Creative WritingSubject regulations

Creative Writing will help you develop strength in imaginative writing and creative non-fiction. You will work in a range of genres and acquire the habits of all good creative writers: careful reading, active research and constant revision. You will learn to structure your writing effectively, and to present your own ideas in their strongest light. Our creative writing classrooms are a blend of lectures, small groups and workshops where you share work in progress, and benefit from peer and teacher feedback.

Creative Writing is available as a minor.

To complete a minor in Creative Writing students must complete at least 60 points in papers listed for the minor, including WRITE203 and WRITE300.

Creative Writing papers

Code and paper title	Points	Occurrence/Location The study locations.
ARTSC105Language in Context Language in Context is an essential paper for students of a broad range of disciplines where language and communication are a focus. Students are...	15	25B (Online)
ENGLI100Telling the Story This paper examines the deep stories which are at the core of the English literary tradition and the wider Western canon, using picturebooks...	15	25A (Hamilton)
ENGLI101Adapting Stories This paper explores the art of adaptation, examining the process of transformation that occurs when creative artists reimagine and retell stories in...	15	25B (Hamilton)

Code and paper title	Points	Occurrence/Location The study locations.
WRITE201Food Writing This paper uses writing about food, including recipes, memoirs, restaurant reviews and researched food writing, as the primary materials in a...	15	25A (Hamilton)
WRITE202Creative Writing: Voice and Image This course explores the basic elements of imaginative writing - image and voice - concentrating the student’s attention on the central writing...	15	25B (Hamilton)
WRITE203Creative Writing: Inspiring Work This intensive, workshop-based paper, taught by award-winning novelist Catherine Chidgey, examines the concept of inspiration as it applies to...	15	25G (Hamilton)

Code and paper title	Points	Occurrence/Location The study locations.
ENGLI301Genre Studies: Challenging Forms This paper is an intensive study of specific literary forms such as tragedy, poetry, travel writing, autobiography, and crime writing. The focus will...	15	25B (Hamilton)
MAORI316Te Reo Ahurei This paper is intended for students who have completed Māori language proficiency to intermediate level or higher. The emphasis will be on developing...	15	25B (Hamilton)
WRITE300Creative Writing: Creative Non-fiction This course explores the key elements of creative non-fiction writing, engaging with a variety of non-fiction texts including memoir, biography, the...	15	25A (Hamilton)

2025 Catalogue of Papers information current as of 4 Apr 2025 01:00am