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Introduction to Writing

Undergraduate | CUR-PWP110 | 2018

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Step into the world of publishing and professional writing. Draft ways to conduct research when planning your writing. Focus on genres like the personal essay and the short story. Create your own written piece drawing on a range of techniques

Study method
100% online
Assessments
100% online
Entry requirements
No ATAR needed,
No prior study
Duration
13 weeks

HECS-HELP and FEE-HELP available

Introduction to Writing

About this subject

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

    1. identify and discuss the various roles and expectations of the writer in creative and professional writing contexts, with a particular focus on the ethics of representation
    2. analyse and discuss selected short written works in terms of audience, genre and language
    3. identify and employ a range of research sources used in creative and professional writing
    4. use clear and correct grammar, punctuation and sentence structure in producing new writing
    5. apply creative, critical and reflective thinking skills to the development of new written work and to the discussion of work-in-progress by peers.

Entry requirements

No entry requirements

Study load

0.125 EFTSL
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