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Please note that this Unit Profile is still in progress. The content below is subject to change.Overview
This unit builds on the writing techniques and experience acquired in Beginning Creative Writing. In this unit you will undertake a writing project which may take the form of a short story, play, suite of poems or any approved mixture of these, using experimental writing techniques. The unit is suitable for intending teachers and students interested in advancing their knowledge in creative writing practice, however, is beneficial for students of all disciplines who are interested in furthering their writing skills and experimenting with writing as a form of communication.
Details
Pre-requisites or Co-requisites
WRIT11023
Important note: Students enrolled in a subsequent unit who failed their pre-requisite unit, should drop the subsequent unit before the census date or within 10 working days of Fail grade notification. Students who do not drop the unit in this timeframe cannot later drop the unit without academic and financial liability. See details in the Assessment Policy and Procedure (Higher Education Coursework).
Offerings For Term 1 - 2025
Attendance Requirements
All on-campus students are expected to attend scheduled classes - in some units, these classes are identified as a mandatory (pass/fail) component and attendance is compulsory. International students, on a student visa, must maintain a full time study load and meet both attendance and academic progress requirements in each study period (satisfactory attendance for International students is defined as maintaining at least an 80% attendance record).
Recommended Student Time Commitment
Each 6-credit Undergraduate unit at CQUniversity requires an overall time commitment of an average of 12.5 hours of study per week, making a total of 150 hours for the unit.
Class Timetable
Assessment Overview
Assessment Grading
This is a graded unit: your overall grade will be calculated from the marks or grades for each assessment task, based on the relative weightings shown in the table above. You must obtain an overall mark for the unit of at least 50%, or an overall grade of 'pass' in order to pass the unit. If any 'pass/fail' tasks are shown in the table above they must also be completed successfully ('pass' grade). You must also meet any minimum mark requirements specified for a particular assessment task, as detailed in the 'assessment task' section (note that in some instances, the minimum mark for a task may be greater than 50%). Consult the University's Grades and Results Policy for more details of interim results and final grades.
All University policies are available on the CQUniversity Policy site.
You may wish to view these policies:
- Grades and Results Policy
- Assessment Policy and Procedure (Higher Education Coursework)
- Review of Grade Procedure
- Student Academic Integrity Policy and Procedure
- Monitoring Academic Progress (MAP) Policy and Procedure - Domestic Students
- Monitoring Academic Progress (MAP) Policy and Procedure - International Students
- Student Refund and Credit Balance Policy and Procedure
- Student Feedback - Compliments and Complaints Policy and Procedure
- Information and Communications Technology Acceptable Use Policy and Procedure
This list is not an exhaustive list of all University policies. The full list of University policies are available on the CQUniversity Policy site.
Feedback, Recommendations and Responses
Every unit is reviewed for enhancement each year. At the most recent review, the following staff and student feedback items were identified and recommendations were made.
Feedback from Student/staff feedback
Numerous broken links embedded in study guides
As links are embedded in the weekly study guides, the study guides will need to be completely re-written in order to fix all the obsolete links.
Feedback from Student/staff feedback
Content out-of-date
Redesign unit to reflect new and emerging trends and developments in experimental writing, including a focus on groundbreaking contemporary Australian writing.
Feedback from Student Unit and Teaching Evaluation
Students appreciate the revised marking guides, noting that it improves their understanding of the assessment expectations.
Continue to implement marking guides in future offerings.
Feedback from Student Unit and Teaching Evaluation, and UC personal reflection
Assessment weighting structure and delayed feedback caused in part by two heavily weight assessments due at the end of term causes anxiety and uncertainty around progress and ability to self-assess grade position.
Revise assessments for 2025, including assessment design, weighting, and due dates.
Feedback from Verbal student feedback and UC personal reflection.
Regular weekly tutorials and attendance by students offers opportunities for real-time feedback, strong peer-to-peer and student-to-teacher engagement, and overall higher student performance.
Continue running weekly online tutorials.
- Effectively apply elements of literary experimentation in the drafting, redrafting and final presentation of a sustained piece of creative writing to a professional standard.
Alignment of Assessment Tasks to Learning Outcomes
| Assessment Tasks | Learning Outcomes |
|---|---|
| 1 | |
| 1 - Written Assessment - 20% | |
| 2 - Written Assessment - 35% | |
| 3 - Written Assessment - 45% |
Alignment of Graduate Attributes to Learning Outcomes
| Graduate Attributes | Learning Outcomes |
|---|---|
| 1 | |
| 1 - Communication | |
| 2 - Problem Solving | |
| 3 - Critical Thinking | |
| 4 - Information Literacy | |
| 5 - Team Work | |
| 6 - Information Technology Competence | |
| 7 - Cross Cultural Competence | |
| 8 - Ethical practice | |
| 9 - Social Innovation | |
| 10 - Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Cultures |