The School's creative writing program was the first three-year major course of study of its type in Australia. It aims to provide an opportunity for students to develop creative and critical talents in a range of genres, including poetry, prose fiction, documentaries, biography, and scriptwriting for stage and radio, film and television, within a supportive and challenging intellectual environment.
All tutors are well published writers.
In the first year, students are introduced in a practical way to writing in the main literary genres, while in second year they begin to specialise. Creative Writing 211 involves exercises and workshops in the writing and criticism of poetry, Creative Writing 212 in short prose fiction, and Creative Writing 213 in drama, including scriptwriting for film and television, stage and radio. Major and minor sequences See the course structure in the Bachelor of Arts Creative Writing. Employment Possibilities Students of Creative Writing might go into professional areas which value imagination and writing skills, such as editing, journalism, public relations, arts administration, and so on. Some go on to graduate studies.