Postgraduate: Course rule and topic information
Graduate Diploma in Creative Arts
(GradDipCA)
Program of Study
INTRODUCTION
The Graduate Diploma in Creative Arts is a 36-unit program offered by the Faculty of Education, Humanities, Law and Theology. The course is offered on a fee-paying basis and may be taken over two semesters full-time, or the equivalent part-time.
The Graduate Diploma in Creative Arts articulates with the 72-unit Master of Creative Arts.
COURSE AIMS
The course aims to provide a high quality postgraduate program in which writers, actors, directors and producers can enhance their creative and practical skills within a framework of academic study. It fulfils the need for professional studies in creative writing, drama and screen production at postgraduate level. Candidates will undertake coursework in one of these streams.
In particular, the course allows students to undertake a highly flexible one-year program where they can acquire relevant creative, practical and academic skills that prepare them for a range of possible career and study pathways.
The Graduate Diploma, thus, can function as qualifying studies, enabling students to continue on to the second year of the Master of Creative Arts where they focus on a sustained creative project (thesis) in their chosen art form.
Further study towards a research degree is then possible. The Graduate Diploma also provides the option for students to conclude their studies after the first year and exit with a degree.
Upon graduating successfully, students will have:
- refined the creative skills required by professional practitioners in the creative industries and have shown evidence of creativity by producing original work;
- developed the conceptual and interpretive skills necessary for producing and promoting original work;
- demonstrated that they can participate effectively in a creative team environment;
- understood employment structures and identified some of the employment opportunities available in the creative industries.
COURSE RULE
ADMISSION REQUIREMENTS
Applicants must normally hold an approved degree or equivalent qualification from an approved tertiary institution with major studies in creative writing, drama performance or screen production. However the Faculty Board may, under certain circumstances and subject to specific conditions, admit others who can show evidence of fitness for candidature. In addition, are the following admission requirements:
Creative Writing: Applicants must submit a portfolio of writing of approximately 20 pages. Work (published or unpublished) can be in more than one genre. It can be work previously assessed in university or TAFE writing topics. Candidates must also submit a statement of no more than 300 words explaining what they hope to achieve in the degree as well as a CV of no more than three pages detailing publications, work and educational background, plus any relevant professional or community experience.
Drama: Applicants who reside in Australia, must attend an audition/interview and present a portfolio of work. Applicants who reside outside of Australia must submit a video or DVD of their work to the Drama Centre and be available for a telephone interview.
Screen Production: Applicants must submit a portfolio of work and be available for an interview (which can be conducted over the telephone if necessary). The portfolio can include: a VHS or DVD show-reel; examples of written work that applies to screen production; a statement of no more than two pages outlining what they hope to achieve in the degree; and a CV of no more than three pages detailing industry experience, publications, educational background, plus any relevant professional or community experience.
CREDIT
Unspecified credit to a maximum of 18 units may, under certain circumstances, and subject to specific conditions, be granted for candidates who show relevant and extensive experience.
PROGRAM OF STUDY
[November, 2007]
To qualify for the Graduate Diploma in Creative Arts a student must complete 36 units with a grade of P or NGP or better in each topic, according to ONE of the following programs of study:
CREATIVE WRITING
36 units to include:
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ENGL7171 |
Theory and Practice of Writing A |
6 |
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ENGL7172 |
Theory and Practice of Writing B |
6 |
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ENGL7221 |
Special Topic: Two Extra English Honours Segments |
6 |
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CREA8001 |
Approved Special Study in Creative Arts |
6 |
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CREA8002 |
Special Topic: One English or English Approved 2/3 topic # |
6 |
# Depending upon the year of study, students can select from these topics:
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DRAM2510 |
Comedy and Satire |
6 |
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ENGL2101 |
Private Parts: Sex, Love and Marriage in 19th Century British Literature |
6 |
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ENGL2104 |
Shakespeare |
6 |
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ENGL2109 |
Dethroning the Gods: Literary Modernism and its Enemies, 1925-1956 |
6 |
|
ENGL2110 |
Writing and Designing for the Web |
6 |
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ENGL2111 |
Adaptations: Reading Texts and Film |
6 |
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ENGL2112 |
Past Reading: Contemporary Historical Fictions |
6 |
|
ENGL2210 |
Chaucer and Medieval Literature |
6 |
|
ENGL2220 |
Scottish and Irish Literature |
6 |
|
ENGL2240 |
Traditional Literatures |
6 |
|
ENGL2260 |
Twenty-First Century Literature: Texts and Contexts |
6 |
|
ENGL2261 |
Post-colonial Literature and Cultures |
6 |
|
ENGL2300 |
Writing for Children |
6 |
|
ENGL2301 |
The Craft of Poetry |
6 |
|
ENGL2302 |
Fiction for Young Readers |
6 |
|
ENGL2410 |
Life Writing: Reading and Writing the Self |
6 |
|
ENGL2420 |
The Anglo-Saxon World |
6 |
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ENGL2500 |
Creative Nonfiction |
6 |
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ENGL2503 |
Introduction to Creative Writing |
6 |
|
ENGL2505 |
A Festival of International Writing |
6 |
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ENGL2506 |
Ripping Yarns: Telling Stories of Empire |
6 |
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ENGL2507 |
'Wish you were here': Workshopping Travel Writing |
6 |
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ENGL2508 |
Crime Fiction and Film: From Poe to the Postmodern |
6 |
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ENGL2600 |
Publishing and Editing |
6 |
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SCRN3008 |
Narrative and Storytelling |
6 |
Plus 6 units from the topics list below. Students cannot choose topics already completed as part of ENGL7221 Special Topic: Two Extra English Honours Segments.
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CREA7075 |
Creative Writing: Industry Placement |
6 |
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ENGL7208 |
Postmodern Literature in English |
3 |
|
ENGL7213 |
Epic Transformations |
3 |
|
ENGL7214 |
'Look at Moyie!': The Story of Australian English |
3 |
|
ENGL7215 |
Post-war American Literature |
3 |
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ENGL7216 |
The Dragon: Myth, Conflict and International Influences in English Literature |
3 |
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ENGL7217 |
Poetic Techniques: Romantic to Modern Poetry |
3 |
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ENGL7218 |
Happy Snaps: Cultural Memory, Trauma and Nostalgia |
3 |
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ENGL7219 |
A Passionate Feast: Food, Love and Sex in Recent Poetry |
3 |
|
ENGL7220 |
Editing Project |
3 |
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ENGL7222 |
Special Topic: One English or English Approved 2/3 topic # |
6 |
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ENGL7223A |
Special Topic: An Approved Short Project |
6 |
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HUMN7000 |
Research Skills and Professional Practice |
6 |
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LEGL8004 |
Business Fundamentals |
6 |
|
LEGL8105 |
Business Applications |
6 |
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PROF8001 |
Grants and Sponsorship Proposals |
3 |
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PROF8004 |
Project Management: Developing a Business Plan |
3 |
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PROF8005 |
Project Management Essentials |
3 |
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PROF8007 |
Project Management - Budgets |
3 |
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PROF8008 |
Preparing Professional Presentations |
3 |
|
PROF8009 |
Project Marketing Principles |
3 |
OR
DRAMA PERFORMANCE
36 units to be selected from:
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DRAM7000 |
Special Topic in Drama |
12 |
|
DRAM7500 |
Special Half Topic in Drama (1) |
6 |
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DRAM7501 |
Special Half Topic in Drama (2) |
6 |
|
DRAM7502 |
Special Half Topic in Drama (3) |
6 |
|
DRAM7512 |
Modern Theatre: The Rise of the Director |
6 |
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DRAM7513 |
Modern Theatre: Directors and Directions |
6 |
|
DRAM7516 |
Contemporary Australian Drama |
6 |
|
DRAP7000 |
Honours Performance Project, or |
12 |
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DRAP7000A |
Honours Performance Project (Part 1)*, and |
6 |
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DRAP7000B |
Honours Performance Project (Part 2)* |
6 |
|
DRAP7010 |
Performance Techniques 4, or |
9 |
|
DRAP7010A |
Performance Techniques 4 (Part 1)*, and |
4.5 |
|
DRAP7010B |
Performance Techniques 4 (Part 2)* |
4.5 |
|
DRAP7020 |
Production 4, or |
9 |
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DRAP7020B |
Production 4 (Part 1)*, and |
4.5 |
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DRAP7020C |
Production 4 (Part 2)* |
4.5 |
|
DRAP7500 |
Special Half Topic in Drama Centre (Professional Audition Package) |
6 |
|
HUMN7000 |
Research Skills and Professional Practice |
6 |
* Students must enrol in Part 1 and Part 2 to complete the requirements of this topic.
OR
SCREEN PRODUCTION
36 units to be selected from:
|
SCRN7001 |
Critical and Theoretical Screen Studies |
6-24 |
|
SCRN7001C |
Critical and Theoretical Screen Studies (Part 1)*, and |
3 |
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SCRN7001D |
Critical and Theoretical Screen Studies (Part 2)*, or |
3 |
|
SCRN7001E |
Critical and Theoretical Screen Studies (Part 1)*, and |
6 |
|
SCRN7001F |
Critical and Theoretical Screen Studies (Part 2)*, or |
6 |
|
SCRN7001H |
Critical and Theoretical Screen Studies (Part 1)*, and |
9 |
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SCRN7001I |
Critical and Theoretical Screen Studies (Part 2)* |
9 |
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SCRN7050 |
Project in Screen Production |
12 |
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SCRN7050B |
Project in Screen Production (Part 1)*, and |
6 |
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SCRN7050C |
Project in Screen Production (Part 2)* |
6 |
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SCRN7051 |
Production.com |
6 |
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SCRN7060 |
Honours Project in Screenwriting |
6 |
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SCRN7075 |
Practicum in Screen Studies and Screen Industries (Honours) |
6 |
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HUMN7000 |
Research Skills and Professional Practice |
6 |
Note: Students should consult the Honours handbook, available from the English, Drama and Screen Studies Office, for further information on these topics.
* Students must enrol in Part 1 and Part 2 to complete the requirements of this topic.
Up to 6 units may be chosen from:
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LEGL8004 |
Business Fundamentals |
6 |
|
LEGL8105 |
Business Applications |
6 |
|
PROF8001 |
Grants and Sponsorship Proposals |
3 |
|
PROF8004 |
Project Management: Developing a Business Plan |
3 |
|
PROF8005 |
Project Management Essentials |
3 |
|
PROF8007 |
Project Management - Budgets |
3 |
|
PROF8008 |
Preparing Professional Presentations |
3 |
|
PROF8009 |
Project Marketing Principles |
3 |
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