* to give emerging writers the opportunity to extend their technical range as writers, to develop as critical readers in ways that assist writing practices, and to enable emerging writers to experiment with form, style and voice, as well as developing self-editing skills;
* to provide an adequate basis for further (i.e. postgraduate) study, most particularly in creative writing;
* and by requiring the writing of a 12,000 word creative work (the creative writing can be in the form of a novella, a collection of short stories, or equivalent as approved by the supervisor) and a 3,000 word exegesis, the Creative Writing Honours Year aims to introduce students to the discipline, methods, theories and practices of creative writing at a professional level. The thesis is regarded as the outcome of the kinds of research that form the basis of creative writing. The research outcome is equivalent to but in a different literary form from a traditional English thesis.
