Transcript Writing and Creative Communication

Bachelor of Arts (Writing and Creative
Communication)
Open Day 2008.
Make Yourself at Home.
Is Writing and Creative Communication
for you?
Are you interested in writing, editing and
publishing?
Are you looking for a more practical approach to
the study of English?
Are you keen to know how texts of all kinds are
produced?
Entry requirements
Entry Requirements
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SACE Entry: no special requirements or prerequisites
– just a love of the language arts!
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2007 TER: 57.10
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Can articulate with the TAFE writing program
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Adult and special entry available
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Bridging Programs: Dip Uni Studies, etc
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Tertiary transfer possibilities and credit for degrees
already gained
The Writing and Creative Communication
Program
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a development of UniSA’s highly successful BA (Professional Writing and
Communication)/ (Professional and Creative Communication) programs, which
ran for 12 years
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incorporates all of the aspects of writing and reading texts, plus the opportunity
to work with visual, oral, symbolic and electronic texts
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special emphasis placed on integrating studies with the work of community,
creative and professional industries
The Teaching Team
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Prime Minister’s Award for University Teaching Team of the Year and Australian
Awards for University Teaching in the Humanities and the Arts, 2000
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Strong national professional and industry links: Australian Association of Writing
Programs, Society of Editors, SA Writers’ Centre, publishing houses, etc
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International recognition: publications, conference presentations, visiting scholars,
leading edge teaching and learning methods
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Workplace consultancies and network for employment opportunities
Writing and Creative Communication
Program structure
Contact Hours
usually 2-3 hours per course per study period
(plus extra time for group meetings, individual
study, reading and writing)
Enrolment Options
Full-time or part- time
Taught on the Magill campus
in internal mode – tutorials, seminars,
workshops; some online content
Continuous assessment
writing, drafting, presenting, etc.
What does
Writing & Creative Communication involve?
WCC deals with
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how we construct texts
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how we analyse and think about texts
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a wide range of texts: creative, literary, professional
and technical
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the whole process of how texts are produced and
received: from planning and drafting stages to
editing, publication, distribution and consumption
Continued..
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Creative writing
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Literary practice
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Technical writing
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Editing and publishing
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Linguistics and sociolinguistics
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The rhetoric and ethnography of communication
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Englishes around the world
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Communication in social and cultural contexts
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Oral traditions and literacy
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The impact of changing technologies on
communication
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Skills and understanding of a variety of media used in
the production and reception of texts
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Communication within professional contexts
Tailor your Degree – a Range of Choices
You can choose from a wide range of submajors and individual
elective courses in other programs to value add your BA(WCC)
or
Take one of the BA(WCC) submajors in another degree
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Writing and Creative Communication
Creative Writing
Literary Practice
Editing and Publishing
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Concentrate your focus on Writing and Creative Communication by
adding a submajor in
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Literary Practice
Creative Writing
Editing and Publishing
Experience. The Difference.
Industry links and placements
Students as writers and researchers
Writing and Creative Communication projects:
writing, publication and performance
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Publication of class and personal work for public
sale (e.g. SA Writers’ Centre launches)
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External and in-house editing projects
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Level 3 coursework projects
Student publications and outlets:
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Orrmulum
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Piping Shrike
Experience. The Difference.
Career and life opportunities
Employment
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editing, copywriting, document design, project
coordination, technical writing, public relations,
scriptwriting, online writing and design, etc (freelance
and ‘attached’)
teaching – secondary English and primary
Creativity
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written: poetry, nonfiction, novels, short fiction, scripts
other text production: visual, online, oral, etc
Further study
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Honours, Grad Cert, MA, PhD
Higher/more specialised qualifications
Tertiary employment
Our graduates
Some words from our students:
“One of the greatest joys of UniSA degrees has to be
their flexibility; by the time I had finished, I had taken
so many classes across such a broad vista that I
actually had to work out what I had, in fact,
completed. It worked out to be a BA in Writing &
Communication, sub-majoring in Film & Video with a
minor in Performing Arts.”
(Adele Kirby)
“Some people go into university knowing exactly what
they want to do, but I didn’t. It was halfway through
the degree when I decided I really enjoyed editing
and would like to make that my career. I love it! As
part of my studies, I am now undertaking a real-life
editing project . . . a 30-page document . . . It’s so
practical.”
(Gill Ratcliff)
Our graduates
Who will employ me?
People with knowledge and skills in writing and
creative communication are employed in a range
of professional situations including:
> Editing and publishing
> Technical writing
> Document design
> Electronic publishing
> Research
> Information delivery
> Marketing
> Media
> Public sector administration
> Publicity
Contact details
Program Director:
Dr Ioana Petrescu Tel: 08 8302 4522
Program Support Officer:
Stuart Dinmore Tel: 08 8302 4561
Career Information Session:
Tuesday 9th September
5 - 9pm
Magill Campus
Program Information website:
http://www.unisanet.unisa.edu.au/programs/prog
ram.asp?Program=MBWC
School homepage:
www.unisa.edu.au/com
Bachelor of Arts (Writing and Creative Communication)
Open Day 2008.
Make Yourself at Home.