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Bachelor of Arts
(Writing and Creative Communication)
School of Communication, International Studies and Languages
Open Day 2009
Writing and Creative Communication
Program information
• 3 year degree
• Magill campus
• 2009 TER: 55.45
Double Degrees
• Journalism & Writing and Creative Communication (new in
2010)
Experience. The Difference.
• International exchange opportunities
• Opportunity to have work published in Piping Shrike and Online
The Writing and Creative Communication 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
Bachelor of Writing and Creative Communication
Structure of MBWC
•
Major
(8 courses that focus your degree)
•
4 Foundation + 1 Indigenous
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Sub-major
(a cluster of 6 courses that broaden your academic
program)
•
5 Electives
(from any of the courses offered by the University)
Entry Requirements
Entry Requirements:
• SACE Entry: no special requirements or prerequisites
– just a love of the language arts!
• Can articulate with the TAFE writing program
• Adult and special entry available
• Bridging Programs: Diploma of Uni Studies, etc
• Tertiary transfer possibilities and credit for degrees
already gained
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
Writing and Creative Communication
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
• 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
•
the whole process of how texts are produced and
received: from planning and drafting stages to
editing, publication, distribution and consumption
Continued..
•
Creative writing
•
Literary practice
•
Technical writing
•
Editing and publishing
•
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
• Writing and Creative Communication
• Creative Writing
• Literary Practice
• Editing and Publishing
or
Concentrate your focus on Writing and Creative Communication by adding a
submajor in:
• Literary Practice
• Creative Writing
• Editing and Publishing
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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: news magazine of WCC
www.orrmulum.com
Poetry and Poetics Centre
www.poetryandpoeticscentre.com
Piping Shrike
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?
Our Graduates: 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)
Bachelor of Writing and Creative Communication
Undergraduate Program Director
Ioana Petrescu
Program Support Officer
Ms. Rebecca Calton 8302 4286
Contact:
www.unisa.edu.au/com
[email protected]
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September Career Information Sessions
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Tuesday 8 September 2009
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Information sessions commence at 5 pm
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