Graduate Advanced Narrative Nonfiction

About this subject

• What you'll learn

  At the completion of this subject students will be able to:

  1. identify, describe and evaluate the key characteristics and conventions of narrative nonfiction including long form and experimental nonficton
  2. synthesise, adapt and apply advanced narrative nonfiction writing techniques to the design and creation of a new work of narrative nonfiction
  3. critique and evaluate narrative nonfiction texts, peer creative production, and personal creative practice in order to identify appropriate techniques for specific audiences and purposes
  4. research and analyse the range of ethical and cultural issues involved in writing creatively about real people and apply in personal creative practice
  5. generate, analyse and communicate research data which addresses a complex real-world problem within the context of a nonfiction project for a specified audience, purpose and publication outlet

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• Description

• Assessments

• Textbooks

• About Curtin University

Entry requirements

Part of a degree

To enrol in this subject you must be accepted into one of the following degrees:

Elective

• CUR-ACW-MAS-2026 - Master of Arts (Creative Writing)
• CUR-APW-MAS-2026 - Master of Arts (Professional Writing and Publishing)

Prior study

You must either have successfully completed the following subject(s) before starting this subject, or currently be enrolled in the following subject(s) in a prior study period; or enrol in the following subject(s) to study prior to this subject:

one of

• CUR-LANG5005-Graduate Narrative Nonfiction

• CUR-PWP520-Graduate Narrative Nonfiction (no longer available)

Please note that your enrolment in this subject is conditional on successful completion of these prerequisite subject(s). If you study the prerequisite subject(s) in the study period immediately prior to studying this subject, your result for the prerequisite subject(s) will not be finalised prior to the close of enrolment. In this situation, should you not complete your prerequisite subject(s) successfully you should not continue with your enrolment in this subject. If you are currently enrolled in the prerequisite subject(s) and believe you may not complete these all successfully, it is your responsibility to reschedule your study of this subject to give you time to re-attempt the prerequisite subject(s).

Equivalent subjects

You should not enrol in this subject if you have successfully completed any of the following subject(s) because they are considered academically equivalent:

• CUR-PWP500 (Not currently available)

You won't be able to enrol into this subject if you've already successfully completed or currently enrolled in the following subject(s) as they are considered anti-requisites due to the similarity of the content.

• CUR-LANG3001-Advanced Narrative Nonfiction

• CUR-PWP310-Advanced Narrative Nonfiction (no longer available)

Additional requirements

No additional requirements

Study load

0.125 EFTSL

This is in the range of 10 to 12 hours of study each week.

Equivalent full time study load (EFTSL) is one way to calculate your study load. One (1.0) EFTSL is equivalent to a full-time study load for one year.

Find out more information on Commonwealth Loans to understand what this means to your eligibility for financial support.