Bachelor of Creative Industries (Writing and Publishing)
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The Bachelor of Creative Industries (Writing and Publishing) requires three years of full-time study (or the equivalent part-time). The course is offered by the College of Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences.
Students who wish to exit the award after completion of 36 units or 72 units may be awarded a Diploma of Creative Industries or an Associate Degree of Creative Industries respectively, subject to specific requirements.
Admission requirements
The minimum requirements for consideration for entry to all undergraduate courses are specified in detail in the University Entry Requirements.
Course aims
The Bachelor of Creative Industries (Writing and Publishing) aims to:
- develop the creativity, strategic thinking, business capability and practical skills required for success in the creative and cultural industries sector and specifically in the design and development of texts for a variety of media
- promote the ability to work adaptively with new media and disruptive technologies in a fast-changing technologically driven industry environment
- provide experience in working collaboratively, as part of an interdisciplinary creative team
Learning outcomes
On completion of this course, you will be able to:
- apply theories of creative production and cultural value to analyse texts across a variety of media
- critically evaluate writing and publishing projects in terms of their feasibility, sustainability and cultural and societal outcomes
- develop and deliver creative industries projects and events while working independently and collaboratively
- determine a range of partnership opportunities and funding sources for creative industries projects and events
- interpret and critically evaluate contemporary policy for the creative arts and industries
- combine skills in creative development, project management and marketing and apply them to deliver writing and publishing projects
Program of study
To qualify for the Bachelor of Creative Industries (Writing and Publishing), a student must complete 108 units with a grade of P or NGP or better in each topic, according to the following program of study.
No more than 45 units of First Year level topics may be included in the 108 units for the degree.
Elective topics may be selected from any offered within the University, provided any course and prerequisite requirements are met.
Not all topics are necessarily available in a given year.
Core - Year 1 topics
27 units comprising:
COMS1001 Academic and Professional Communication (4.5 units)
CREA1001 Introduction to the Creative Arts (4.5 units)
CRWR1001 Ideas: Imitation and Originality (4.5 units)
CRWR1002 Story: Who, What, When, Where (4.5 units)
ENGL1101 The Art of Storytelling (4.5 units)
VEED1003 Essential Multimedia (4.5 units)
Elective - Year 1 topics
plus 9 units of elective topics.^
^ While students are able to select elective units from anywhere across the University, these are recommended electives:
BUSN1022 Marketing Principles (4.5 units)
DRAM1003 Introduction to Theatre Practice (4.5 units)
DRAM1004 Independent Theatre Production (4.5 units)
INDG1000 Indigenous Studies: An Introduction (4.5 units)
INDG1001 Race and Representation: Indigenous Identities (4.5 units)
INNO1001 Innovative and Creative Thinking: Recognising Opportunities (4.5 units)
TOUR1103 Introduction to Events (4.5 units)
VEED1410 Production Project 1 (4.5 units)
VEED1411 Art and Design Practice 1 (4.5 units)
Core - Year 2 topics
27 units comprising:
CREA2102 Innovation and Creative Enterprise (4.5 units)
CREA2104 Writing for Performance (4.5 units)
CRWR2001 Editing and the Industry (4.5 units)
CRWR2002 Love and Death (4.5 units)
ENGL2140 English Literature: Evolutions and Revolutions (4.5 units)
INDG2004 Reconciliation and Indigenous Knowledges (4.5 units)
Elective - Year 2 topics
Plus 9 units of elective topics^.
^While students are able to select elective units from anywhere across the University, these are recommended electives:
ARTS2001 Digital Transformations (4.5 units)
CREA2103 Music and Emotion: Understanding the Cognitive and Behavioral Effects of Music (4.5 units)
CREA2101 Creative Cities: Ecologies of Social Transformation (4.5 units)
DRAM2105 Song and Dance (4.5 units)
DRAM2200 Theatre and Education (4.5 units)
DRAM2201 Theatre Collaborations and Community (4.5 units)
ENGL2120 Shakespeare (4.5 units)
ENGL2121 Adaptations: Reading Texts and Film (4.5 units)
ENGL2130 Crime Fiction and Film: From Poe to the Postmodern (4.5 units)
ENGL2141 Life Writing (4.5 units)
ENGL2146 Gothic: Terror, Horror and the Supernatural (4.5 units)
ENGL2147 Medieval Myths: the Origins of Modern Fantasy (4.5 units)
INDG2001 Black Poetics: Indigenous Literary Studies (4.5 units)
INDG2002 Indigenous Australian Art (4.5 units)
INNO2001 Innovation for Social Impact: Doing Good While Doing Well (4.5 units)
PHIL2609 Philosophy and Literature (4.5 units)
SCME2000 The Hollywood Industry (4.5 units)
SCME2001 Television Studies (4.5 units)
SCME2003 Truth and Lies: Documentary Media (4.5 units)
SCME2101 Australian/Indigenous Media (4.5 units)
SCME2102 Gender, Media, and Technology (4.5 units)
SCME2104 Popular Genres (4.5 units)
VEED2108 Multimedia Production Part 1 (4.5 units)
Core - Year 3 topics
27 units comprising:
CREA3103 Applied Creative Practice (4.5 units)
CREA3122 Cultural Leadership (4.5 units)
CREA3456 Cultural Policy and the Arts (4.5 units)
CRWR3001 The Epic (4.5 units)
CRWR3002 The Fantastic (4.5 units)
SCME3074 Applied Screenwriting (4.5 units)
Elective - Year 3 topics
Plus 9 units of elective topics^.
^While students are able to select elective units from anywhere across the University, these are recommended electives:
CREA3104 The Music That Moves Us: Perspectives on Music in Creative Arts (4.5 units)
DRAM3106 Dramaturgy and New Writing (4.5 units)
DRAM3107 Festivals: Performance and Curation (4.5 units)
ENGL3112 Comedy and Satire (4.5 units)
ENGL3113 Heroes, Monsters and Vikings: Early Medieval Language and Literature (4.5 units)
ENGL3114 Writing in the Twenty-First Century (4.5 units)
ENGL3211 Telling True Stories (4.5 units)
INDG3001 Colonial Intimacies and the Economy: Mathematics of Genocide (4.5 units)
INDG3002 Decolonising Institutions: Indigenous Creative Praxis (4.5 units)
INNO3002 Going Live. Entrepreneurial Strategies, Resources and Activities (4.5 units)
VEED3014 VFX Histories and Theories (4.5 units)
Honours
Refer to Bachelor of Creative Arts (Honours)
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