Why study a Master of Writing at UC?

Entry requirements

You should have achieved at least a B Grade Point Average in 300-level courses in your undergraduate degree, which should have also had a strong written component.

If English is your additional language, you will also need to provide evidence of your English language ability as IELTS (Academic) 6.5, with no individual score below 6.5. Preference will be given to those with a score of 7 or over.

For the full entry requirements, see the Regulations for the Master of Writing or use the admission requirements checker.

You can enrol online at myUC.

See Admission and enrolment for all information on enrolling at UC.

Subjects and courses

MWRIT requires 180 points of coursework, with two compulsory courses:

• WRIT401 Advanced Reading and Writing
• WRIT680 Extended Writing Project

And a choice of:

• WRIT402 Writing for Community Change and/or WRIT403 Creative Writing, and
• 30 points (or 60 if only doing one of WRIT402 or WRIT403) from 400 or 600-level English courses, or another subject approved by the Head of Department

Further study

You can choose to go on to a Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) in English.

Career opportunities

Graduates of this applied Master’s degree will be able to:

• apply advanced skills in writing to a range of professional, technical, organisational, community, and creative contexts;
• write effectively within a range of registers and genres, and for a range of purposes;
• respond to the requirements of different audiences and media;
• engage the creative dimensions of professional writing and the professional dimensions of creative writing;
• undertake research relevant to their writing tasks;
• analyse critically the writing of others and apply what they discover to their own writing;
• provide editorial advice for other writers;
• understand and articulate the implications of being a writer in Aotearoa New Zealand/Niu Sila, especially in regard to te ao me te reo Māori, and the Pasifika philosophy of teu le va.