Graduate Diploma of Creative Writing
Graduate Diploma of Creative Writing
Whether you aspire to elevate your writing capabilities or embark on a writing-focused career, this Diploma equips you with the essential tools to excel in the realm of creative storytelling. With the Graduate Diploma of Creative Writing, you can choose to explore six pivotal units within the course structure provided…
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COURSE DESCRIPTION
Whether you aspire to elevate your writing capabilities or embark on a writing-focused career, this Diploma equips you with the essential tools to excel in the realm of creative storytelling.
With the Graduate Diploma of Creative Writing, you can choose to explore six pivotal units within the course structure provided to equip you with indispensable skills needed to craft compelling narratives.
After completing your Graduate Diploma of Creative Writing, you can continue your studies to gain a Master of Creative Writing to refine your storytelling and literary finesse and reach audiences across various mediums.
Learning outcomes
The Graduate Diploma of Creative Writing is for students looking to enhance their writing skills. Students will learn modern writing principles and practices – empowering them to thrive as skilled wordsmiths.
Enhance your writing craft
Build a contemporary toolkit of creative writing techniques allowing you to generate fresh ideas.
Unleash your artistic potential and;
Write the stories you’re burning to tell.
Write your own story
Tailor your skills to the forms of writing that inspire you with our dynamic course.
Apply new learnings to passion projects and work towards personal writing goals.
Choose electives that best align with your interests.
What you will study
The online Graduate Diploma of Creative Writing consists of 6 units from a pool of 8.
Units
Writing Fiction
This unit introduces the fundamentals of writing fiction through reading a range of short stories.
Writing Realities
This unit explores writing based on actual events, including history, biography, true crime and stories of place and family.
Writing for Performance
This unit introduces skills for writing drama or monologue for performance.
Writing and Audience
This unit cultivates a writer’s understanding of their work with consideration of genre and readership, including online audiences.
Editing and Publishing
This unit explores the business of writing, editing, and publishing, including processes and workflow for professional editing, seeking publication, and presenting the professional author platform.
Writing for the Planet’s Future
This unit takes an ecocritical approach to writing about place and environment in the production of fiction, poetry, and nonfiction.
Writing and Empathy
This unit explores the core practice of writing and embodiment – including writing about love and characters outside our own viewpoint.
Writing Fiction that Scares and Unsettles
This unit explores the darker aspects of fiction including genres such as horror and gothic, as well as thematic concerns like violence, trauma, and conflict.
REQUIREMENTS
To gain entry to the Graduate Diploma of Creative Writing, applicants must have:
A bachelor’s degree in any discipline; OR
Equivalent prior learning, including at least five years of relevant professional experience or students must submit a piece of published work.
English competency requirements:
IELTS Academic: An overall band minimum score of 6.5, with no individual band less than 6.0.) (Results are typically valid for 2 years and online tests are not acceptable.)
TOEFL iBT: TOEFL iBT: 84 (with no score below 17)
TOEFL Paper-Based Test (PBT): Minimum score of 573, including Test of Written English of 5.0 or better. (Results are typically valid for only 2 years)
Pearson Test of English (PTE): PTE Academic 58, with no score less than 50 for postgraduate standard entry courses. (Results are typically valid for only 2 years)
EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTION
Edith Cowan University (ECU) is a large, multi-campus institution serving communities in Western Australia and internationally.ECU was awarded university status in 1991, but despite its relative youth, the University has a proud history of more than a century of service to education in Western Australia and is recognised for its teaching and learning, excellence in research, and partnerships with the community.We have more than 23,300 students, including around 18,500 undergraduates and 4,800 postgraduates. Approximately 3,600 international students attend the University, originating from 104 countries.We are a progressive University with courses developed through ongoing industry input, and employing lecturers who engage fully with their students. We’re a university that knows while knowledge is important, understanding comes from experience –experience that enables you to adapt what you’ve learned to whatever opportunities come your way. Because that’s when you do more than just survive in this world. You thrive in it.
