Bachelor of Arts (Writing and Creative Communication)

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Bachelor of Arts (Writing and Creative Communication)

School of Communication, International Studies and Languages

Writing and Creative Communication

Program information• 3 year degree

• Magill campus

• 2009 TER: 55.45

Experience. The Difference.• International exchange opportunities

• Opportunity to have work published in Piping Shrike and Online

Double Degrees• Journalism & Writing and Creative Communication (new in 2010)

• 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 Writing and Creative Communication Program

Bachelor of Writing and Creative Communication

Structure of MBWC

• Major (8 courses that focus your degree)

• 4 Foundation + 1 Indigenous

• 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

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.

Writing and Creative Communication

What does Writing & Creative Communication 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

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)

orTake one of the BA (WCC) submajors in another degree

• Writing and Creative Communication• Creative Writing• Literary Practice• Editing and Publishing

orConcentrate your focus on Writing and Creative Communication by adding a submajor in:

• 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

• 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: 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

CreativityWritten: poetry, nonfiction, novels, short fiction, scripts other text production: visual, online, oral, etc

Further studyHonours, Grad Cert, MA, PhDHigher/more specialised qualificationsTertiary 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 8302 4522

Program Support Officer

Ms. Rebecca Calton 8302 4286

Contact: www.unisa.edu.au/com

UGCIL@unisa.edu.au

Experience. The Difference.

September Career Information Sessions

Experience…Education, Arts & Social Sciences

Tuesday 8 September 2009Magill campus

Tours commence at 3 pmInformation sessions commence at 5 pm

Visit the campus where you’ll study.Register your attendance:

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