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Study masters degree online with Curtin University through Open Universities Australia. Explore all degrees, subjects and short courses now.

<p>This is a course for students who are new to their chosen major area of study. It is designed to allow students to develop and apply advanced skills and understandings of contemporary practices in their field while developing and extending their critical, analytical, and creative knowledges and experiences through interdisciplinary engagement with allied fields of media, creative arts, and social inquiry. Students will develop specialist practical and professional skills orientated towards professional or creative engagement in fields of their chosen major. They will also gain analytical, collaborative, and problem-solving skills through the critically informed practice of designing, planning, and producing a major project in the form of a creative production, portfolio work, report, or thesis. The course also provides opportunities for students to take internships in their respective fields and to demonstrate qualification for possible entry into Curtin University’s PhD program.</p><p>﻿This Creative Writing major develops students’ practical skills and knowledge across a variety of writing styles, such as fiction, poetry, and writing for performance, as well as range of emerging and experimental genres. The major encourages experimentation and creativity and stimulates critical awareness through discussion of relevant theory, and engagement with digital technologies. Students master writing skills and extend their creative and critical capacities by undertaking a project in their second year of study. They also have an option to practice these skills and develop their portfolio through internship with a professional organisation. Students with outstanding results will have an option to further strengthen their critical capacity in preparation for possible PhD study.</p>

Get creative and learn to communicate in engaging ways. You’ll develop practical skills across a variety of styles. Persuade, inform, and captivate. Dive deep into a research project. Quality writers are in demand. Get qualified and pursue an arts career.

Master of Arts (Creative Writing)

An Introduction to Creative Writing

Creative Writing

Introduction to Creative and Professional Writing

Professional Writing

Travel Writing

Writing the Short Story

Writing for Children

Writing Short Fiction

Writing Long Fiction

Writing Genre Fiction

Curtin University Masters Degree Creative writing Courses & Degrees | Open Universities Australia

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