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Bachelor of Arts (BA) in English and Creative Writing

  • Bachelor

Creative writing can make people laugh, cry, think from a new perspective and even shape the world.

Key details

Degree Type
Bachelor
Duration
3 years full-time
Course Code
B1356, 001572M
Study Mode
In person

About this course

Creative writing can make people laugh, cry, think from a new perspective and even shape the world. In this course you'll explore literary forms from the short story to the sonnet, from the blog to the bildungsroman, and from pastoral to performance poetry.

Learn from scholars and established writers, ranging from short story writers and novelists who have published major works, to drama practitioners and performance theorists, and experts in English and Comparative Literature.

Develop your skills in becoming an insightful thinker, an observant reader and an imaginative writer. Explore a wide range of literary, theoretical, dramatic, and other texts, from the Renaissance to the present day, and develop your capacity for reflection and analysis.

You'll learn to write in a range of literary and related genres and learn to think critically and creatively, apply knowledge and information, and communicate effectively.

Study locations

Perth

External

What you will learn

Build the knowledge and skills you need to meet your career or study goals. Here are some of the things you'll learn:

  • professional writing and editing
  • reading and writing in the online world
  • poetry: sonnet to slam
  • literature, imagination and politics
  • the short story: approaches to reading and writing.

Career pathways

When you graduate you could become an author or editor and will be well prepared for employment in advertising, design, teaching, public administration, journalism, publishing, computer arts, and many fields of business.

Careers could include:

  • Copywriter
  • Editor
  • Journalist
  • Arts Administrator
  • Professional Writer.

The industries you could work in include the arts, publishing, communications, government or even working for yourself as a free-lancer.

For further admission information about this course, please download our Information Pack.