Writing and Creative Communication - The Importance of All Subjects

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Bachelor of Arts (Writing and Creative

Communication)

Is Writing and Creative Communication

for you?

Are you interested in writing, editing and

publishing?

Are you looking for a more practical approach to

the study of English?

Are you keen to know how texts of all kinds are

produced?

Entry requirements

Entry Requirements

• SACE Entry: no special requirements or prerequisites

– just a love of the language arts!

• New program, but TER probably c. 55-60 • Can articulate with the TAFE writing program • Adult and special entry available

• Bridging Programs: Dip Uni Studies, etc

• Tertiary transfer possibilities and credit for degrees already gained

The WCC Program

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a development of UniSA‟s highly successful BA (Professional Writing and

Communication)/ (Professional and Creative Communication) programs, which

ran for 12 years

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incorporates all of the aspects of writing and reading texts, plus the opportunity

to work with visual, oral, symbolic and electronic texts

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special emphasis placed on integrating studies with the work of community,

creative and professional industries

The Teaching Team

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Prime Minister‟s Award for University Teaching Team of the Year and Australian

Awards for University Teaching in the Humanities and the Arts, 2000

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Strong national professional and industry links: Australian Association of Writing

Programs, Society of Editors, SA Writers‟ Centre, publishing houses, etc

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International recognition: publications, conference presentations, visiting scholars,

leading edge teaching and learning methods

BA (WCC) Program structure

Contact Hours

usually 2-3 hours per course per study period (plus extra time for group meetings, individual study, reading and writing)

Enrolment Options

Taught on the Magill campus

Continuous assessment

What does the BA (WCC) involve?

WCC deals with

• how we analyse and think about texts

• a wide range of texts: creative, literary, professional and technical

• the whole process of how texts are produced and received: from planning and drafting stages to editing, publication, distribution and consumption

What does the BA (WCC) involve? (Continued)

• Creative writing • Literary practice • Technical writing

• Editing and publishing

• Linguistics and sociolinguistics

• The rhetoric and ethnography of communication • Englishes around the world

• Communication in social and cultural contexts • Oral traditions and literacy

• The impact of changing technologies on communication

• Skills and understanding of a variety of media used in the production and reception of texts

Tailor your Degree – a Range of Choices

You can choose from a wide range of submajors and individual elective

courses in other programs to value add your BA(WCC)

or

Take one of the BA(WCC) submajors in another degree

• Creative Writing • Literary Practice

• Editing and Publishing

or

Concentrate your focus on Writing and Creative Communication by

adding a submajor in

• Literary Practice • Creative Writing

Experience. The Difference.

Industry links and placements

Students as writers and researchers

Writing and Creative Communication projects: writing, publication and performance

• Publication of class and personal work for public sale (e.g. SA Writers‟ Centre launches)

• External and in-house editing projects • Level 3 coursework projects

Student publications and outlets:

Experience. The Difference.

Career and life opportunities

Employment

• editing, copywriting, document design, project coordination, technical writing, public relations,

scriptwriting, online writing and design, etc (freelance and „attached‟)

• teaching – secondary English and primary

Creativity

• written: poetry, nonfiction, novels, short fiction, scripts • other text production: visual, online, oral, etc

Further study

• Honours, Grad Cert, MA, PhD

• Higher/more specialised qualifications • Tertiary employment

Our graduates

Some words from our students:

“One of the greatest joys of UniSA degrees has to be their flexibility; by the time I had finished, I had taken so many classes across such a broad vista that I actually had to work out what I had, in fact,

completed. It worked out to be a BA in Writing & Communication, sub-majoring in Film & Video with a minor in Performing Arts.”

(Adele Kirby)

“Some people go into university knowing exactly what they want to do, but I didn‟t. It was halfway through the degree when I decided I really enjoyed editing and would like to make that my career. I love it! As part of my studies, I am now undertaking a real-life editing project . . . a 30-page document . . . It‟s so practical.”

Our graduates

Who will employ me?

People with knowledge and skills in writing and creative communication are employed in a range of professional situations including:

> Editing and publishing > Technical writing > Document design > Electronic publishing > Research > Information delivery > Marketing > Media

> Public sector administration > Publicity

Contact details

• School of Communication booth today • Undergraduate Programs Officer:

Jenny Stokes, ph (08) 8302 4561

• Magill Career Night: Tuesday 9 September 5 - 9pm Magill Campus, Magill

• UniSA website: www.unisa.edu.au – search for information on BA(WCC) program

Bachelor of Arts (Writing and Creative Communication)

Open Day 2008.