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2010 Course Handbook

Major: Writing

Degrees for which this major is a Qualifying Major:
 
Bachelor of Arts
 
Bachelor of Arts with the Diploma of Education
 
Bachelor of Arts with the degree of Bachelor of Commerce
 
Bachelor of Arts with the degree of Bachelor of Laws
 
Bachelor of Arts with the degree of Bachelor of Science
 
Bachelor of Business Administration with the degree of Bachelor of Arts
 
Bachelor of Engineering with the degree of Bachelor of Arts

Major details:

Writing

WRI01

Department:
Department of English
Faculty:
Faculty of Arts

This major must be completed as part of a degree. The general requirements for the degree must be satisfied in order to graduate.

Requirements for the Major:

Completion of a minimum of 24 credit points including the following prescribed units:

Credit points

100 level

Required
3
Academic Cultures (3)
MMCS115
Required
3cp from
 
MAS units at 100 level
 
ENGL units at 100 level
3
CUL units at 100 level

200 level

Required
6cp from

 

 

 
Creative Writing 1: An Introduction (3)
ENGL121
 
Writing 1 (3)
CUL240
 
Creative Writing 1: An Introduction (3)
ENGL201
 
Screenwriting: An Introduction (3)
MAS202
 
Travel Writing: Journeys and Visitations (3)
MAS210
 
Music and Arts Journalism (3)
MAS211
 
Theories of Writing for the Media (3)
MAS215
 
Narrative Journalism (3)
MECO210
6
Music and Arts Journalism (3)
MECO211

300 level

Required
3
Writing Portfolio (3)
ENGL390
Required
9cp from

 

 

 

 

 
Writing II: Genre Writing (3)
CUL340
 
Creative Writing 2: Concept and Practice (3)
ENGL304
 
Creative Writing 2: Concept and Practice (3)
ENGL233
 
Creative Writing 3: Narrative Fiction (3)
ENGL307
 
Writing Ecologies (3)
ENGL332
 
Writing the Past, Telling the Future (3)
MAS310
 
Writing Lives (3)
MAS311
 
Screenwriting: Images, Ideas, Stories (3)
MAS314
 
Telling True Stories 1 (3)
MECO310
9
Telling True Stories 2 (3)
MECO311

TOTAL CREDIT POINTS REQUIRED TO SATISFY THIS MAJOR

24