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Masters

Master of Arts

Curtin University
Perth , Australia
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Tuition Fee
AUD 23,868
Per semester
Start Date
2025-07-01
Medium of studying
On campus
Duration
2 years
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Program Details
Degree
Masters
Major
Creative Writing
Area of study
Arts
Education type
On campus
Timing
Full time
Course Language
English
Tuition Fee
Average International Tuition Fee
AUD 23,868
Intakes
Program start dateApplication deadline
2025-02-01-
2025-07-01-
2026-02-01-
2026-07-01-
About Program

Program Overview

Master of Arts

Master by coursework

The Master of Arts is ideal if you want to extend your skills and critical capacity in one of its discipline areas, add a new area of expertise to your repertoire, or if you are new to the arts and are looking for a career change.


Course essentials

  • Qualification: Master of Arts
  • Duration: 2 years full-time or equivalent part-time study
  • Credit: 400 credits
  • CRICOS: E
  • Location: Curtin Perth

Course outline

Deadlines for applying direct to Curtin

Intake Application open Application close
Semester 1, 2025 1 May 2024 Applications now closed!
Semester 2, 2025 Applications now open! 9 July 2025
Semester 1, 2026 Applications now open! 3 February 2026
Semester 2, 2026 6 April 2026 2 July 2026

Overview

The Master of Arts is hands-on with a strong practical, industry and arts community focus, preparing you for a career in creative and professional practice. You will be taught by industry and academic experts who will pass on their insights and experience, and connect you to relevant industries and creative communities.


As part of this course you will undertake a major supervised creative project, which can become an important piece in your professional portfolio.


You will apply your practical skills and develop your networks by undertaking a professional placement with an industry organisation. You will also have an opportunity to engage with award-winning artists, writers and researchers through our on-campus residency programs.


Throughout your studies, you will have access to a range of purpose-built student facilities and creative outlets, such as Curtin’s Media Production Studio, painting and sculpture studios, the Centre for Culture and Technology, Grok magazine and the John Curtin Gallery.


Choose your major

You will specialise in one of the following areas:


  • Creative Writing
  • Digital Communications
  • Fine Art
  • Professional Writing and Publishing
  • Screen Arts

If you complete the master degree to a high standard, you may be eligible to proceed on to doctoral-level studies.


How this course will make you industry ready

We provide on-campus industry and community-based initiatives to enhance your learning and skills development. You will undertake a major project under the supervision of an experienced member of staff. This project can become an important portfolio piece for many students.


You will practise your skills on placement with industry, arts and community organisations in Australia and overseas, developing your confidence and engagement with relevant networks. You will also have an opportunity to engage with award-winning artists, writers and researchers on staff and through our on-campus residency programs.


What jobs can the Master of Arts course lead to?

Career opportunities

  • Artist
  • Arts administrator
  • Audio, broadcasting or theatre technician
  • Cinematographer
  • Copywriter
  • Curator
  • Digital content producer
  • Film, theatre or television director
  • Media liaison officer
  • Multimedia developer
  • Producer
  • Production manager
  • Publisher
  • Sociologist
  • Technical artist
  • Visualisation specialist

Employment industries

  • Arts and creative industries
  • Advertising and marketing
  • Film and television
  • Government
  • Media and entertainment
  • Not-for-profit sector
  • Publishing

What you'll learn

  • Understand the discipline of a selected field in the Arts, its theoretical underpinnings, ways of thinking and professional or creative approaches
  • 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
  • Gain the technology and decision-making skills necessary to obtain, assess and represent relevant information from a range of sources to develop a professional or creative work
  • Assess the application of existing technologies as well as the impact of emerging technologies on a selected communication or media discipline to create an effective professional or creative work
  • 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 develop a commitment to professional research, publication or performance to 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

Admission criteria

For admission to this course, you must have either:


  • A bachelor degree or equivalent from a recognised institution (you may require relevant work experience) OR
  • A bachelor degree with honours OR
  • A graduate certificate or diploma from a recognised institution

AND meet Curtin’s English language proficiency requirements.


English requirements

Curtin requires all applicants to demonstrate proficiency in English. Specific English requirements for this course are outlined in the IELTS table below.


IELTS Academic (International English Language Testing System)

Writing Speaking Reading Listening Overall band score
6 6 6 6 6.5

Other requirements and notes for this course

The requirements of this course may attract additional costs. For more information visit other fees and charges.


Some lectures in this course may be attended by both undergraduate and postgraduate students.


Students who have completed more than 50 credits of undergraduate units from a discipline area cannot choose a major in that same discipline area for this Masters course.


Fees and scholarships

Domestic fee paying postgraduate

2025 Fee year:

$23,868*


*Based on a first-year full-time study load of 200 credits. The total cost will depend on your course options (i.e. units selected and time taken to complete).


Location

For start dates, please view the academic calendar.


Curtin Perth


2025

Semester Location
Semester 1 On campus
Semester 2 On campus

2026

Semester Location
Semester 1 On campus
Semester 2 On campus

All endeavours are made to ensure location information for courses is up to date but please note they are subject to change.


The University reserves the right to withdraw any unit of study or program which it offers, to impose limitations on enrolment in any unit or program, and/or to vary arrangements for any program.


How to apply

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


  • Curtin Perth

Please note that each campus has different application deadlines. View our application deadlines page for further information.


Bachelor of Business Administration (BBA) Specialisations

Specialisations available from Humanities and Science:

  1. Actuarial Financial Mathematics Specialisation
  2. Advertising Design Specialisation
  3. Animation and Game Design Specialisation
  4. Anthropology and Sociology Specialisation
  5. Asian Studies Specialisation
  6. Chinese Language Specialisation
  7. Construction Management Specialisation
  8. Creative Writing Specialisation
  9. Design Thinking and Visual Communication Specialisation
  10. Designing Fashion Specialisation
  11. Digital Design Specialisation
  12. Digital and Social Media Specialisation
  13. English and Cultural Studies Specialisation
  14. Environmental Planning Specialisation
  15. Fashion Design Specialisation
  16. Fine Art Specialisation
  17. Geography Specialisation
  18. Graphic Design Specialisation
  19. Graphics Specialisation
  20. History Specialisation
  21. Illustration Specialisation
  22. Interior Architecture – Applied Interior Design Specialisation
  23. Interior Architecture Specialisation
  24. International Development Specialisation
  25. Journalism Specialisation
  26. Landscape and Natural Resource Management Specialisation
  27. Photography Specialisation
  28. Principles of Planning Specialisation
  29. Professional Writing Specialisation
  30. Screen Production Specialisation
  31. Social Inclusion and Equity Specialisation
  32. Social Justice Specialisation
  33. Surveying and Spatial Sciences Specialisation
  34. Theatre Arts Specialisation
  35. Urban Design and Planning Specialisation
  36. Web Media Specialisation
  37. Web Presence Specialisation

Bachelor of Commerce Specialisations

Specialisations available from Humanities and Science:

  1. Actuarial Financial Mathematics Specialisation
  2. Advertising Design Specialisation
  3. Animation and Game Design Specialisation
  4. Anthropology and Sociology Specialisation
  5. Asian Studies Specialisation
  6. Chinese Language Specialisation
  7. Construction Management Specialisation
  8. Corporate Screen Production Specialisation
  9. Creative Writing Specialisation
  10. Design Thinking and Visual Communication Specialisation
  11. Designing Fashion Specialisation
  12. Digital Design Specialisation
  13. Digital and Social Media Specialisation
  14. English and Cultural Studies Specialisation
  15. Environmental Planning Specialisation
  16. Fashion Design Specialisation
  17. Fine Art Specialisation
  18. Geography Specialisation
  19. Graphic Design Specialisation
  20. Graphics Specialisation
  21. History Specialisation
  22. Illustration Specialisation
  23. Interior Architecture – Applied Interior Design Specialisation
  24. Interior Architecture Specialisation
  25. International Development Specialisation
  26. Journalism Specialisation
  27. Landscape and Natural Resource Management Specialisation
  28. Photography Specialisation
  29. Principles of Planning Specialisation
  30. Professional Writing Specialisation
  31. Screen Production Specialisation
  32. Social Inclusion and Equity Specialisation
  33. Social Justice Specialisation
  34. Surveying and Spatial Sciences Specialisation
  35. Theatre Arts Specialisation
  36. Urban Design and Planning Specialisation
  37. Web Media Specialisation
  38. Web Presence Specialisation

Bachelor of Innovation Specialisations

Specialisations available from Humanities, Science and the Centre for Aboriginal Studies:

  1. Advertising Design Specialisation
  2. Animation and Game Design Specialisation
  3. Asian Studies Specialisation
  4. Biological Diversity Minor
  5. Climate Change Science Minor
  6. Construction Management Specialisation
  7. Corporate Screen Production Specialisation
  8. Creative Writing Specialisation
  9. Design Thinking and Visual Communication Specialisation
  10. Designing Fashion Specialisation
  11. Digital and Social Media Specialisation
  12. Environmental Management Minor
  13. Environmental Planning Specialisation
  14. Fashion Design Specialisation
  15. Fine Art Specialisation
  16. Food Science Minor
  17. Forensic Studies Minor
  18. Geophysics Minor
  19. Geospatial Technology Minor
  20. Go Global – Internship Specialisation 1
  21. Go Practice – Internship Specialisation 1
  22. Graphic Design Specialisation
  23. Graphics Specialisation
  24. Illustration Specialisation
  25. Indigenous Australian Cultural Studies Specialisation
  26. Interior Architecture – Applied Interior Design Specialisation
  27. Interior Architecture Specialisation
  28. International Development Specialisation
  29. Landscape Restoration Minor
  30. Landscape and Natural Resource Management Specialisation
  31. Mapping and Land Planning Minor
  32. Metallurgy Minor
  33. Mining Minor
  34. Optimisation Minor
  35. Photography Specialisation
  36. Principles of Planning Specialisation
  37. Screen Production Specialisation
  38. Social Inclusion and Equity Specialisation
  39. Social Justice Specialisation
  40. Strategic Studies Specialisation
  41. Theatre Arts Specialisation
  42. Urban Design and Planning Specialisation
  43. Web Media Specialisation
  44. Web Presence Specialisation
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