UndergraduateCommunications & Media
Bachelor of Creative Writing
RMIT University, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
About this program
The RMIT Bachelor of Creative Writing is designed to make students confident, skilled and adaptable in contemporary creative industries, where writing and editing sit alongside creativity, communication and critical thinking. Students work across genres including fiction, screen and digital writing, spend deep time with their creative work, run experiments and build industry connections with passionate writers. Graduates work as writers, editors, content creators, and in publishing and communications.
Cost & duration
English test scores
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Course structure
1 term of coursework
- Year 1 Year 2 Year 3 Work integrated learning (WIL) Learning outcomes Year 1 Year 1 In your first year of the Bachelor of Creative Writing, you focus on building strong foundations and getting to know yourself as a writer. You'll start by learning the basics of good writing: how to tell a compelling story, how to shape an essay, how to generate ideas, and how to experiment with form and style. You'll also explore what it really means to live and work as a writer – developing discipline, regular writing habits and a sense of belonging in a community of other writers. Alongside this, you'll explore the major forms that underpin creative writing today: fiction, nonfiction, poetry and scriptwriting. Specialists in each area will guide you through the key skills and techniques that make these forms work on the page. You'll get to try different approaches, explore a range of voices, and begin to understand which forms you're most drawn to. By the end of first year, you'll have a solid toolkit of writing skills, a clearer sense of your creative direction, and the confidence to keep developing your practice through your chosen minor and later-year electives. Year 2 Year 2 In your second year, you sharpen your focus and test yourself in more professional, real-world contexts. You'll study deeper into the forms of writing that most interest you, such as fiction, nonfiction, poetry or screenwriting. You'll look closely at their histories, contexts and key ideas, and explore how far you can stretch or subvert them. There's a strong emphasis on experimentation and on stepping outside your comfort zone, so you can discover the full range of what your writing can do. You'll also work on collaborative projects that mirror how the creative industries operate. This might mean joining a t
Admissions
Prerequisites: Victorian Certificate of Education (VCE) units 3 and 4: a study score of at least 25 in English other than EAL; or a study score of at least 27 in English as an Additional Language (EAL) or equivalent studies . Rankings and adjustment factors Entry to this course is competitive. Applicants are ranked and selected in order of merit based on the assessment of their selection task. Selection task Expand all sections Collapse all sections Semester 1, 2027 Semester 2, 2027 Semester 1, 2027 Semester 1, 2027 VTAC and Direct applicants You must complete and submit the Creative Writing selection task. Applications are assessed in the order that they are received until the selection task dates below, if places are still available. For your best chance at admission into this degree, you are encouraged to apply as early as possible. Pathway applicants Applicants who are applying via o
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