Immerse yourself in the world of words and become a confident and skilled creative writer. The Associate Degree of Creative Writing provides students with a broad range of skills spanning several writing genres. It enables students to focus on the practice and theory of writing, along with developing the attributes and skills needed for a professional career in writing. The course offers a rich mix of creative writing and literary studies across a range of writing modes in fiction and non-fiction, including writing genre, life writing, writing for stage and screen, experimental writing, poetry and journalism. After completion of the Associate Degree, students may choose to apply to study a further eight units to gain a Bachelor of Arts degree.

Typical career paths include as a writer of novels and scripts; a food, nature, art and travel writer; a feature journalist; a critic and reviewer; an essayist or poet; an editor and publisher; a writer for marketing and public relations, the public service and arts-related industries.