Program Overview

Introduction to the Creative and Professional Writing Programme

The Creative and Professional Writing Programme is designed to provide students with a comprehensive education in writing, aesthetics, and cultural differences. The programme aims to enhance students' intellectual cognition and skills, training them in both Chinese and English writing.

Programme Structure

The programme consists of 128 units, with 60 units dedicated to the major. The major units are divided into 42 units of required courses and 18 units of elective courses from two modules: English and Chinese writing.

• Major: 60 units
  • Required Courses: 42 units
  • Elective Courses: 18 units
• General Education and University Core Courses: 31 units
• Free Electives: up to 37 units
• Graduation Requirement: Minimum 128 units

Required Courses

The required courses provide fundamental learning in writing, concepts in aesthetics, theories, and ideas in creativity, and cultural differences.

• HUMN/WRIT 2015: Writing Seminar: Workshop in Creative Writing
• HUMN3016 / WRIT3006: Professional Writing Practicum: Essentials of the Craft of Writing
• WRIT 1005: Creativity: Theory and Practice
• WRIT 2005: Biography Writing
• WRIT 2006: Food, Wine and Travel Writing for the Leisure Industry
• WRIT 2007: Editing and Publishing
• WRIT 3007: Writing for New Media
• HUMN 3005: Artistic Creativity and Aesthetics Awareness
• HUMN4026 / WRIT 4007: The Art of Creating Stories: Writing and Appreciation
• HUMN4027 / WRIT 4015: The Double Face of Creativity: Fact and Fiction
• WRIT 4005: Cultural Differences and Creative Writing
• WRIT 4006: Writing Internship
• WRIT4898 / WRIT4899: Honours Project

Major Electives

Students must select at least two courses from each of the two modules: English and Chinese writing.

English Elective

• ENGL 3015: Creative Writing
• LANG 2006: English through Creative Writing
• LANG 3025: Creative Writing in Children's Literature in English
• TRAN 3045: Drama and Film Translation
• WRIT 3025: Big Stories: Writing Long-form Fictional Narratives
• WRIT 3026: Poetry Writing
• WRIT 4016: Writing Diaspora in a Global World
• WRIT 4017: From Sacred Books to Sampling: Authorship in Creative Writing & Digital Arts
• WRIT 2026/3016: Special Topic in Creative Writing
• JOUR 2085: English News Reporting and Writing
• JOUR 2096/3177: Advanced News and Feature Writing
• JOUR 3095: Business and Financial News Reporting in English
• TRAN 4026: Literary Translation
• WRIT 2016: Writing for Science
• WRIT 2017: Writing for Business
• HUMN 2025: Gender Studies
• HUMN 2036: Media and Communication: Issues, Concepts and Theories
• HUMN 3037: New Media Cultures
• HUMN 3007: Language and the Humanities
• HUMN 3015: The Making of the Contemporary World
• HUMN 3046: Science Fiction, Film and Culture
• HUMN 4025: Cultural Studies
• HUMN 4035/4045: Special Topic in Theory and Culture
• HUMN 4036: Special Topic in Media and Cultural Studies

Chinese Elective

• CHIL 3026: Modern Chinese Fiction Writing
• CHIL 3027: Modern Chinese Prose Writing
• CHIL 3055: Rhymed Chinese Literature Writing
• FILM 2015: Script Writing
• FILM 4007: Advanced Script Writing
• HUMN 3025: Chinese Song Lyric Writing
• LANG 2005: Creative Writing through Masterpieces
• LANG 3006: Creative Writing: Modern Chinese Poetry
• WRIT 3015: Scriptwriting for Theatre
• WRIT 3017: Special Topic in Chinese Creative Writing
• JOUR 2077: Chinese News Reporting and Writing
• JOUR 2046/3176: Advanced News and Feature Writing
• LANG 2025: Chinese Writing for Business and Public Administration
• TRAN 3026: Media Translation
• WRIT 2025: Advertisement Copywriting
• WRIT 3005: Reading Masterpieces and Writing Your Own
• HUMN 1005: The Study of Culture
• HUMN 3006: Great Work in the Humanities

Internship Opportunities

The Creative and Professional Writing Programme offers a required course, "Writing Internship," which provides students with real-life experiences and opportunities to work with different institutes, such as literary agencies, magazine or book publishers, theatre or film groups, non-profit arts organizations, book reviewers, advertising agencies, and websites. This course is mandatory for final-year CPW students.