Research for Creative Writing
PostgraduateMAQ-ENGX80902025
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- Study method
- 100% online
- Assessments
- 100% online
- Entry requirements
- Part of a degree
- Duration
- 13 weeks
- Loan available
- FEE-HELP available
Research for Creative Writing
About this subject
On successful completion of this unit, you will be able to
- Analyse and evaluate different readerships and audiences for specific genres of writing..
- Locate and appropriately document scholarly and professional industry research relevant to the genre of writing.
- Use advanced critical thinking and writing skills to devise and produce a work of critical research.
- Communicate the value and significance of the research.
- Reflect upon how research applies to your own creative writing practice.
- A week-by-week guide to the topics you will explore in this subject will be provided in your study materials.
This unit offers students the opportunity to develop a research project based on specific genres of creative writing and to reflect on how this affects their own creative practice. Students will have the opportunity to read and analyse different genres and to research current scholarship and publishing trends in these genres. Working independently, students will hone their critical research, writing, and presentation skills. By the end of this unit, students will gain a critical understanding of the contemporary academic and professional contexts of their own writing.
- Critical Writing (40%)
- Research proposal and plan (20%)
- Particpatory tasks (10%)
- State of the genre report (30%)
For textbook details check your university's handbook, website or learning management system (LMS).
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Entry requirements
Part of a degree
To enrol in this subject you must be accepted into one of the following degrees:
Elective
- MAQ-MCW-MAS-2025 - Master of Creative Writing
Others
Admission to Master of Creative Writing.
NCCW (pre-2020 units) LIT809
Additional requirements
No additional requirements
Study load
- 0.125 EFTSL
- This is in the range of 10 to 12 hours of study each week.
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Related degrees
Once you’ve completed this subject it can be credited towards one of the following courses
PostgraduateMAQ-MCW-MAS