This major equips you with both theoretical and practice-based skills. Learn about the production and publishing contexts in which writing occurs, as well as the cultural and social issues that surround and shape writing both here in Australia and internationally. Areas of study include genres of fiction, poetry, non-fiction, scriptwriting and writing for the digital environment. Applied writing units all contain a workshop component wherein you develop your own creative concepts and put them into practice through writing, revising and responding to feedback.

For students from overseas, Macquarie uses an international selection rank to determine the minimum eligibility requirement for each undergraduate course. This rank has been converted into equivalent scores for various recognised international high school qualifications and university entrance examinations, including global qualifications like the International Baccalaureate (IB) and GCE A-Levels. All applicants for undergraduate coursework studies at Macquarie University are required to provide evidence of proficiency in English.