BP257 · RMIT University · Bachelor degree
Bachelor of Creative Writing
College of Design and Social Context
- Minimum ATAR
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- Full time
- 3 years
- Part time
- 6 years
- Credit points
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- Campus
- Melbourne City
- Mode
- On campus
Overview
Work closely on your writing in an intensive studio model with world-leading lecturers and creative practitioners, improving your writing and solving problems from industry.
Become a creative writing professional through this communications degree. Graduate ready to work as a freelance writer, editor, screenwriter or publisher.
Course structure
Open a major, minor or specialisation to see its units.
Year One of Program
48 cpStudents must complete a series of compulsory onboarding modules during their first semester or study period. Complete 48 credit points of first-year block courses: AND Complete 48 credit points from your chosen combination.
Year Two of Program
48 cpComplete 48 credit points from the following: AND Complete 48 credit points from your chosen combination.
Year Three of Program
48 cpComplete 48 credit points from the following: AND Complete 48 credit points from your chosen combination.
Major List
List of Major(s):
Major: Pop Culture
AND AND
- COMM2633Introduction to Pop Culture12 cp
- COMM1081Music in Pop Culture12 cp
- COMM2874Speculative Futures12 cp
- PERF2062Music Video Culture12 cp
- COMM1073TV and Screen Cultures12 cp
- COMM2345Exploring Asian Popular Culture12 cp
- COMM2631Popular Culture Now12 cp
- COMM3018Audio-Visions: Music, Sound and the Moving Image12 cp
- COMM3023Stardom and Celebrity Culture12 cp
- COMM3019Capstone: Pop Culture Futures12 cp
Major: Cinema Studies
AND AND
- COMM1031Introduction to Cinema Studies12 cp
- COMM2880Film Criticism: From Early Cinema to the Digital Age12 cp
- COMM2875Beyond the Frame: Technologies, Industries and Audiences12 cp
- COMM2881Film Genre12 cp
- COMM2876Border Crossings: Cinema, Community and Nation12 cp
- COMM3023Stardom and Celebrity Culture12 cp
- COMM1036Uses of Film Theory12 cp
- COMM1034True Lies : Documentary Studies12 cp
- COMM2637Re-Make/Re-Model: Cinema and Intertextuality12 cp
- COMM2636Politics and Technologies on Screen12 cp
- COMM3017Alternative Cinemas12 cp
- COMM3018Audio-Visions: Music, Sound and the Moving Image12 cp
- COMM3021Practicing Cinema Studies (Capstone)12 cp
Program Minors list
List of Program minors
Minor: Creative Writing for Professionals
AND
- GRAP2317Storytelling12 cp
- GRAP3029Storytelling for Advertising12 cp
- COMM2913Precision Writing for Digital Engagement12 cp
- COMM2880Film Criticism: From Early Cinema to the Digital Age12 cp
- COMM3022Script Writing for Social Impact12 cp
- COMM2803Fact Checking and Verification12 cp
- COMM2870Podcasting12 cp
- COMM2392Writers on Writing12 cp
- OART1127Game Narratives12 cp
Minor: Advertising
Minor: Pop Culture
Minor: Asian Media & Culture
Minor: Cinema Studies
Minor: Contemporary Politics & Communication
Minor: Digital Communication
- COMM2906Introduction to Digital Communication12 cp
- COMM2913Precision Writing for Digital Engagement12 cp
- COMM2872Social Media Communication12 cp
- COMM2916Digital Audiences and Analytics12 cp
- COMM2917Communication Platforms and Industries12 cp
- COMM2914Managing Digital Challenges12 cp
- COMM2112Influencers in Communication12 cp
- COMM2915Content Creation for Digital Engagement12 cp
Minor: Gender Studies
Minor: Impactful Media
Minor: Literary Studies
Minor: Media
AND AND
Minor: Music Industry
Minor: Music & Sound Production
AND
Minor: News Media with Purpose & Integrity
Minor: Public Relations
- COMM2929Introduction to Public Relations12 cp
- COMM2920Advocacy and Voice in Public Relations12 cp
- COMM2937Public Relations Strategy and Planning12 cp
- COMM2921Contemporary Media Relations12 cp
- COMM2922Organisational Communication12 cp
- COMM2688Issues, Risk and Crisis Communication12 cp
- COMM2112Influencers in Communication12 cp
Minor: Visual Politics
AND
Minor: Journalism
AND
Interdisciplinary minors
List of Interdisciplinary minors
Minor: Photography
AND
- VART3590Photography 10112 cp
- VART3596Photographic Lighting and Representation12 cp
- VART1704Alternative Photographic Processes12 cp
- VART3823Photography and Environment12 cp
- VART3826The Performed Image: Photography and Identity12 cp
- VART3817Documentary Photography12 cp
- VART3825Picturing Power12 cp
- VART3815Counter Investigations12 cp
- VART1710Editorial Photography12 cp
- VART3820Fashion Photography Futures12 cp
- VART3828Translating Spaces: Architectural and Interior Photography12 cp
- VART3827Transforming Objects: Contemporary Product Photography12 cp
- VART3594Photography Histories and Theories12 cp
Minor: Regenerative Futures
AND
- ENVI1241Regenerative Fundamentals12 cp
- ENVI1242Regenerative Challenge12 cp
- ENVI1243Systems Thinking for Sustainable Futures6 cp
- ENVI1244Eco-Literacy6 cp
- ENVI1245Regenerative Design6 cp
- ECON1629Regenerative Value Systems6 cp
- HWSS2262Social Equity and Regeneration6 cp
- BUSM2779Regenerative Business Models6 cp
- ECON1630Design for the Circular Economy6 cp
- COSC3158AI Ethics for Sustainable Futures6 cp
- ENVI1246Regenerative Design for Built Environment6 cp
- PERF2076Storytelling for Speculative Futures6 cp
- PROC2131Biomaterials and Biofabrication6 cp
- COMM3024Reimagining Futures in Media and Culture6 cp
- ENVI1247Regenerative Supply Chain Management6 cp
- EMPL1008Linking Life and Learning6 cp
- BUSM2777Leading Regenerative Action6 cp
- ENVI1248Regenerative Futures Incubator6 cp
- ENVI1249Reworlding for Creative Place Keeping6 cp
- HUSO2459Planetary Pedagogies and Civics6 cp
Program Option List:
List of Program Options:
Careers
- writer
- editor
- publisher
- content creator
- screenwriter
- scriptwriter
- events/festival curatorship
- creative entrepreneur