Unit Synopsis
The writing project is the final unit in the writing plan. The focus of the project will be in providing practical experience in the invention, composition and revision of a writing project designated as either professional or creative writing. You will be expected to produce work of a publishable standard, and will be encouraged to find a print or online publication outlet - journal, magazine, newspaper - and submit your project for consideration. You will be expected to reflect on your project and to demonstrate, through a weblog, knowledge of how professional and creative writing works. You will demonstrate advanced writing skills, as well as the ability to collect, analyse, organize and present ideas and information in creative and/ or professional ways.
Details
| Level | Undergraduate |
|---|---|
| Unit Level | 3 |
| Credit Points | 6 |
| Student Contribution Band | SCA Band 4 |
| Fraction of Full-Time Student Load | 0.125 |
| Pre-requisites or Co-requisites |
Pre-requisite: (WRIT11023 and WRIT12010) or (COMM11007 and JOUR12010) 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
Term 2 - 2026 Profile
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.
Assessment Tasks
| Assessment Task | Weighting |
|---|---|
| 1. Written Assessment | 0% |
| 2. Written Assessment | 35% |
| 3. Written Assessment | 65% |
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
All University policies are available on the Policy web site, however you may wish to directly view the following policies below.
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Term 2 - 2024 : The overall satisfaction for students in the last offering of this course was 100.00% (`Agree` and `Strongly Agree` responses), based on a 16.67% 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: Student feedback: unit evaluation responses
Provide video lectures
Produce video content for students who cannot make live zoom sessions. A recorded lecture on research and writing and another on writing about writing may be a good place to start.
The unit coordinator created video content and made this content available to all students on unit topic sections.
Source: Student feedback: in class
Assessment Item 2: Reflection Journal and Blog detracts from the creative process because reflection becomes the weekly focus rather than the writing of the project itself.
Change due dates so critical reflection follows submission of the final artefact and redesign the blog as an informal playful experimental space.
The unit coordinator did review and reverse the due dates for Assessment Item 2 and 3 so that critical reflection (Assessment Item 3) followed the submission of the final creative writing artefact (Assessment Item 2). The unit coordinator also redesigned the blog as an informal playful experimental space - yet this space was not well utilised by students.
Source: Staff reflection
Students require guidance on research and its vital importance to writing projects
Provide a recorded lecture on research and writing
The unit coordinator provided a recorded lecture on research and writing which students could view and download at their convenience.
Source: Staff reflection
Provide additional podcasts on topical creative writing techniques.
The unit coordinator will create additional podcasts on topical creative writing techniques and research skill-building and upload to the weekly topic sections.
In Progress
Source: Staff reflection
Provide additional readings on topical creative writing techniques.
The unit coordinator will source and upload to the unit's reading list additional readings on creative writing skill-building and techniques.
In Progress
On successful completion of this unit, you will be able to:
- Complete at publishable standard a writing project designated as either professional or creative writing
- Complete a critical reflection on their project
- Demonstrate knowledge of how professional and/or creative writing works
- Demonstrate the ability to collect, analyse, organise and present ideas and information in creative and/ or professional ways; and,
- Demonstrate advanced writing skills.
| Assessment Tasks | Learning Outcomes | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | |
| 1 - Written Assessment | • | • | • | • | • |
| 2 - Written Assessment | • | • | • | • | |
| 3 - Written Assessment | • | ||||
| Graduate Attributes | Learning Outcomes | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | |
| 1 - Communication | • | • | • | • | • |
| 2 - Problem Solving | • | • | • | • | • |
| 3 - Critical Thinking | • | • | • | • | • |
| 4 - Information Literacy | • | • | • | • | • |
| 6 - Information Technology Competence | • | • | • | • | • |
| 7 - Cross Cultural Competence | • | • | • | • | • |
| 8 - Ethical practice | • | • | • | • | • |
| Assessment Tasks | Graduate Attributes | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 10 | |