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

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. Each of the two Major Electives consists of two Modules—one in creative writing and one in professional writing. There are four Modules altogether. Students are required to select at least one course from each of the four Modules, so that they will be trained both in Chinese writing and English writing, and be skilled both in creative and professional writing.

Required Courses (42 units)

Major Electives (18 units)

Students have to select at least ONE course from each of the following four Modules:

1. English Elective

A. Creative Module:

B. Professional Module:

2. Chinese Elective

A. Creative Module:

B. Professional Module:

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.