Apply for Creative Writing Major (BA) (Open Unis)

Arts and creative industries student
OUMU-CRWRI

Creative Writing

Oua major (undergraduate)

Develop your writing skills in fiction, poetry, writing for performance, and experimental and emerging genres.

Course outline
  • Qualification
    Creative Writing Major (BA) (Open Unis)
  • Credit

    Credit

    200
Course outline

Applicants for this course should apply through OUA directly

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Course outline

Outline

Outline

To check you meet the course entry requirement, visit Open Universities Australia.

What you'll learn

  • identify, explain and apply the key disciplinary concepts in Creative Writing
  • integrate theory and creative practice; conceive, develop and evaluate innovative new writing
  • access and evaluate the sources, authority and relevance of information and synthesise key facts, themes and ideas in writing
  • communicate ideas to a range of audiences and in a variety of media and genres
  • use technologies to access resources, communicate effectively and develop writing and research skills
  • use disciplinary skills and knowledge to learn how to learn, and apply these insights to new writing and to the different intellectual and professional roles required of a writer in the broader community
  • acknowledge the interrelationship between local, national and global perspectives and the impact of this on writing and the creative industries
  • value a range of cultural knowledge and take care to represent these, where appropriate, in an ethical and professional manner
  • work independently and/or collaboratively to produce innovative and informed creative writing that contributes meaningfully to contemporary culture
Credit for recognised learning (CRL)

Use your experience to get credit towards your degree

Finish your course sooner with credit for your previous study or work experience.

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  • Curtin course code: OUMU-CRWRI
  • Last updated on: 28 March 2024

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