Master of Writing

Summary

For anyone with an interest in professional, academic, creative, and technical writing, this coursework-based Master’s degree allows you to specialise and deepen your expertise.

You will apply skills of advanced textual analysis and written communication to a wide range of contexts, audiences, and styles, and also connect your studies to the community and the workplace. By bringing together a diverse range of writing modes, graduates of the Master of Writing degree will be set up for diverse careers, from creative industries to business and government.

Students of this highly versatile degree will study, produce, and be assessed on their professional, technical, and fiction and non-fiction writing.

Why study a Master of Writing at UC?

• One year, taught master’s degree.
• Graduates who are confident and competent in many different written communication styles will stand out in a competitive job market.

Subjects and Courses

• WRIT401 Advanced Reading and Writing
• WRIT680 Extended Writing Project
• WRIT402 Writing for Community Change and/or WRIT403 Creative Writing , and
• 30 points (or 60 if only doing one of WRIT402 or WRIT403) from 400 or 600-level English courses , or another subject approved by the Head of Department