Bachelor of Creative Writing

2024 Deakin University Handbook

Year

2024 course information

Award granted Bachelor of Creative Writing
Deakin course codeA316
Faculty

Faculty of Arts and Education

Campus

Offered at Burwood (Melbourne), Waurn Ponds (Geelong), Online

For students who commenced prior to 2023 only

Duration3 years full-time or part-time equivalent
CRICOS course code095259J Burwood (Melbourne), Waurn Ponds (Geelong)

The final intake to this course was in Trimester 3 2022.

Students should contact a Student Adviser in Student Central for course and enrolment information.

Further course structure information can be found in the Handbook archive.

Course sub-headings

Fees and charges

Fees and charges vary depending on the type of fee place you hold, your course, your commencement year, the units you choose to study and their study discipline, and your study load.

Tuition fees increase at the beginning of each calendar year and all fees quoted are in Australian dollars ($AUD). Tuition fees do not include textbooks, computer equipment or software, other equipment or costs such as mandatory checks, travel and stationery.

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Course Learning Outcomes

Deakin Graduate Learning Outcomes

Course Learning Outcomes

Discipline-specific knowledge and capabilities

Apply knowledge of creative writing modes and theories and their production in the context of professional, historical, cultural and stylistic frameworks, including skills in composition, editing, presentation and aspects of publication

Communication

Communicate through writing that is technically and aesthetically proficient and demonstrates awareness of, or ability to extend, established writing conventions to produce works that communicate effectively using suitable written forms and techniques

Digital literacy

Employ a range of generic and industry-specific digital technologies for the research, production and presentation of creative materials, including technologies for the innovative generation or dissemination of work, or those required in various professional contexts

Critical thinking

Demonstrate competencies in the production of texts and discourses informed by rigorous research, close reading, critical thinking and analysis, and by selecting and applying the appropriate creative writing forms and conventions

Problem solving

Analyse and respond creatively to editorial or publishing briefs or opportunities by employing creative and professional writing or communication strategies to identify, solve or reframe aesthetic, theoretical or real-world challenges and limitations

Self-management

Demonstrate responsibility for personal learning through autonomy, accountability and a continued commitment to learning and skill development, as a reflective practitioner in the Professional and Creative Writing industry and scholarly and other contexts

Teamwork

Actively participate and make constructive contributions to processes of creative and critical collaboration within or across disciplines, sharing of peer feedback in writing workshops and online forums, and demonstrate professional and ethical negotiation with collaborators and colleagues

Global citizenship

Demonstrate ethical global citizenship and awareness of cultural diversity and social responsibility when engaging in scholarship and in professional roles and community collaborations

Approved by Faculty Board December 2014

Course rules

Students must complete 24 credit points as follows:

  • 9 credit points of core units
  • 3 credit points chosen from course elective listing A
  • 6 credit points chosen from course elective listing B
  • 6 credit points of open elective units
  • no more than 10 credit points at level 1
  • a minimum of 6 credit points at level 3
  • AAI018 Academic Integrity (0-credit-point compulsory unit)

* DAI001 Academic Integrity Module replaces AAI018 Academic Integrity from 2024.

Course structure

Level 1

ALL101The Stories We Tell: Inventing Selves and Others

ALW101Writer's Toolkit: Craft and Creativity

ALW102Writing Spaces: Paradigms and Provocations

Level 2

ALW223Creative Nonfiction: Inquiry, Integrity, Vulnerability

ALW225Designing Fictions

ALW227Scriptwriting: Character, Action and Reaction

Level 3

ALW394Writing Project

ALW395Writing Lives: Emerging Forms and Contemporary Practices

ALW396Producing Digital Anthologies: From Concept to Publication

Course electives

Complete three 1-credit point units chosen from List A below:

ACI102Digital Photography

ACP109Improvisation for Theatre

AGS101Sex and Gender: Ideas That Changed the World

ALL102From Horror to Romance: Genre and Its Revisions

ALL153Literature for Children and Young Adults

ALM101Making Social Media

IND101Introduction to Aboriginal Studies

IND102Aboriginal Australian Stories and Songlines

ACG103 Design Skills [No longer available for enrolment]

Complete six 1-credit point units chosen from List B below including a minimum of three level 3 units:

Level 2

ADT202Web and Interface Design [replaces ADV201]

ALL255Fantasy Literature

ALL256Gender, Sex and Literature

ALW200Freelancing in the Arts

ALW205The Role of the Editor

ALW242Poetry: Events in Language

ALW251Writing for Games: Designing Quests and Characters

IND203Caring for Country

IND201 Aboriginal Knowledges and Experiences: Historical Journeys-Contemporary Perspectives [No longer available for enrolment]

Level 3

AWL300Internship [replaces ACC317]

ALL375Shakespeare Today: Sex, Race and Politics

ALL376Classics and Trash

ALL381Nature, Climate, Transformation

ALW352Writing and Publishing for Young People

ALL375Shakespeare Today: Sex, Race and Politics

ALL376Classics and Trash

ALL381Nature, Climate, Transformation

ALW352Writing and Publishing for Young People

Electives and Majors

Plus 6 credit points of general elective units

We suggest students complete at least 4 units in a subject area different to their degree, preferably a linked sequence of study in the same area. This choice can include units from any degree in the University but is best chosen from the subject areas in the Bachelor of Arts. Electives can be used to:

  • Explore fields of study and ideas that inspire you. You may consider history, literary studies, philosophy, creative arts such as photography, film and so on, gender studies, children's literature, journalism, design, language (other than English) or other fields.
  • Complete a 4 unit suite that complements the main study.
  • Complete a number of units that have some degree of coherency by completing at least two units in one area of study.

Note: Regarding majors, students who wish to graduate from the Bachelor of Creative Writing with a parallel major can be in consultation with the course director to plan the necessary course structure. Ideally, this is done in the early trimesters of your degree and before completion of any course electives or general electives.