Year
2016
Units
4.5
Contact
1 x 2-hour lecture weekly
1 x 1-hour tutorial weekly
1 x 1-hour tutorial weekly
Prerequisites
Admission into BCACW-Bachelor of Creative Arts (Creative Writing)
Assessment
Assignment(s); Tutorial presentation.
Topic description
This creative writing topic introduces Bachelor of Creative Arts students to their primary field of study and to the methodology of the workshop. Students will respond to their peers' creative writing, learn to edit and to work collaboratively. In the even years when this topic is taught, it is expected that students will attend the Adelaide Festival of Arts Writers' Week.
Educational aims
The topic aims to:
- enhance personal creativity
- provide opportunities for students to workshop their own creative work
- encourage students to attend as much of Writers' Week as possible in alternate years
- develop students' skills as critical editors, readers and listeners
- develop students' skills as presenters
- encourage students to discuss issues about the reading and writing of fiction, poetry and non-fiction in a collaborative atmosphere
- present some of the major critical issues of the day to students
- provide industry professionals and practitioners to discuss aspects of the writing and publishing process
Expected learning outcomes
For successful completion of this topic students will:
- demonstrate that they can function in a workshop environment
- demonstrate that they can edit their own and their peers' work in a constructive manner
- identify their own strengths and weaknesses as writers and set goals
- identify some of the opportunities available in writing and publishing
- show evidence of creativity by producing original work
Key dates and timetable
Timetable details for 2016 are no longer published.
Sturt Rd, Bedford Park
South Australia 5042
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