Unit Synopsis
In this unit, you build on and extend the skills in writing creatively and reflecting on practice commenced in HUMT20012: Elements of Writing I. You will engage in weekly discussions of contemporary theory and complete practical exercises in the techniques explored via the unit Moodle website. At the end of the unit, you will have acquired knowledge of the following creative writing techniques – Second and Third Person Point of View, imagery, symbolism and rhythm – and will be able to plan and undertake a writing project successfully demonstrating the capacity to incorporate these techniques into the production of a 'creative artefact' (3500–4000 words in total) consisting of creative writing work and a critical reflection (exegesis).
Details
| Level | Postgraduate |
|---|---|
| Unit Level | 9 |
| Credit Points | 6 |
| Student Contribution Band | SCA Band 4 |
| Fraction of Full-Time Student Load | 0.125 |
| Pre-requisites or Co-requisites |
Prerequisite: HUMT20012 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). |
| Class Timetable | View Unit Timetable |
| Residential School | No Residential School |
Unit Availabilities from Term 1 - 2026
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 Postgraduate 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.
Assessment Tasks
| Assessment Task | Weighting |
|---|---|
| 1. Research Proposal | 20% |
| 2. Creative work | 40% |
| 3. Reflective Practice Assignment | 40% |
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%).
Past Exams
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Term 2 - 2021 : The overall satisfaction for students in the last offering of this course was 66.67% (`Agree` and `Strongly Agree` responses), based on a 33.33% response rate.
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.
Source: Personal emails from students
Students commented favourably on the Unit Coordinator's support and guidance throughout the term.
The unit coordinator will continue to provide attentive guidance and support to all students.
The unit coordinator maintained an active role in the unit forums and supported students via email, directing them to additional support as required.
Source: Personal emails from students
Students commented favourably on the Unit Coordinator's ability to encourage student confidence and fulfilment.
The unit coordinator will continue to support and encourage all students, and facilitate effective learning experiences.
unit coordinator encouraged peer networks to enhance engagement and support and encourage students towards increasing confidence around creative writing outputs.
Source: Forum comments
Students were unaware of how to access in-text comments made through online marking.
Provide students with information at the start of term on how to access feedback.
In Progress
Source: Forum comments
Students expressed dissatisfaction with timing of Zoom sessions
Offer Zoom sessions outside traditional working hours to enable full-time workers to attend.
In Progress
On successful completion of this unit, you will be able to:
- Research and plan a structured creative writing project in the articulated style and genre
- Synthesise learned techniques in the planned creative writing project and address any complications in its execution and realisation
- Plan, create and submit for assessment a critical reflection based on the weekly progress and execution of the planned creative writing project
| Assessment Tasks | Learning Outcomes | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | |
| 1 - Research Proposal | • | ||
| 2 - Creative work | • | ||
| 3 - Reflective Practice Assignment | • | ||
| Graduate Attributes | Learning Outcomes | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | |
| 1 - Knowledge | • | ||
| 2 - Communication | • | • | |
| 4 - Research | • | ||
| 5 - Self-management | • | • | |
| 6 - Ethical and Professional Responsibility | • | ||
| 7 - Leadership | • | ||
| Assessment Tasks | Graduate Attributes | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 8 | |
| 1 - Research Proposal | • | • | • | ||||||
| 2 - Creative work | • | • | |||||||
| 3 - Reflective Practice Assignment | • | • | • | ||||||