This major fosters creative and professional writing skills for a variety of audiences to prepare students for a highly rewarding career in writing.
Students are engaged in the writing industry and develop their own voice and style across genres, including drama, poetry, fiction and non-fiction. The major supports new writers to expand industry knowledge, prepare their writing to professional standard and build confidence to seek publishing opportunities. Writing students also gain valuable professional skills, including editing, developing an online author platform and understanding the publishing industry, ethical and legal elements of contemporary authorship.
Code MAAAJQ
Availability & Campus
Location
Availability
Joondalup
Mount Lawley
South West
Online
= Available
Details
Structure
Students must complete eight (8) units totalling 120 credit points:
Apply broad discipline knowledge to a range of literary, authorship and publishing context.
Think critically to analyse, interpret and synthesise complex themes and strategies for written communication.
Think creatively to generate original written works.
Use digital, editing and author platform technologies and to access information and function as a contemporary writing professional.
Communicate diverse concepts and ideas clearly, coherently and in a variety of forms with autonomy.
Demonstrate a global outlook with respect for cultural diversity, including Indigenous cultural competence.
Work collaboratively and demonstrate initiative to highlight social, environmental, and ethical issues through writing.
Use reflective practice to demonstrate autonomy, accountability and judgement for own learning and professional practice.
Career Opportunities
Employment opportunities
Graduates are able to seek employment in the expanding communications sector and in traditional and online publishing. Creative and Professional Writing provides a valuable skill-set for a portfolio career and there are abundant opportunities for freelance and content writing.
ECU has provided the flexibility for me to create a full-length feature at 21
My greatest challenge has always been overcoming my struggle with dyslexia, especially something such as writing. But ECU's lecturers and staff have been vital in helping me on this journey. They taught me the knowledge and skills and provided the flexibility for me to create a full-length feature at only 21. I cannot wait to showcase all that the university has taught me on the big screen!
I can truly say I wouldn't have ever achieved this award without ECU
The skills acquired from my time at ECU have really enhanced my creative writing, refined my editing skills and given me the opportunity to learn from published authors. Also gave me invaluable insights about interacting with publishers and literary agents, and entering manuscripts into literary awards. I can truly say I wouldn't have ever won the award for my unpublished manuscript, Banjawarn without ECU.
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