Creative Writing Subject 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
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ARTSC105
Language 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) |
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ENGLI100
Telling 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) |
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ENGLI101
Adapting 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) |
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WRITE201
Food 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) |
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WRITE202
Creative 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) |
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WRITE203
Creative 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) |
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ENGLI301
Genre 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) |
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MAORI316
Te 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) |
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WRITE300
Creative 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) |
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ARTSC105 Language 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...
Points 15This paper examines the deep stories which are at the core of the English literary tradition and the wider Western canon, using picturebooks...
Points 15This paper explores the art of adaptation, examining the process of transformation that occurs when creative artists reimagine and retell stories in...
Points 15 -
WRITE201 Food Writing
This paper uses writing about food, including recipes, memoirs, restaurant reviews and researched food writing, as the primary materials in a...
Points 15This course explores the basic elements of imaginative writing - image and voice - concentrating the student’s attention on the central writing...
Points 15This intensive, workshop-based paper, taught by award-winning novelist Catherine Chidgey, examines the concept of inspiration as it applies to...
Points 15 -
ENGLI301 Genre 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...
Points 15This paper is intended for students who have completed Māori language proficiency to intermediate level or higher. The emphasis will be on developing...
Points 15This course explores the key elements of creative non-fiction writing, engaging with a variety of non-fiction texts including memoir, biography, the...
Points 15
2025 Catalogue of Papers information current as of 26 Apr 2025 01:00am