C06041v6 Graduate Diploma in Creative Writing
Award(s): Graduate Diploma in Creative Writing (GradDipCreativeWriting)CRICOS code: 032361K
Commonwealth supported place?: No
Load credit points: 48
Course EFTSL: 1
Location: City campus
Notes
For commencing students classes are online in 2021. Study remotely in a COVID-safe way.
Overview
Course aims
Career options
Course intended learning outcomes
Admission requirements
Recognition of prior learning
Course duration and attendance
Course structure
Course completion requirements
Course diagram
Course program
Articulation with UTS courses
Other information
Overview
The Graduate Diploma in Creative Writing is part of an articulated program designed to meet a range of needs for those who want to start a career in writing or apply their communication skills to fiction, young-adult and/or speculative fiction, creative non-fiction and screenwriting. It is also for experienced writers who want to develop and enhance their practical writing skills as well as their ability to critically reflect on their practice.
Building a portfolio and pitching one's work are key components of our Graduate Diploma in Creative Writing. Students publish widely and regularly in local, national and international literary journals and magazines, and lead the annual UTS Writers' Anthology, which celebrates its 35th anniversary in 2021.
The Graduate Diploma in Creative Writing is a good starting point for early career writers who want to develop craft skills in a range of genres and forms, and who may later develop a major project through the articulated Master of Arts in Creative Writing.
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Course aims
The aims of the Graduate Diploma in Creative Writing are:
- to enhance students’ knowledge and skills across a range of writing genres and forms,
- to facilitate in students an ability to critically reflect on and improve their work,
- to introduce students to the relationship between writing practice and the writing industry across a range of project types and contexts, and
- to encourage students to reflect on the role of the writer in the creative and cultural industries.
Career options
Graduates apply their writing skills to fields such as advertising, editing and publishing, film and television, digital and experiential media, journalism and communications. Graduates start to have their work published or produced. Many graduates articulate into the Master of Arts in Creative Writing.
Course intended learning outcomes
This course engages with the following Course Intended Learning Outcomes (CILOs), which are tailored to the Graduate Attributes set for all graduates of the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences:
| 1.1 | Write to a publishable standard across a range of genres, demonstrating an understanding of the appropriate use of different writing forms |
| 1.2 | Critically analyse their work and the work of others, acquiring professional editorial skills |
| 2.1 | Understand, reproduce and experiment with genre and form |
| 2.2 | Locate and critically evaluate a wide range of sources in literary practice |
| 3.1 | Seek to engage with other cultures through examining creative writing across a range of genres |
| 4.1 | Counter negative stereotypes and respect cultural protocols in all forms of writing |
| 5.1 | Graduates are able to contribute to debates about creative writing and engage productively in writers' associations artistically, socially and/or politically |
| 6.1 | Convey complex ideas in writing clearly and effectively to specialist and non-specialist audiences, across a range of media formats |
| 6.2 | Explain the importance of drafting and rewriting in the writing process |
Key
The first digit of each CILO indicates the relevant graduate attribute:
- Professional Readiness
- Critical and Creative Inquiry
- International and Intercultural Engagement
- Indigenous Competencies
- Active Citizenship
- Effective Communication
Admission requirements
Applicants must have completed a UTS recognised bachelor's degree, or an equivalent or higher qualification, or submitted other evidence of general and professional qualifications that demonstrates potential to pursue graduate studies.
Applicants who have not completed a bachelor's, master's, graduate diploma or graduate certificate qualification in any field of study (or overseas equivalent) must provide:
- a personal statement (approximately 500 words) explaining why they wish to study the course they are applying for
- a curriculum vitae (CV), which should include details of paid and voluntary work or other experiences (eg special interest groups) that could be relevant to the course.
If applicants do not submit these documents, their application may not be considered.
The English proficiency requirement for international students or local applicants with international qualifications is: Academic IELTS: 6.5 overall with a writing score of 6.0; or TOEFL: paper based: 550-583 overall with TWE of 4.5, internet based: 79-93 overall with a writing score of 21; or AE5: Pass; or PTE: 58-64; or CAE: 176-184.
Eligibility for admission does not guarantee offer of a place.
International students
Visa requirement: To obtain a student visa to study in Australia, international students must enrol full time and on campus. Australian student visa regulations also require international students studying on student visas to complete the course within the standard full-time duration. Students can extend their courses only in exceptional circumstances.
Recognition of prior learning
Students who successfully completed the graduate certificate in the articulated program are eligible for recognition of prior learning for completed subjects.
Course duration and attendance
The course is one year of full-time or one-and-a-half years of part-time study.
Course structure
The Graduate Diploma in Creative Writing totals 48 credit points, consisting of three core subjects and three electives. Students may select subjects beyond the list of elective subjects with the approval of the graduate adviser. Not all subjects are available each session.
Full-time students are required to undertake 24 credit points a session. Part-time students should undertake 8 or 16 credit points a session.
Course completion requirements
| STM90815 Core subjects | 24cp | |
| CBK90528 Electives | 24cp | |
| Total | 48cp |
Course diagram
Course program
Example programs are given below.
| Autumn commencing, part time | ||
| Year 1 | ||
| Autumn session | ||
| 57041 Narrative Writing | 8cp | |
| 57134 Theory and Creative Writing | 8cp | |
| Spring session | ||
| 57031 Creative Non-fiction | 8cp | |
| Select 8 credit points of options | 8cp | |
| Year 2 | ||
| Autumn session | ||
| Select 16 credit points of options | 16cp | |
| Spring commencing, part time | ||
| Year 1 | ||
| Spring session | ||
| 57041 Narrative Writing | 8cp | |
| 57031 Creative Non-fiction | 8cp | |
| Year 2 | ||
| Autumn session | ||
| 57134 Theory and Creative Writing | 8cp | |
| Select 8 credit points of options | 8cp | |
| Spring session | ||
| Select 16 credit points of options | 16cp | |
| Autumn commencing, full time | ||
| Year 1 | ||
| Autumn session | ||
| 57041 Narrative Writing | 8cp | |
| 57134 Theory and Creative Writing | 8cp | |
| Select 8 credit points of options | 8cp | |
| Spring session | ||
| 57031 Creative Non-fiction | 8cp | |
| Select 16 credit points of options | 16cp | |
| Spring commencing, full time | ||
| Year 1 | ||
| Spring session | ||
| 57041 Narrative Writing | 8cp | |
| 57031 Creative Non-fiction | 8cp | |
| Select 8 credit points of options | 8cp | |
| Year 2 | ||
| Autumn session | ||
| 57134 Theory and Creative Writing | 8cp | |
| Select 16 credit points of options | 16cp | |
Articulation with UTS courses
This course is part of an articulated program comprising the Graduate Certificate in Editing and Publishing (C11071), the Graduate Diploma in Creative Writing, and the Master of Arts in Creative Writing (C04109). Students who successfully complete this course and who are admitted to the master's course are eligible for recognition of prior learning for completed subjects.
Other information
Further information is available from the UTS Student Centre on:
telephone 1300 ask UTS (1300 275 887)
or +61 2 9514 1222
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