A student who has completed all the requirements of The Bachelor of Creative Arts, or another qualification which the Faculty Board agrees is equivalent, may be accepted as a candidate for the honours degree provided a sufficiently high standard has been achieved in fulfilling the requirements for The Bachelor's degree.
To qualify for the honours degree, a student must complete satisfactorily 36 units of study as specified. The program requires one year of full-time study or the equivalent part-time.
Course aims
Creative Writing
The Bachelor of Creative Arts (Honours) in Creative Writing aims to:
- provide students with the necessary knowledge and skills to research and present, both orally and in writing, an extended piece of research
- build on skills developed through the completion a Bachelor of Creative Arts in Creative Writing
- provide the opportunity for students to undertake a work integrated learning placement
- allow students to gain industry contacts and develop skills and knowledge about career pathways in the Creative Writing field.
Drama Performance
The Bachelor of Creative Arts (Honours) in Drama Performance aims to:
- provide students with the opportunity to consolidate their skills in both performance and production, specialising in one or more specific areas of the drama industry, including theatre and television
- provide honours students with extended skills to allow them to be successful in the theatre, television, or related industries
- develop skills in the production of showreels and/or extended audition skills.
Screen and Media
The Bachelor of Creative Arts (Honours) in Screen and Media aims to:
- provide graduates of The Bachelor of Creative Arts with advanced skills in the writing, pre-production, production and post-production phases of producing a variety of screen or digital media based works
- include the opportunity for students to undertake a work integrated learning placement
- allow students to gain industry contacts and develop skills and knowledge about career pathways in the screen and digital media based industries.
Learning outcomes
Creative Writing
Graduates will:
- have developed skills to present their research both orally and in writing
- be able to plan research activities and manage their time independently
- be able to demonstrate a thorough understanding of the ethical considerations of research
- have an extended understanding of the role of the writer in the community
- have gained workplace experience in the Creative Writing industry, including the opportunity to develop industry networks.
Drama Performance
Graduates will:
- have gained advanced performance and production skills and experience
- have produced a showreel highlighting their performance experience, strengths and skills;
- have a thorough understanding of the complex drama industry
- have advanced skills allowing them to perform competitively in the audition process.
Screen and Media
Graduates will:
- have developed a wide range of skills and understanding of the process from pre-production through production, to distribution of screen-based media projects
- have developed collaborative skills to work with the broad range of professionals involved in the screen and digital media industry, and their peers
- be able to plan research activities and manage their time independently
- be able to demonstrate a thorough understanding of the ethical considerations of research
- be able to demonstrate a high level of motivation, knowledge and skill for a specialised area of production or post-production
- have had the opportunity to gain workplace experience in the screen production and digital media industry, and to develop industry networks.
Program of study
Students enrol in one of the following programs:
Creative Writing
To proceed to honours students normally are expected to have achieved grades of DN or better in at least 9 units of upper-level topics in the Creative Writing major sequence.
To qualify for the degree students must complete satisfactorily 36 units comprising 27 units of core topics and 9 units of option topics according to the following program.
Core - Year 1 topics
27 units comprising
ENGL7700A Thesis (4.5 of 13.5 units)
ENGL7700B Thesis (9 of 13.5 units)
CREA7701 Research Methods for Literature and Creative Writing (4.5 units)
CREA7777 Creative Writing Industry Placement (4.5 units)
CREA7718 Theorising Creative Writing (4.5 units)
Option - Year 1 topics
Select 9 units from the topics listed
CREA7711 Reading Like a Writer (4.5 units)
ENGL7712 Advanced Literary Studies (4.5 units)
ENGL7713 Advanced Genre Studies (4.5 units)
ENGL7714 Thinking About Theory (4.5 units)
ENGL7715 The Public Cultures of Writing (4.5 units)
ENGL7716 Approved Short Project (4.5 units)
ENGL7717 Special Honours Topic (4.5 units)
Drama Performance
To proceed to honours students are normally expected to have achieved 9 units of DN or better and 4.5 units of CR or better in Third Year Drama Performance topics.
To qualify for the degree students must complete satisfactorily 36 units of study according to the following program.
Core - Year 1 topics
36 units comprising
DRAM7102 Contemporary Australian Drama 1 (4.5 units)
DRAM7103 Contemporary Australian Drama 2 (4.5 units)
DRAP7010A Performance Techniques 4 (Part 1) (4.5 units)
DRAP7010B Performance Techniques 4 (Part 2) (4.5 units)
DRAP7020B Production 4 (Part 1) (4.5 units)
DRAP7020C Production 4 (Part 2) (4.5 units)
DRAP7100 Honours Performance Project Part 1 (4.5 units)
DRAP7101 Honours Performance Project Part 2 (4.5 units)
Screen and Media
To proceed to honours students are normally expected to have achieved grades of DN or better in the last 9 units of the Digital Media major or Screen and Media major and grades of DN or better in 9 units of second or third level screen production topics or digital media core topics
To qualify for the degree students must complete satisfactorily 36 units comprising 18 units of core topics and 18 units of option topics according to the following program.
Core - Year 1 topics
18 units selected from:
SCME7050 Honours Production 1, Major Project Pre-Production (4.5 units )
SCME7051 Honours Production 2, Research and Development (4.5 units)
SCME7055 Honours Production 3, Major Project Production (4.5 units)
SCME7056 Honours Production 4, Major Project Post Production (4.5 units)
SCME7071 Digital Media Honours Project 1 (4.5 units)
SCME7072 Digital Media Honours Project 2 (4.5 units)
SCME7073 Digital Media Honours Project 3 (4.5 units)
SCME7074 Digital Media Honours Project 4 (4.5 units)
Option - Year 1 topics
18 units selected from:
SCME7052 Honours Production 5, Script Writing (4.5 units)
SCME7053 Honours Production 6, Advanced Camera Techniques (4.5 units)
SCME7054 Honours Production 7, Research Project 1 (4.5 units)
SCME7057 Honours Production 8, Research Project 2 (4.5 units)
SCME7058 Screen and Media Practicum (4.5 units)
SCME7059 Special Topic in Honours Production 1 (4.5 units)
SCME7060 Special Topic in Honours Production 2 (4.5 units)
SCME7061 Special Topic in Honours Production 3 (4.5 units)
SCME7062 Advanced Production (4.5 units)