Program Overview

In this double degree major you will develop your skills and knowledge in many genres and styles of writing, while you explore your own creativity.

You’ll learn to produce and edit feature articles, speeches, reports, discussion papers, website content, creative nonfiction, media releases and other forms of content. You’ll learn about copyright, censorship, plagiarism and the ethics of writing in the public domain.

What you'll learn

• Identify, explain and apply the key disciplinary concepts and principles in professional writing and publishing
• Integrate theory and creative practice in the production and analysis of professional writing texts; conceive, develop and evaluate innovative modes of professional communication
• Access and evaluate the sources, authority and relevance of information, and synthesise key facts, themes and ideas in professional writing and publishing
• Effectively communicate ideas to a range of audiences, across a variety of media, genres, and purposes
• Use and evaluate a range of appropriate technologies to access resources, communicate effectively, and develop writing and research skills
• Use and reflect on disciplinary skills and knowledge to develop autonomous learning, and apply these insights to writing in a range of different professional contexts
• Acknowledge the interrelationship between local, national and global perspectives and the impact of this on professional writing and publishing
• Recognise and value the diversity of cultural knowledge and practices, taking care to represent these, where appropriate, in an ethical and professional manner
• Work independently and/or collaboratively to produce innovative, creative and ethical professional writing that is appropriate to a variety of professional and cultural contexts