Bachelor of Creative Industries (Writing and Publishing) (City)

Develop the creativity, strategic thinking, business capability and practical skills you'll need for success in theatre and performance. Taught by leading experts, this degree offers regular access to industry experts and practising artists, and the opportunity to connect with industry from day one. You'll develop the skills to take your ideas all the way to completion, from initial creation to producing, marketing and understanding where they fit in the cultural landscape. You'll also graduate with a portfolio of real-world experience that will help you gain employment in the theatre and performance industries.

Flinders' city campus at Festival Plaza is a place where potential meets possibility. Offering a broad range of study areas, this unique, modern space in the heart of Adelaide is designed for collaborative learning, interactive teaching and industry engagement. Positioned adjacent to the Adelaide Railway Station on North Terrace and central to trams and buses, Festival Plaza provides students with greater connection, convenience and accessibility when selecting their preferred study location.

Please note only Year 1 topics of this course will be available in 2024. If you have been granted credit transfer or wish to apply for credit transfer for this course on the basis of previous study and you are granted credit, this may mean you will not be able to enrol in Year 2 or higher year topics, nor able to enrol on a full-time basis until 2025.

The Bachelor of Creative Industries (Writing and Publishing) aims to develop the creativity, strategic thinking, business capability and practical skills required for success in the creative and cultural industries sector and specifically in the design and development of texts for a variety of media. This degree promotes the ability to work adaptively with new media and disruptive technologies in a fast-changing technologically driven industry environment and provides experience in working collaboratively, as part of an interdisciplinary creative team.

On completion of this degree students will be able to apply theories of creative production and cultural value to analyse texts across a variety of media and critically evaluate writing and publishing projects in terms of their feasibility, sustainability and cultural and societal outcomes. Student will develop and deliver creative industries projects and events while working independently and collaboratively with a range of partnership opportunities and funding sources for creative industries projects and events. Students will be able to interpret and critically evaluate contemporary policy for the creative arts and industries and combine skills in creative development, project management and marketing and apply them to deliver writing and publishing projects.

This degree prepares graduates for careers in media and other creative industries. Potential occupations may include writer, editor and consultant; potential employers may include publishers, media corporations and theatre production companies.