Adelaide University
Bachelor of Arts majoring in Creative Writing
Combine your imagination with your natural curiosity when you study creative writing. The literary field is exciting and ever evolving, spanning a range of genres and modes from true crime to BookTok. Explore fiction, non-fiction, screenwriting, poetry and more, while developing your own creative writing practice.
Delve into historical and contemporary literary and publishing cultures and build your understanding of ethics, representation, narrative and literary criticism.
You’ll graduate an expert storyteller, with a portfolio of genre-spanning writing and the ability to respond imaginatively and creatively to the world around you.
Overview
Creative writing is more than just words on a page. The Bachelor of Arts majoring in Creative Writing will teach you to observe and respond to the world around you using literary and compositional skills, and change the way you think about social dynamics, justice and interpersonal relationships. You’ll develop skills in literary analysis and learn to situate your own practice relative to a broad range of literary traditions across multiple contexts.
Delve into a range of literary genres including fiction, non-fiction, screenwriting, poetry and practice-based research; learn to share, revise and improve your work; and graduate with a professional portfolio that demonstrates your creative writing ability.
Explore professional pathways in sectors aligned with your interests when you undertake experiential learning. You’ll build valuable connections with industry representatives through work placements and internships, and access networking opportunities to help you explore your career aspirations.
What you’ll learn
Your creative writing degree will explore a range of literary forms, from prose fiction and creative non-fiction to poetry, writing for performance and screen. You’ll discover life writing styles including memoir and biography and learn about what it means to be a writer, from representation to ethics.
Learn to critically analyse and interpret texts and apply this knowledge to your own work as well as others. Throughout your degree, you’ll complete a range of creative writing pieces including short fiction, poetry, creative non-fiction, and film scripts, and graduate with a portfolio of work.
You’ll study common core courses throughout your degree and build your ability to solve problems, communicate clearly and collaborate with diverse groups of people, giving you the skills we know employers value. You can also add a second major to your Bachelor of Arts, and pursue two areas of interest to boost your employment prospects.
Research potential career pathways and destinations in sectors aligning with your disciplinary interests and expertise to participate in experiential learning. An internship in your final year will enable you to apply your understanding of potential career pathways and focus on mentoring and networking experiences.
