Undergraduate Study
“Easy reading is damn hard writing.” ~ Nathaniel Hawthorne
 Qualifications Available
Bachelor of Arts (BA) | Degree Planner (pdf)
Certificate (Cert(Arts))
Diploma (Dip(Arts))
Writing Studies can be taken as a first major, second major or supporting subject for the BA degree, a second major or supporting subject for the BSocSc degree, or as elective papers toward any qualification at the University of Waikato (assuming any required pre-requisites have been met).
Subject Regulations
To complete a major in Writing Studies, students must gain at least 120 points above 100 level in the Writing Studies subject, including at least 60 points above 200 level.
Compulsory Core Papers:
ENGL217 Writing and Audience
WRIT391 Writing Project
A further 20 points at 300 level drawn from English papers
listed for the major
Recommended 100 Level Papers:
ALED 100 Writing for University Purposes
ENGL112 From Page to Screen
ENGL113 English.confidence
ENGL104 Telling the Story
LING132 Introduction to Linguistic Communication
ESLA101 Academic Writing and Research
[For students whose first language is not English]
MCOM103 Journalism and Professional Practices
MCOM104 Business Writing
MCOM122 Diversity Management and Communication
PHIL103 Critical Reasoning
Additional Pathways
You may want to devise a personal programme of study with strength in one of the following areas:
Creative Writing
ENGL217 Writing and Audience
ENGL211 Food Writing
ENGL212 The Poetry Code
ENGL213 Creative Writing
HIST260 Special Topic: Writing Historical Fiction
WRIT391 Writing Project
ENGL309 Going Places: Life, Literature and Travel
 ENGL316 Literary Theory
ENGL310 Cyber Reading/Cyber Writing
ENGL318 Creative Writing
SMST307 Writing for Screen Media
THIST390 Directed Study
WRIT396 Work Placement
Writing for Media and the Professions
ENGL217 Writing and Audience
ENGL211 Food Writing
LING203 Language, Society and Culture
MCOM292 Business Communication
SMST216 Television, Medium, Narrative and Audience
WRIT391 Writing Project
ENGL316 Literary Theory
ENGL310 Cyber Reading/Cyber Writing
HIST319 Digital Histories
LING304 Sociolinguistics
MCOM330 Professional Speaking and Speechwriting
MCOM332 Professional and Public Relations Writing
SMST307 Writing for Screen Media
SMST350 Special Topic: Propaganda, Advertising and Public Information
WRIT396 Work Placement
Academic skills-based writing
ENGL217 Writing and Audience
PHIL204 Language and Communication
ELSA200 Academic Written Discourse
[For students whose first language is not English]
WRIT391 Writing Project
ENGL316 Literary Theory
ENGL310 Cyber Reading/Cyber Writing
ESLA300 Academic Research Writing: An Introduction
Academic written English for non-native speakers
ENGL217 Writing and Audience
ESLA200 Academic Written Discourse
[For students whose first language is not English]
And 20 points above 100 level from a paper listed for Writing Studies
WRIT391 Writing Project
ESLA300 Academic Research Writing: An Introduction
[For students whose first language is not English]
And 20 points above 200 level from a paper listed for Writing Studies
To complete a supporting subject in Writing Studies, students must gain at least 70 points in the Writing Studies subject, including ENGL217 and at least a further 20 points above 100 level.
Papers
Writing Studies Undergraduate Paper Offerings
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