Bachelor of Journalism, Bachelor of Arts (Writing and Creative Communication)

Rules

1. Some of the listed Common Core options may already be available to students within their professional major and or sub-major/minor/professional specialisation. Students will then be required to choose a different Common Core Option course from the above list.

Notes

1. The Journalism major of 54 units is made up of nine discipline core courses (8 x 4.5 unit courses plus 1 x 9 unit course) and two Professional Major Option courses. The Professional Major Option courses must be chosen from Journalism Major Option courses listed on the program schedule.

2. The Writing and Creative Communication major of 36 units is made up of seven courses (6 x 4.5 unit courses plus 1 x 9 unit course) of which five are discipline core courses. Students must complete the 4 x 4.5 unit core courses and only one of the Level 3 core 9 unit courses; students are not permitted to enrol in more than one of the Level 3 courses. The remaining 2 x 4.5 unit courses are chosen from the Writing and Creative Communication Major Option courses listed on the program schedule.

3. 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 Common Core Option courses listed on the program schedule.

4. A sub-major (27 units) consists of 6 x 4.5 unit courses with no more than two courses at level 1 and at least two courses at level 2. Sub-majors can be taken in a wide range of disciplines. 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 Majors, Sub-majors and Minors. Students who choose a language or any other discipline requiring sequential enrolment will need to seek enrolment advice from the Program Director.

5. All students complete at least one Free Elective as part of their undergraduate program of study. See undergraduate elective courses.

6. 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.

7. The following restrictions apply to enrolment in these courses: COMM 2051 Professional and Creative Communication 1 is not available to students who have completed COMM 1044 Writing and Reading Across the Disciplines. 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 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.