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OpenBachelor degreeManagement and Commerce

Bachelor of Business / Bachelor of Fine Arts (Creative Writing)

ProviderQueensland University of Technology
Course code: SIA-38266UniversityStudy area: Management and CommerceCourse data availableData JSON

Course overview

Combine business and creative writing to gain a competitive advantage in careers as a creative writer, publishing professional or public relations consultant. In this course you will work intensively on your writing in a number of forms including novels, short stories, creative non-fiction, memoir, genre writing, and poetry. You will develop comprehensive editing skills as well as self-editing skills. You will learn about and engage with local writing contexts, as well as enter contemporary debates around ideas that illuminate and challenge what people write and how they write it. You will learn to think and write critically about texts. You will learn how to engage readers through emotional story telling. You will progress towards a major piece of creative writing in a form and genre of your choice at the end of your degree as well as work on team projects with creatives from other disciplines throughout your degree.

Entry requirements

Review the available standard entry requirements, English requirements and additional notes for this course.

Standard entry

Year 12 or equivalent; Before you start this course, we assume you have sound knowledge of the subject/s listed below.

If you Do not have the subject knowledge, you can still apply for the course but we strongly encourage you to undertake bridging studies to gain the knowledge: English, or Literature, or English and Literature Extension, or English as an Additional Language (Units 3 & 4, C).

And for Accounting, Finance, Economics and Marketing majors: General Mathematics, or Mathematical Methods, or Specialist Mathematics (Units 3 & 4, C).

English requirement
Cambridge C1 Advanced 176, no component below 169Cambridge C2 Proficiency 176, no component below 169IELTS Academic 6.5, no band below 6PTE Academic 58, no component below 50TOEFL iBT 79, no component below 20

If your current English result is below direct entry, consider the university-recognised English language pathway or ELICOS package; successful completion at the required level can usually satisfy English entry without another English test.

Past Offers

Current-course cases first, supplemented by same-institution scored cases.

Scored cases
Source countriesLao People's Democratic Republic · Malaysia
Common pathwayHigh school background · Bachelor background
Target levelBachelor degree · Foundation studies
Offer fieldsCybersecurity · Exercise
1
MalaysiaBachelor background
Bachelor of Clinical Exercise PhysiologyBachelor degree · Exercise · In Australia
gpa 7 guessGPA 4.67/7.0lower band · approx. top 30-35%
2
MalaysiaDiploma background
Bachelor of Business/Bachelor of Information TechnologyBachelor degree · Cybersecurity · Offshore
gpa 4GPA 3.5/4.0CGPA 3.5/4 · strong band · approx. top 10-15%
3
Lao People's Democratic RepublicHigh school background
Standard Foundation ProgramFoundation studies · Offshore
ib guessIB 42.27/45.0top band · approx. top 5-10%
4
Lao People's Democratic RepublicHigh school background
Bachelor of Information TechnologyBachelor degree · Offshore
ib guessIB 42.27/45.0top band · approx. top 5-10%

Course curriculum

Course structure, credit points and subject sequence

Course curriculum not yet available

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