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Bachelor of Creative Arts (Creative Writing)

  • 3 years full-time / 6.0 years part-time

Queensland University of Technology in QLD offers Bachelor of Creative Arts (Creative Writing), a AQF Level 7 program. The program runs for 3 years full-time / 6.0 years part-time, with domestic fees from $12,490. Government subsidised places may be available.

Queensland University of Technology

Tier 2

University · QLD

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Domestic fee · Full qualification

$12,490Commonwealth supported
  • Government Funding
  • HECS-HELP
Duration
3 years full-time / 6.0 years part-time
ATAR requirement
72

HECS-HELP

This is a Commonwealth Supported Place — the government pays part of your tuition directly, and HECS-HELP lets you defer your remaining student contribution as an income-contingent loan. Available to eligible domestic students only. Confirm your CSP status with the provider.

Government funding

  • HECS-HELP

    Commonwealth Supported Place — defer your student contribution through HECS-HELP.

    $8,301

Estimated out-of-pocket

After applicable subsidies

$12,490

Fees and funding are indicative only. Contact the provider to confirm your eligibility and final costs.

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About this qualification

Here is what the Bachelor of Creative Arts (Creative Writing) qualification offered by Queensland University of Technology covers and who it is designed for.

A Bachelor of Creative Arts in Creative Writing teaches skills and strategies, so your writing is strong and clear. It helps you to express ideas in imaginative ways that will impact your readers.

In the digital age, writing is becoming more and more central to the way we communicate with each other. The Creative Writing major investigates the foundation for editing, writing across borders, genre and form, contemporary theory and research practice.

As well as your Creative Writing major, you must elect a minor or a second major from the Faculty of the Arts, Social Sciences and Humanities. Creative writing pairs well with a major in English Literatures, Languages, Indigenous Studies or Philosophy.

Students will work on a major project allowing them to develop a significant piece of creative content on completion of their degree. Various artist and writer-in-residence programs take place throughout your degree You will be encouraged to participate in extracurricular activities, facilitate public readings, perform your written work and pursue publication.  

Creative writers work in a range of areas Poetry, editing, writing for multimedia, commercial and content writing, commercial theatre and performance, short stories and novels, or even in ways that combine or challenge these forms.