Bachelor of Arts (Writing Studies)
36 monthsProgramme duration
28,025 NZDTuition Fee/year
Mar, JulStarting Month
Programme overview
Main Subject
English Language and Literature
Degree
BA
Study Level
Undergraduate
Study Mode
On Campus
Writing Studies at Waikato offers a writing-intensive learning experience that will enable you to grow as a writer no matter where your interest lies. It will give you the research skills needed to write convincingly about the past, or create a vivid sense of the contemporary world. It will develop the reading and analytical skills essential for effective writing.
You can structure your Writing Studies programme to suit your interests and needs. There are papers offered in:
- Creative writing
- Literary non-fiction, including food writing
- Business communication
- Professional speaking and speech writing
- Public relations writing
- The philosophy of language and communication
- Understanding the requirements of specific audiences and readers
- Science communication
- Writing for screen media
- Theories of reading
- Academic writing and research.
Writing Studies graduates seek employment opportunities working for newspapers and magazines, central and local government, schools, the media, theatres and publishing houses. Writing Studies also lends itself to a freelance career.
Programme overview
Main Subject
English Language and Literature
Degree
BA
Study Level
Undergraduate
Study Mode
On Campus
Writing Studies at Waikato offers a writing-intensive learning experience that will enable you to grow as a writer no matter where your interest lies. It will give you the research skills needed to write convincingly about the past, or create a vivid sense of the contemporary world. It will develop the reading and analytical skills essential for effective writing.
You can structure your Writing Studies programme to suit your interests and needs. There are papers offered in:
- Creative writing
- Literary non-fiction, including food writing
- Business communication
- Professional speaking and speech writing
- Public relations writing
- The philosophy of language and communication
- Understanding the requirements of specific audiences and readers
- Science communication
- Writing for screen media
- Theories of reading
- Academic writing and research.
Writing Studies graduates seek employment opportunities working for newspapers and magazines, central and local government, schools, the media, theatres and publishing houses. Writing Studies also lends itself to a freelance career.
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