Unlock your imagination Unlock your imagination, expand your thinking and polish your writing with Massey’s BA (Creative Writing). What is it Like? Inspiration, communication and vocation are at the heart of Massey’s exciting BA (Creative Writing). It offers you the chance to develop your writing so that it’s pitch-perfect for a variety of audiences. You’ll enhance your critical thinking and master a wide range of transferrable communication skills while pursuing your own creative vision. Choose your canvas Creative writing offers you flexibility in writing original work in a variety of genres: learn to write fiction, scripts for the stage and screen, poetry, creative non-fiction, life writing and travel writing. Learn from published authors Our award-winning teachers are also internationally acclaimed writers who teach from their own first-hand experience in moving from idea to page, polishing their work and sending it off to be published or performed. Get real Your third year has a vocational focus: you’ll produce a working manuscript of your own writing. You also have the opportunity to gain hands-on editing and publishing experience or facilitate a creative writing arts project in your local community. Get published Students who have taken our creative writing courses have gone on to publish poems, stories, essays and books as well as winning some of New Zealand’s top writing prizes. Careers A Bachelor of Arts (Creative Writing) is one of the most creative and enriching degrees you can do. Employers seek out BA students for their lateral and analytical thinking, communication skills and creative ability. There are various possibilities for creative writing graduates, including: Writing for television, magazines, blogs or the book-publishing industry Corporate or non-profit freelance writing Creative arts project coordination Inter-arts collaboration for arts festivals Writing for public relations Creative writing in advertising Teaching Performance-related writing and production Writing and advising on Government policy Writing for social media Majoring Requirements A major consists of 135 credits in Creative Writing, including 139.123, 139.280, and 139.380; 15 credits at 200-level; 45 credits at 300-level, and 30 credits at any level from the Creative Writing schedule.