Transcript Bachelor of Arts (Writing and Creative Communication)

Bachelor of Arts (Writing and Creative
Communication)
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
SACE Entry: no special requirements or
prerequisites – just a love of the
language arts!
New program, but TER probably c. 55-60
Can articulate with the TAFE writing
program
Adult and special entry available
Bridging Programs: Dip Uni Studies, etc
Tertiary transfer possibilities and credit
for degrees already gained
The WCC Program
• a development of UniSA’s highly successful BA
(Professional Writing and Communication)/
(Professional and Creative Communication)
programs, which ran for 12 years
• incorporates all of the aspects of writing and
reading texts, plus the opportunity to work with
visual, oral, symbolic and electronic texts
• special emphasis placed on integrating studies
with the work of community, creative and
professional industries
The Teaching Team
• Prime Minister’s Award for University Teaching Team of
the Year and Australian Awards for University Teaching
in the Humanities and the Arts, 2000
• Strong national professional and industry links: Australian
Association of Writing Programs, Society of Editors, SA
Writers’ Centre, publishing houses, etc
• International recognition: publications, conference
presentations, visiting scholars, leading edge teaching
and learning methods
• Workplace consultancies and network for employment
opportunities
BA (WCC) 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 parttime
Taught on the Magill campus in
internal mode – tutorials, seminars,
workshops; some online content
Continuous assessment (writing,
drafting, presenting, etc)
What does the BA (WCC) involve?
WCC deals with
• how we construct texts
• how we analyse and think about texts
• a wide range of texts: creative, literary,
professional and technical
• the whole process of how texts are
produced and received: from planning
and drafting stages to editing,
publication, distribution and
consumption
What does the BA (WCC) involve?
(Continued)
Creative writing
Literary practice
Technical writing
Editing and publishing
Linguistics and sociolinguistics
The rhetoric and ethnography of communication
Englishes around the world
Communication in social and cultural contexts
Oral traditions and literacy
The impact of changing technologies on communication
Skills and understanding of a variety of media used in
the production and reception of texts
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
 Writing and Creative Communication
 Literary Practice
 Editing and Publishing
OR
• Concentrate your focus on Writing and Creative
Communication by adding a submajor in
 Literary Practice
 Editing and Publishing
Experience. The Difference.
Industry Links and placements
Students as writers and researchers
Writing and Creative Communication
projects: writing, publication and
performance
• Publication of class and personal work for
public sale (e.g. SA Writers’ Centre
launches)
• External and in-house editing projects
• Level 3 coursework projects
Student publications and outlets:
• Orrmulum
• Piping Shrike
Experience. The Difference.
Career and life opportunities
Employment
• 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
• written: poetry, nonfiction, novels, short fiction, scripts
• other text production: visual, online, oral, etc
Further study
• 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
professional and creative
communication are employed in a
range of professional situations
including:
> Publishing and editing
> Technical writing
> Document design
> Electronic publishing
> Research
> Information delivery
> Marketing
> Media
> Public sector administration
> Publicity
Contact details
• School of Communication booth, today
• Undergraduate Programs Officer:
Jenny Stokes, ph (08) 8302 4561
• Student enquiries email;
[email protected]
• UniSA website: www.unisa.edu.au – search
for information on BA(WCC) program
• School homepage: www.unisa.edu.au/com