Program Overview

Overview

The Creative Writing major is designed to develop your writing skills in fiction, poetry, and experimental and emerging genres. You will gain the knowledge and techniques that writers need in the age of digital communication and entertainment.

What You'll Learn

• Identify, explain, and apply the key disciplinary concepts in Creative Writing
• Integrate theory and creative practice; conceive, develop, and evaluate innovative new writing
• Access and evaluate the sources, authority, and relevance of information and synthesise key facts, themes, and ideas in writing
• Communicate ideas to a range of audiences and in a variety of media and genres
• Use technologies to access resources, communicate effectively, and develop writing and research skills
• Use disciplinary skills and knowledge to learn how to learn, and apply these insights to new writing and to the different intellectual and professional roles required of a writer in the broader community
• Acknowledge the interrelationship between local, national, and global perspectives and the impact of this on writing and the creative industries
• Value a range of cultural knowledge and take care to represent these, where appropriate, in an ethical and professional manner
• Work independently and/or collaboratively to produce innovative and informed creative writing that contributes meaningfully to contemporary culture

Admission Criteria

ATAR Pathway

• Minimum ATAR: 70
• Essential WACE subjects (prerequisites): None
• Desirable WACE subjects: None

Alternative Pathways

• UniReady Enabling Program
• Certificate IV + English Competency
• Indigenous applicant
• STAT entry
• TAFE entry
• Higher education course switcher criteria

Fees and Scholarships

Please view the Bachelor of Arts degree for indicative fees.

How to Apply

Please review information on how to apply for the campus of your choice.

Research Areas

The Creative Writing major is offered as part of the Bachelor of Arts. You can enhance your studies with a second major or choose from a range of elective units that support your career goals.

Careers

• Copywriter / writer
• Publisher
• Editor

Industries

• Publishing
• Advertising
• Creative arts

Why Study Creative Writing at Curtin?

• Transferable skills
• Get the Curtin edge
• Industry links

Course Structure

The Creative Writing major is a full-time study load of 200 credits (approximately eight units) per year, with 100 credits (approximately four units) in each semester.

Course Code

MJRU-CRWRI

Last Updated

11 May 2025