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ALW101 - Writer's Toolkit: Craft and Creativity

Year:

2024 unit information
Enrolment modes: Trimester 1: Burwood (Melbourne), Waurn Ponds (Geelong), Online
Trimester 3: Burwood (Melbourne), Online
Credit point(s): 1
EFTSL value: 0.125
Cohort rule: Nil
Prerequisite:

Nil
Corequisite: Nil
Incompatible with: Nil
Study commitment

Students will on average spend 150-hours over the teaching period undertaking the teaching, learning and assessment activities for this unit.

This will include educator guided online learning activities within the unit site.
Scheduled learning activities - campus

Trimester 1:
1 x 1-hour class per week
1 x 2-hour seminar per week

Trimester 3:
1 x 1-hour class per week
Seminar intensive mode - up to 4-hours of seminars in weeks 1, 2, 3, 5, 8, 11 (up to 22-hours total)
Scheduled learning activities - online

Online independent and collaborative learning activities including:
Trimester 1:
1 x 1-hour class per week
1 x 2-hour seminar per week or equivalent

Trimester 3:
1 x 1-hour class per week
Seminar intensive mode - up to 4-hours of seminars (or equivalent) across weeks 1, 2, 3, 5, 8, 11 (up to 22-hours total)

Content

This is a unit that combines the practice of attentive reading with creative writing. Students are exposed to a wide range of literary texts, as well as to a suite of crucial skills and craft elements that found creative writing of a professional standard. Students also write about their work and the processes involved in its composition, introducing critical thinking and modes of expression that will support them during and beyond their degree.

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