English and Creative Writing 

Overview

Learn from scholars and established writers, ranging from short story writers and novelists who have published major works, to drama practitioners and performance theorists, and experts in English and Comparative Literature.

Develop your skills in becoming an insightful thinker, an observant reader and an imaginative writer. Explore a wide range of literary, theoretical, dramatic, and other texts, from the Renaissance to the present day, and develop your capacity for reflection and analysis.

As a student in the English and Creative Writing program at Murdoch University , you’ll learn to write in a range of literary and related genres and learn to think critically and creatively, apply knowledge and information, and communicate effectively.

Your future career

When you graduate you could become an author or editor and will be well prepared for employment in advertising, design, teaching, public administration, journalism, publishing, computer arts, and many fields of business.

Careers could include:

• Copywriter

• Editor

• Journalist

• Arts Administrator

• Professional Writer

The industries you could work in include the arts, publishing, communications, government or even working for yourself as a free-lancer.