Bachelor of Arts (Creative Writing)

RMIT University

Type of institution: University/Higher Education Institution
Level: Undergraduate
CRICOS: 00122A

Work closely on your writing in an intensive studio model with world-leading lecturers and creative practitioners, improving your writing and solving problems from industry. This degree is designed to make you confident, skilled and adaptable in todays creative industries - where writing and editing are essential skills, and so are creativity, communication, and critical thinking. Along with leading genres like fiction, screen and digital writing, youll become an adaptable writer by learning the skills to adjust to a constantly changing industry, spending deep time with your creative work, trying experiments, and gaining new knowledge. A flair for creative expression will be complemented by proficiency in the business of writing, allowing you to understand the publishing process and learn the skills required to become a freelance writer, collaborator or creative entrepreneur, across multiple media platforms.

Structure

Total Credit Points: 288

Subjects

  • COMM2646 Creative Writing Studio: Foundations
  • COMM2648 Creative Writing Studio: Craft
  • COMM2649 Creative Writing Studio: Specialisation
  • COMM2650 Creative Writing Studio: Collaborations
  • COMM2651 Creative Writing Studio: Horizons
  • COMM2645 Creative Writing: Approaches to Theories and Ideas
  • COMM2647 Essay Project
  • COMM2652 Creative Writing Studio: Project
  • COMM2633 Pop Culture in Everyday Life
  • COMM1073 TV and Screen Cultures
  • COMM1081 Music in Popular Culture
  • COMM2874 Speculative Futures
  • COMM2631 Popular Culture Now
  • COMM2878 Contemporary Asian Modernities
  • COMM2871 Asian Media and Communication
  • COMM2873 Asian Mobilities: Practices, Experiences and Impacts
  • COMM2345 Exploring Asian Popular Culture
  • COMM2253 Sex, Politics & Social Change in Asia
  • COMM1031 Introduction to Cinema Studies
  • COMM2880 Film Criticism: From Early Cinema to the Digital Age
  • COMM2876 Cinema and Nation
  • COMM2875 Beyond the Frame: Technologies, Industries and Audiences
  • COMM1036 Uses of Film Theory
  • LANG1375 Literature and Decolonisation
  • COMM2635 Reading Space and Place
  • LANG1374 Literary Environments
  • COMM2638 Narrating the Self
  • COMM2630 Literatures Ethics
  • COMM2402 Rhetorics & Politics of the Contemporary World
  • COMM2409 Politics and Communication
  • COMM2408 Changing Economies and Communication
  • COMM2636 Screening Politics and Technologies
  • COMM2407 Work, Politics and Technology
  • GRAP2369 Advertising Media
  • COMM2871 Asian Media and Communication
  • COMM2873 Asian Mobilities: Practices, Experiences and Impacts
  • COMM2345 Exploring Asian Popular Culture
  • COMM2875 Beyond the Frame: Technologies, Industries and Audiences
  • COMM2337 Creating a Communication Business
  • COMM2408 Changing Economies and Communication
  • COMM2876 Cinema and Nation
  • COMM2333 Client Management
  • COMM2684 Communicating Brand Narrative
  • COMM2877 Communicating the Environment
  • COMM2392 Writers on Writing
  • COMM2878 Contemporary Asian Modernities
  • GRAP2311 Creative Advertising
  • PERF2061 DJs, Digital Rhythms and Dance Cultures
  • COMM2803 Fact Checking and Verification
  • COMM2879 Feminist and Queer Perspectives
  • COMM2880 Film Criticism: From Early Cinema to the Digital Age
  • COMM2881 Film Genre
  • COMM1161 Foundations of Public Relations
  • COMM2148 General News Reporting
  • COMM2324 Interdisciplinary Communication Project
  • MKTG1208 Introduction to Advertising
  • COMM1031 Introduction to Cinema Studies
  • LANG1374 Literary Environments
  • LANG1375 Literature and Decolonisation
  • COMM2220 Live Media
  • COMM2639 Media and Communication Internship
  • COMM1081 Music in Popular Culture
  • COMM2638 Narrating the Self
  • COMM2219 Networked Media
  • COMM2868 People and Data
  • COMM2112 Persuasive Communication
  • COMM2640 Photojournalism
  • COMM2869 Playful Media and Everyday Creativities
  • COMM2870 Podcasting
  • COMM2409 Politics and Communication
  • COMM2633 Pop Culture in Everyday Life
  • COMM2147 Professional Writing
  • COMM2635 Reading Space and Place
  • COMM2402 Rhetorics & Politics of the Contemporary World
  • COMM2636 Screening Politics and Technologies
  • COMM2872 Social Media Communication
  • COMM2874 Speculative Futures
  • COMM2325 Understanding Sports Media
  • GRAP2317 Storytelling
  • PERF2062 The Spectacle of Music Video: From MTV to YouTube
  • COMM1073 TV and Screen Cultures
  • SOCU2276 Wicked problems: innovative solutions

Standard entry requirements

You must have successfully completed an Australian Year 12 (or equivalent qualification).

Study information

CampusFeesEntryMid year intakeAttendance
Melbourne City International: $115,200 No
  • Full-time : 3 years
Melbourne City No
  • Full-time : 3 years
  • Part-time : 6 years

Fee comments

Campuses: Melbourne City.

Available for Domestic Student. For more information about the tuition fee, please contact RMIT.

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