WRIT12010 - Creative Writing: Adventures in Craft

General Information

Unit Synopsis

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.

Details

Level Undergraduate
Unit Level 2
Credit Points 6
Student Contribution Band SCA Band 4
Fraction of Full-Time Student Load 0.125
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).

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Unit Availabilities from Term 3 - 2024

Term 1 - 2025 Profile
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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).

Assessment Overview

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 45%
3. Written Assessment 55%

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

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Previous Feedback

Term 1 - 2024 : The overall satisfaction for students in the last offering of this course was 80.00% (`Agree` and `Strongly Agree` responses), based on a 38.46% 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/staff feedback
Feedback
Numerous broken links embedded in study guides
Recommendation
Rewrite of the study guides with use of CQULibrary online resources to fix the broken links and replace links that include advertisements.
Action Taken
Many links were correct or removed throughout the term, however as many 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. Some of these were re-written in the early part of term but all need revising or rewriting for 2025.
Source: self-reflection
Feedback
Students appreciate the space and time to analyse and then apply the complex concepts covered in the weekly lectures to their own writing practice in an environment of creative leadership
Recommendation
Continue weekly creative writing workshops.
Action Taken
Have continued to provide weekly writing activities both in class and within Moodle.
Source: student feedback
Feedback
A concerning drop in student evaluation of the provision of useful resource material
Recommendation
Redesign unit to reflect new and emerging trends and developments in experimental writing, including a focus on groundbreaking contemporary Australian writing (an examination of its avant-garde techniques)
Action Taken
Some "surface" redesign began during term, but this recommendation remains and will be re-added.
Source: Student/staff feedback
Feedback
Numerous broken links embedded in study guides
Recommendation
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.
Action Taken
In Progress
Source: Student/staff feedback
Feedback
Content out-of-date
Recommendation
Redesign unit to reflect new and emerging trends and developments in experimental writing, including a focus on groundbreaking contemporary Australian writing.
Action Taken
In Progress
Source: Student Unit and Teaching Evaluation
Feedback
Students appreciate the revised marking guides, noting that it improves their understanding of the assessment expectations.
Recommendation
Continue to implement marking guides in future offerings.
Action Taken
In Progress
Source: Student Unit and Teaching Evaluation, and UC personal reflection
Feedback
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.
Recommendation
Revise assessments for 2025, including assessment design, weighting, and due dates.
Action Taken
In Progress
Source: Verbal student feedback and UC personal reflection.
Feedback
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.
Recommendation
Continue running weekly online tutorials.
Action Taken
In Progress
Unit learning Outcomes

On successful completion of this unit, you will be able to:

  1. 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 •
2 - Written Assessment •
3 - Written Assessment •
Alignment of Graduate Attributes to Learning Outcomes
• Introductory Level
• Intermediate Level
• Graduate Level
Graduate Attributes Learning Outcomes
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1 - Communication •
2 - Problem Solving •
3 - Critical Thinking •
4 - Information Literacy •
6 - Information Technology Competence •
7 - Cross Cultural Competence •
8 - Ethical practice •
Alignment of Assessment Tasks to Graduate Attributes
• Introductory Level
• Intermediate Level
• Graduate Level
Assessment Tasks Graduate Attributes
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
1 - Written Assessment • • • • • • •
2 - Written Assessment • • • • • • •
3 - Written Assessment • • • • • • •