Four-Year Curriculum Framework

Please refer to the "Programme Resources" Section to access the CPW Student Survival Guide, Study Sequences and WRIT4006 Writing Internship Guidelines. For more information about minor in Creative Writing, please refer to the AR webpage here

Programme Structure

Note: The Creative and Professional Writing Programme also offers an English-only pathway for students in the major; students are encouraged to contact the Programme directly for the latest information on the English-only pathway requirements.

The 60 major units of the Programme consist of 42 units of Required Courses and 18 units of courses from the two Major Electives of English and Chinese writing. The Required Courses provide fundamental learning in writing and concepts in aesthetics, theories and ideas in creativity, and cultural differences, in order to enhance students’ intellectual cognition and skills.  Students are required to select at least two courses from each of the two Modules, so that they will be trained both in Chinese writing and English writing.

Required Courses (42 units)

Major Electives (18 units)

Students have to select at least TWO courses from each of the following two Modules:

1. English Elective

2. Chinese Elective

Internship Opportunities

The Creative and Professional Writing Programme has designed a required course “Writing Internship” to create opportunities for students to learn by participating in real-life experiences and working for different institutes. The potential internship opportunities include literary agencies, magazine or book publishers, theatre or film groups, non-profit arts organizations, book reviewers, advertising agencies, websites, etc. This is a mandatory course for final year CPW students.