Overview
Overview
This course is a major within the Graduate Diploma of Arts, focusing on the discipline of creative writing.
In this course you will gain the knowledge and techniques that writers need in the age of digital communication and entertainment. You'll develop skills across various writing styles, including fiction, poetry and experimental and emerging genres. You’ll benefit from the advice of Curtin’s experienced tutors – many are acclaimed authors – and through critical engagement with your creative peer group.
Creative writing develops transferrable skills that are important to a range of language and communication-focused careers. You’ll learn how to consider and communicate issues from various perspectives, and, under the supervision of an experienced academic staff member, undertake a major project that can serve as a key piece in your portfolio of creative work.
This graduate diploma is part of a tiered postgraduate program, which means that you can choose to exit the program at the graduate certificate level (after completing the units required for that qualification). After completing this course, you can apply to study for your Master of Arts in Creative Writing.
What you'll learn
- understand the discipline of Creative Writing, its theoretical underpinnings, ways of thinking and professional or creative approaches; understand and apply established knowledge, principles, and professional or creative practices in chosen aspects of the Arts
- apply logical and rational processes to analyse the components of a subject or project and engage critically with the subject matter to respond creatively within a selected communication paradigm
- determine what information is needed and where it might be found using appropriate technologies; make valid judgements and synthesise information from a range of sources and apply best practice in developing a professional or creative work in response to a particular situation. Communicate appropriately with colleagues, professional and creative contacts and the general public and develop communication skills across one or more media forms appropriate to varying situations
- understand and apply a range of learning strategies; take responsibility for one's own learning and development; sustain intellectual curiosity and engage with emerging forms of theory and practice in the Arts. Think globally and consider issues from a variety of perspectives and apply relevant international standards, tools and practices to one’s professional or creative practice
- acknowledge the interrelationship between local, national, and global perspectives and the impact of these on the Arts: recognise individual human rights, and appreciate the importance of cultural diversity and the sensitivities which may be created when engaging with and representing issues pertaining to ethnic and community groups
- demonstrate professional behaviour and standards and work collaboratively to apply them in all aspects of creative practice and production-related activities