ALW225 - Designing Fictions
Unit details
| Year | 2025 unit information |
|---|---|
| Enrolment modes: | Trimester 1: Burwood (Melbourne), Waurn Ponds (Geelong), Online Trimester 3: Online |
| Credit point(s): | 1 |
| EFTSL value: | 0.125 |
| Unit Chair: | Trimester 1: Hayley Elliott-Ryan Trimester 3: Hayley Elliott-Ryan |
| Prerequisite: | Students must have passed unit ALW101 |
| Corequisite: | Nil |
| Incompatible with: | ALW325 |
| Educator-facilitated (scheduled) learning activities - on-campus unit enrolment: | 1 x 2-hour on-campus seminar per week |
| Educator-facilitated (scheduled) learning activities - online unit enrolment: | 1 x 2-hour online seminar per week |
| Typical study commitment: | Students will on average spend 150-hours over the teaching period undertaking the teaching, learning and assessment activities for this unit. This will include educator guided online learning activities within the unit site. |
Content
This unit explores technical and discursive aspects of fiction-writing, with reference to highly regarded texts. The unit involves much exploration of creativity and experimentation; improvisation and revision. Students must be prepared to do considerable practical work in and out of seminars. Each student will submit a complete original work or works of fiction.
Learning Outcomes
| ULO | These are the Unit Learning Outcomes (ULOs) for this unit. At the completion of this unit, successful students can: | Alignment to Deakin Graduate Learning Outcomes (GLOs) |
|---|---|---|
| ULO1 | Identify the differences between literary fiction and genre fiction | GLO1: Discipline-specific knowledge and capabilities |
| ULO2 | Practise and apply the key components of writing | GLO1: Discipline-specific knowledge and capabilities GLO5: Problem solving |
| ULO3 | Explain and apply current standards of grammar and language usage | GLO1: Discipline-specific knowledge and capabilities GLO2: Communication GLO3: Digital literacy |
| ULO4 | Demonstrate critical thinking and composition abilities through giving and receiving constructive critique | GLO2: Communication GLO5: Problem solving |
| ULO5 | Develop short writing projects and design creative writing strategies | GLO1: Discipline-specific knowledge and capabilities GLO5: Problem solving |
Assessment
| Assessment Description | Student output | Grading and weighting (% total mark for unit) | Indicative due week |
|---|---|---|---|
| Assessment 1: Report on unit readings | 1500 words or equivalent | 35% | Week 8 |
| Assessment 2: Original Work or series of Works of Fiction | 2000 words or equivalent | 50% | End-of-unit assessment period |
| Assessment 3: Seminar responses to students' work and participation | 500 words or equivalent | 15% | Ongoing |
The assessment due weeks provided may change. The Unit Chair will clarify the exact assessment requirements, including the due date, at the start of the teaching period.
Learning resource
The texts and reading list for ALW225 can be found via the University Library.
Note: Select the relevant trimester reading list. Please note that a future teaching period's reading list may not be available until a month prior to the start of that teaching period so you may wish to use the relevant trimester's prior year reading list as a guide only.
Unit Fee Information
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