UAC Undergraduate Course Description

Associate Degree in Creative Writing

Southern Cross University

Campus	Type of place	UAC code	Course duration	2009 ATAR cut-off
Lismore	CSP	333301	2F/4P	nc

Recommended studies: Any two units of English.

Major studies: No majors.

Professional recognition: Graduates will be eligible for membership of the Australian Society of Authors, the Australian Writers Guild, the NSW Writers Centre, and the Northern Rivers Writers’ Centre or other local writers’ organisations.

Career opportunities: Graduates may choose to pursue careers in fiction and non-fiction writing; writing for stage and screen; autobiography, memoir and biography; journalism; editing and publishing.

Additional information: This new 16 unit course will aim to provide students with a broad range of skills spanning all writing genres. Completion of the course will also provide a pathway to the Bachelor of Arts degree which requires completion of an additional eight units. This course is also offered by distance education.

Key to abbreviations

CSP	Commonwealth-supported place (used to be called HECS: includes upfront HECS payment and deferred payment through HECS-HELP).
N/A	Selection criteria other than the ATAR used; or the course is not offered to current Year 12 applicants.
A+C	Combination of ATAR and additional selection criteria used.
nc	New course offered through UAC, no cut-offs available.
n/o	No offers made in 2009, no cut-off available.