UTS course code: C03019
Testamur title: Master of Arts in Writing
Abbreviation: MA
Course fee: see note (local); $7,450 per semester (international)

Note: Research degrees are offered on a sponsored, scholarship, faculty part-sponsored, or full-fee-paying basis. Students should contact the Faculty or the University Graduate School for further details. There are, however, student service fees to be paid (see Fees and costs).

Overview

The Master of Arts in Writing is for students who already have significant experience in writing and who wish to develop their theoretical knowledge of, and practical skills in, creative writing.

Admission requirements

The entry requirement for the Master of Arts in Writing is an Honours degree or equivalent. Selection criteria for admission include the quality of the applicant's portfolio of written work, the quality of the research proposal, the Faculty's ability to offer appropriate supervision in the applicant's chosen field of writing, proficiency in English comprehension and expression, and, where necessary, demonstration of generic technical skills.

The expertise of the Faculty's permanent writing staff includes fiction, non-fiction, poetry, writing for performance and writing for screen.

Degree structure

The course involves two thesis seminars and the completion of a thesis in the form of a book-length piece of creative writing in any literary genre and an accompanying essay of at least 3,000 words.

Subject numbers for enrolment are:

57106 Research Seminar in Writing 1 16cp
57107 Research Seminar in Writing 2 16cp
50428 MA Writing Project