GD-WRI  Postgraduate  Online  Send me a link to this course

The constant need for content in print, digital, film, and broadcast media means that writers are in greater demand than ever before. This course aims to build on the skills developed in the Graduate Certificate of Arts (Writing) in order to further specialise student’s skills to an industry ready level in preparation for creative, professional, and academic publication opportunities.

Graduates will have advanced knowledge of industry and creative practices and be able to critically apply this knowledge and skills across a range of specialisations in the field of professional and creative writing.

The Graduate Diploma of Writing forms the second stage in a three-stage nested suite of programs consisting of:

• Graduate Certificate of Writing (GC-WRI)
• Graduate Diploma of Writing (GD-WRI)
• Master of Writing (MA-WRI)

• Course description

  The constant need for content in print, digital, film, and broadcast media means that writers are in greater demand than ever before. This course aims to build on the skills developed in the Graduate Certificate of Arts (Writing) in order to further specialise student’s skills to an industry ready level in preparation for creative, professional, and academic publication opportunities.

   

  Graduates will have advanced knowledge of industry and creative practices and be able to critically apply this knowledge and skills across a range of specialisations in the field of professional and creative writing.

  Course structure

  To qualify for the Graduate Diploma of Writing, a student must complete 100 credit points of specified units.

• eight core units (100 credit points) 

• A unit of study can only be counted once. Students who successfully complete the graduate diploma, may progress to the Master of Writing.

   

  The course is delivered entirely online and is supported with eTutors, tutorials, print materials, websites and CD-ROMs.
  
  Maximum Academic Credit

  
  The maximum level of credit that can be granted for the Graduate Diploma of Writing is 50 credit points (normally four units)