMM 2022 Shakespeare Reworked. COMM 2057 Writing and Reading Poetry is not available to students who have completed COMM 3038 Writing and Reading Poetry. COMM 2058 Writing and Reading Short Fiction is not available to students who have completed COMM 2032 Writing and Reading the Short Story.

7. All students complete at least one 4.5 unit Free Elective part of their undergraduate program of study. See undergraduate elective courses home page.