| Semester 2, 2022 Online | |
| Units : | 1 |
| Faculty or Section : | Faculty of Business, Education, Law and Arts |
| School or Department : | School of Humanities & Communication |
| Grading basis : | Graded |
| Course fee schedule : | /current-students/administration/fees/fee-schedules |
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Requisites
Pre-requisite: CWR1001
Overview
This course introduces students to a range of ways of writing about places, familiar and unfamiliar, real and imagined the natural world. Students will be supported in developing writing that reflects an awareness of current debates and practices within the field of nature writing. As well as an awareness of a range of ideas about the relationships between place, space, culture and identity.
The course will equip students with a range of skills required in the workforce, and in professional writing practice, including interpreting and responding to editorial guidelines, meeting deadlines, writing to purpose, and working with an editor to develop an essay from pitch to publication. In addition, this course provides students with opportunities to develop their editorial skills, through working as copy editor and proof-reader on a course-based magazine.
Effective and engaging narrative writing depends (among other things) on a clear and effective expression of place. In this course, students will explore a range of approaches to writing about place, focusing on the field of nature writing, including a range of sub-genres, such as environmental writing, and science writing. During the course, students will also learn about the form of the non-fiction essay, also known as the lyric or personal essay. Students will learn the skills required to write a personal essay for publication, including how to engage productively and professionally with the editorial process.
Course learning outcomes
On completion of this course, students will be able to:
- write engaging works that include a developing an awareness of the ways writers use language to write about nature
- use writing skills across a range of genres and forms;
- analyse and respond to editorial guidelines;
- produce writing that reflects a developing awareness of audience and market;
- identify, reflect on and adapt writing strategies and techniques used by professional writers;
- apply developing skills in rewriting, proofreading and editing;
- describe and reflection your writing practice.
Topics
| Description | Weighting(%) | |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | Observational writing (field notes) | 15.00 |
| 2. | Deep reading skills (reading about nature) | 15.00 |
| 3. | Analysing and responding to editorial guidelines | 10.00 |
| 4. | The personal or lyric essay | 15.00 |
| 5. | Nature writing: genres and sub-genres | 15.00 |
| 6. | Structural editing, copy-editing and proofreading | 15.00 |
| 7. | Responding to editorial feedback | 15.00 |
Text and materials required to be purchased or accessed
Student workload expectations
To do well in this subject, students are expected to commit approximately 10 hours per week including class contact hours, independent study, and all assessment tasks. If you are undertaking additional activities, which may include placements and residential schools, the weekly workload hours may vary.
Assessment details
| Description | Group Assessment |
Weighting (%) | Course learning outcomes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Portfolio | No | 30 | 1,2,3,4 |
| Report A1 of 3 | No | 20 | |
| Report A2 of 3 | No | 12 | |
| Report A3 of 3 | No | 8 | |
| Creative work | No | 30 | 1,2,3,4,5,6,7 |