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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
• SACE Entry: no special requirements or prerequisites
– just a love of the language arts!
• 2007 TER: 57.10
• 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 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
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 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
• 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)
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
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 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 September5 - 9pmMagill Campus
Program Information website:http://www.unisanet.unisa.edu.au/programs/program.asp?Program=MBWC
School homepage:www.unisa.edu.au/com