Graduate Diploma in Creative Writing (WELTEC & Whitireia)
Programme Overview
Complete a fiction, poetry, script or non-fiction manuscript to a standard appropriate for submission to a publisher or equivalent. Receive excellent mentoring and assessment from experienced writers and valuable feedback from work-shopping with other students.
You can enrol on the Graduate Diploma in Creative Writing as a a stand alone one year, full-time Diploma, or as year three of the Bachelor of Applied Arts (Creative Writing).
Programme Outline
Work with your core tutor on:
- craft and technique within your chosen genre
- strengthening the idea
- taking imaginative risk
- understanding the writing process
- planning and research
- reading and critique within your selected genre
- rewriting and editing
- knowledge and appreciation of the publishing/production process
Each genre is delivered in a slightly different way; however all involve structured classes, tutor support and a large amount of self-directed time for writing.
ENGLISH LANGUAGE REQUIREMENTS
IELTS Academic score of 6.0 (with no band less than 5.5).
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