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Writing Contemporary Fiction (7159LHS)

Gain an advanced qualification in creative writing by studying themes and issues in current international writing through a selection of award-winning creative works from around the world. Forms such as the novel, novella, short story, memoir, poetry and experimental narrative may be included in the repertoire of readings you'll encounter in this course. There will be a selection of books to buy, with a variety of online resources provided via the course website. These are explored through critical reading and as a basis for your own expressive writing practice. We will investigate issues such as the importance of culture, identity and place for writers in an international context. We'll also study a range of practice-based concerns for writers, including techniques of textual production and the impact of digital publishing in the global arena. Students reflect on writers' literary interpretation, as well as the social, political and literary demands upon writers today. As part of the Graduate Certificate in Creative and Professional Writing, this course contributes to a professional qualification for those who wish to pursue advanced skills in creative written communication, or who may be interested in undertaking higher degree studies in public relations, writing and journalism. The central aim of the course is to provide a lively and supportive framework through which students have the opportunity to gain deeper knowledge and understanding of the field. PREREQUISTE: NIL. CO-REQUISTE: NIL. INCOMPATIBLE: 7119LHS Writing Contemporary Fiction.

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Graduate Certificate in Creative and Professional Writing

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Type of institution: University/Higher Education Institution Level: Postgraduate CRICOS: 00233E

The program offers postgraduate training in writing as a preparation for creative and professional practice and/or advanced study. The program fosters skills needed for work as a creative writer, social commentator or narrative journalist and for careers in speech writing, public advocacy, information and media communication.You will gain certified expertise in the theory and practice of creative writing and be introduced to the international cross-currents of writing and information publishing industries. You will develop the techniques of creative and professional written expression, learn concepts and methods in creative research and gain the foundations for advanced study in writing and related fields.

• Advanced Public Writing
• Advanced Research in Creative Writing
• Writing Contemporary Fiction
• Writing Creative Nonfiction: Places, People and Journey

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Any Bachelor degree or higher

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Griffith University grants credit and recognition of prior learning which may relate to prior formal learning or prior informal and non-formal learning. For more information, please visit the following website: Credit transfer Griffith's innovative Credit Precedent Database allows you to find out what credit decisions have been made in the past. These precedents will give you an idea of what you can expect. View credit precedents for this program

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This program is designed as a pathway to either a coursework or research-based Masters degree

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What makes academic writing unique?

Writing at university has a distinctive style which includes the following characteristics.

Academic writing should be formal in tone, structure and style.

Avoid using:

• colloquial language
• contractions—for example, don't
• rhetorical questions.

Use discipline-specific language, or course language, to demonstrate your understanding of the content area and to support your argument.

Investigations revealed that the uptake of technology for those over 65 was limited.

My investigation indicated that adoption of new technology for older people, over the age of 65, was not good.

The tone used in academic writing should be objective. There are exceptions to the rule, such as reflective writing, however in most cases it should sound impartial and unbiased.

Use an objective tone by removing:

• emotive words and phrases
• personal pronouns like I and you .

Most academic writing, such as essays and reports, should be written in third-person—using personal pronouns like, he , she , they .

Bachelor of Engineering students were surveyed....

Survey results demonstrated that....

Not objective:

We surveyed Bachelor of Engineering students....

The responses to the survey were shocking.

Academic writing should be clear, precise and succinct to thoroughly address the assessment task.

To make your writing clear and concise, ensure you:

• eliminate the repetition of points—say it once effectively
• identify redundant words and phrases
• remove extraneous words and phrases
• replace wordy phrases with a single word
• choose suitable verbs
• adhere to the word count.

Allow time for editing and proofreading to ensure your writing is clear and concise.

Secondly, ....

Researchers obtained results from a survey that indicated ...

Not concise:

In the second example,....

Researchers were able to obtain some results from a survey of 300 people that said that...

Academic writing should have a tone of tentativeness, or cautiousness. Research continues in every field of study, so absolute certainty rarely exists. Therefore, any claims that are made should be presented as possibilities, and not stated definitively.

A cautious tone demonstrates to the reader that you are open-minded to alternative opinions, evidence and studies that may prove otherwise. This approach strengthens your argument by positioning yourself as a critical reader, thinker and writer.

Universities who offer more online learning courses may see an increase in student enrolment, particularly in rural areas.

Not tentative:

Universities who offer more online learning courses will have an increase in student enrolment, particularly in rural areas.

Use references in your writing

Academic writing involves using expert sources to support your arguments. See the various ways to write with academic integrity.

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• Use the author's exact words
• Choose the words you wish to quote in your work.
• Check that the quote supports what you are trying to communicate.
• Use the appropriate referencing style for quoting.
• Take care to use the quote as the original author intended.

"Our study showed further that 97.7% of the population had a good knowledge about malaria, as they were able to define malaria as a febrile illness caused by mosquito bites" (Ferdinand et al. 2019:179).

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Ferdinand, DY, Nadlaou, B, Samuel, N, Oscar, BY, Raphael, M, Christophe, N, Lopes, S, Allan, R (2020) 'Evaluation of the effectiveness of community health workers in the fight against malaria in the Central African Republic (2012–2017)', Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, 114(3):173-184, doi : 10.1093/trstmh/trz104.

Note: Examples use the Australian Government referencing style

• Restate an author's words/ideas in your own words without altering the meaning.
• Identify the passage you wish to use.
• Establish its meaning.
• Note key words and think of alternative phrases.
• Write your own version.
• Compare yours with the original.
• Record citation information.

Original: "Our study showed further that 97.7% of the population had a good knowledge about malaria, as they were able to define malaria as a febrile illness caused by mosquito bites" (Ferdinand et al. 2019:179).

Paraphrase: Ferdinand et al. (2019) highlights that the public understands that the feverish symptoms of malaria are caused by insect bites.

• Condense the key points of an author's argument or ideas without altering the meaning.
• ideas and intentions
• meaning and details.
• Write notes in point form using keywords.
• Write a summary directly from your notes.
• Refer to the original to ensure accuracy.

Original: "Our study showed further that 97.7% of the population had a good knowledge about malaria, as they were able to define malaria as a febrile illness caused by mosquito bites. More than 94% of the population recognized fever as a malaria symptom (Table 2). This could possibly be attributed to the BBC sessions conducted by the CHWs in Paoua and Carnot, which seems to be an effective strategy in the fight against malaria at the community level. Recognizing this as a major malaria symptom is essential at the community level so that parents will immediately take children with fever to the health facility or CHW. This will contribute to reducing child mortality in the community, as recommended by the WHO."

Summarise: To improve life expectancy for infants, education by community health workers (CHW) has been a successful strategy in improving society’s understanding of fevers as an indicator of malaria (Ferdinand et al. 2019).

• Combine a number of authors' views to support your position.
• to group and present common ideas or arguments that you have read about in the literature
• to help develop and strengthen your argument
• to demonstrate you have read widely on the topic
• to be more concise with ideas when you write.
• Use your own voice to connect these ideas and show how they link to your overall argument.

Information provided by community health workers and village leaders in conjunction with community workshops has been a successful strategy in improving identification of symptoms and malaria control (Ferdinand et al. 2019; van den Berg et al. 2018).

van den Berg, H, van Vugt, M, Kabaghe, AN, Nkalapa, M, Kaotcha, R, Truwah, Z, Malenga, T, Kadama, A, Banda, S, Tizifa, T, Gowelo, S, Mburu, MM, Phiri, KS, Takken, W & McCann, RS (2018) 'Community-based malaria control in southern Malawi: a description of experimental interventions of community workshops, house improvement and larval source management', Malaria Journal, 17(1), Article 266, doi : 10.1186/s12936-018-2415-1.

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What are Primary Sources?

Created by witnesses or recorders who experience first-hand the events or conditions being documented, primary sources are first-hand testimonies that provide direct evidence from a particular period of history. Primary sources may be everyday items produced whilst an event or phase is occurring, such as photographs, letters, periodicals and manuscripts. In the context of the study of literature, the literary texts themselves are core primary sources.

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• Gale Primary Sources An interface that allows searching across any combination, or all, of Griffith University's Gale Primary Sources holdings. These 27 primary source databases can be searched individually or using this interface: Eighteenth Century Collections Online, Nineteenth Century Collections Online, The Making of Modern Law, Archives of Sexuality and Gender, British Library Newspapers, Women's Studies Archive, Refugees, Relief and Resettlement, American Civil Liberties Union Papers, The Times Digital Archive, Archives Unbound, China and the Modern World, Financial Times Historical Archive, Nineteenth Century UK Periodicals, Slavery and Anti-slavery, The Times Literary Supplement, Brazilian and Portuguese History and Culture, Crime Punishment and Popular Culture, Indigenous Peoples of North America, Political Extremism and Radicalism, The Economist Historical Archive and the Making of the Modern World.
• Romanticism: Life, Literature and Landscape This powerful resource offers unparalleled access to the single largest collection of working notebooks, verse manuscripts and correspondence of William Wordsworth and his fellow writers anywhere in the world, all digitized in full colour. With access to the annotated full manuscripts of such notable works as The Prelude and Michael, or Samuel Taylor Coleridge’s Dejection: An Ode this project is unrivalled in its content and scope.
• China : Culture and Society (Adam Matthew Digital) Digitisation of Cornell University Library's Charles W. Wason Collection (c1750-1929), including additional secondary resources, including academic essays, an interactive chronology and guides. more... less... Note: Database allows data and text mining .
• China : Trade, Politics and Culture, 1793-1980 (Adam Matthew Digital) Contains the Macartney and Amherst Embassies, the Opium War, Arrow War, Boxer Rebellion, Taiping Rebellion, the opening of treaty ports, the Chinese Maritime Customs Service and the birth of the People's Republic. Includes maps, drawings and photographs, and personal accounts.
• Eighteenth Century Journals (Adam Matthew Digital) Contains newspapers and periodicals 1685-1835. Includes rare journals, covering all aspects of social, political and literary life in this time period.
• Empire Online (Adam Matthew Digital) Documents relating to Empire Studies, sourced from libraries and archives around the world. Primarily British Empire.
• Mass Observation Online (Adam Matthew Digital) Access to primary sources in social history with material related to British life dating from 1937-1967. Includes diaries, day surveys, topic collections, and file reports, an interactive chronology with key social, politial and cultural moments, an interactive map, photos and posters.

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Griffith Review Emerging Voices Competition

Griffith Review  has a distinguished track record of nurturing new voices, publishing creative thinkers and supporting our writers to establish enduring industry connections.

Our annual Emerging Voices competition calls for original submissions of fiction and creative non-fiction from 3,500 to 5,000 words. Entrants can write to any theme – but we're looking for new ideas, fresh voices and bold perspectives. We look for work that commands our attention.

The 2024 competition is now open! Visit our For Writers page for more information and links to submit.

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The Emerging Voices Competition is generously supported by the Copyright Agency Cultural Fund .

2023 Winners

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Alex Cothren holds a PhD in Creative Writing from Flinders University. He is a winner of the Carmel Bird, William van Dyke and Peter Carey Awards for short fiction, and he has writing published in  Meanjin , Island , Overland , Griffith Review , Ruminate and Australian Book Review. His unpublished short story collection,  Let's Talk Trojan Bee , was shortlisted for the 2021 Speculate Prize.

Alex's winning story will be published in 2024.

Scott Limbrick is a writer based in Naarm (Melbourne). His fiction has appeared in Electric Literature ,  Debris Magazine ,  Westerly ,  The Furphy Anthology ,  The Suburban Review ,  Going Down Swinging ,  Kill Your Darlings' New Australian Fiction  and elsewhere. His collection-in-progress was shortlisted for the Richell Prize for Emerging Writers.

Scott's winning story will be published in 2024.

Brooke Maddison is a writer and editor working on unceded Turrbal and Yuggera land. She has a Masters of Writing, Editing and Publishing from The University of Queensland, and is the founder and co-editor of Crackle , the university’s anthology of creative writing. Her writing has been published in  Kill Your Darlings ,  Antithesis ,  Mascara Literary Review ,  Verity La , the Spineless Wonders  Queer as Fiction Anthology , and  ACE III: Arresting Contemporary Stories by Emerging Writers , among others. She has been awarded a Wheeler Centre Next Chapter Fellowship, a UQP mentorship, a Curtis Brown Creative HW Fisher scholarship and was highly commended for the 2023 Peter Blazey Fellowship.

Brooke's winning story will be published in 2024.

Beau Windon is a neurodivergent author of Wiradjuri heritage based in Naarm. Unafraid of any writing form, he duels with them all. His creative non-fiction work has seen him awarded a 2021 Grace Marion Wilson Writeability Fellowship and a Lord Mayor’s Creative Writing Award for self-told stories. Find him at  www.beauwindon.com

Read Beau's winning story here .

2022 Winners

Stephanie Barham is a graduate of Professional Writing and Editing at RMIT (2018). She has been published in Overland and The Sleepers Almanac, and was shortlisted for The Australian/Vogel's Literary Award in 2015.  

Read Stephanie's winning story here .

Melanie Myers won the Queensland Literary Awards Glendower Award for an Emerging Writer in 2018. Her winning manuscript was published as  Meet Me at Lennon’s  (UQP), which was shortlisted for the 2020 Queensland Premier’s Award for a Work of State Significance and The Courier-Mail People’s Choice Award.  Her short stories and non-fiction have appeared in  Kill Your Darlings ,  Overland ,  Arena Magazine ,  TEXT  and  Hecate , among many others.

Read Melanie's winning story here .

Emily O’Grady is a writer from Brisbane. Her first novel, The Yellow House won the 2018 Australian/Vogel’s Literary Award, and in 2019 she was awarded a Queensland Writers Fellowship. Her second novel will be published by Allen & Unwin in 2023.

Read Emily's winning story here .

Alex Philp is a writer of both screenplays and prose. Working with her frequent collaborator, Luisa Martiri, she wrote the short films Milk  (2018) and  Pools  (2020).  Pools  premiered at Flickerfest (2021) and was also an official selection for Show Me Shorts Film Festival New Zealand and CinefestOZ. Her short fiction has been published in  Overland, Westerly, Voiceworks  and in the  Review of Australian Fiction . She won the Rachel Funari Prize for Fiction in 2017. 

Read Alex's winning story here .

Isa Shirokawa is a writer of Asian and European descent. She has a background in law and in journalism for an international news organisation and is currently at work on her first novel.

Read Isa's winning story here .

2021 Winners

Declan Fry is a writer, poet, critic and essayist.  Born on Wongatha country in Kalgoorlie, he has written for  The Guardian ,  Saturday Paper, Overland, Australian Book Review ,  Meanjin ,  Liminal ,  Sydney Review of Books ,  Cordite ,  Kill Your Darlings  and  Westerly ,   among others.  His essay ‘Justice for Elijah or a Spiritual Dialogue with Ziggy Ramo, Dancing’ received the 2021 Peter Blazey Fellowship and he has been shortlisted for the Judith Wright Poetry Prize. 

Read Declan's winning story here .

Alison Gibbs runs her own writing consultancy producing copy for United Nations agencies and the not-for-profit sector.  Her short stories have been published and broadcast in Australia and the UK, and have received numerous shortlistings and awards.  Her debut novel  Repentance  was published by Scribe in January 2021. 

Read Alison's winning story here .

Vijay Khurana spent several years as a radio presenter and journalist before leaving broadcasting to focus on writing.  His stories have been shortlisted for the Bristol Short Story Prize (2021), the Galley Beggar Press Short Story Prize (2019–20) and the I’ll Show You Mine sex-writing prize (2019), among others. His writing is published or forthcoming in  NOON ,  The Lifted Brow  and  Seizure . 

Read Vijay's winning story here .

Andrew Roff was the winner of the 2020 Peter Carey Short Story Award. His short fiction has appeared widely, and his first collection will be published in 2022 by Wakefield Press.  

Read Andrew's winning story here .

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Creative and Professional Writing

Undergraduate | GRF-COM14 | 2023

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Think about how your creative voice can fit across a variety of writing genres. Dissect plot, character and narrative structure. Learn to self-edit and incorporate feedback. Script dialogue, produce promotional writing and draft short fiction pieces.

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What you'll learn.

 At the completion of this subject you will be able to:

• recognise different types of creative and professional writing
• understand how these different types of writing are produced
• be able to develop and use a set of writing tools that can be applied to writing in any situation
• appreciate the complexities of writing creatively and professionally
• see an improvement in your generic writing skills and have developed an understanding of how to apply ideas in a creative and professional context
• see an improvement in your written communication skills, have a greater informed independence of thought and have developed your ability to conduct research.

Topics covered

• Writing as communication
• Ethics and issues within the public arena
• Different types of writers
• Writing paths and genres
• Getting started
• Creating your own writing space and time
• Handling feedback
• The importance of reading and research
• Creative writing: Genres and practice
• Short fiction
• Scripting dialogue
• Professional writing
• Blurbs, flyers and adverts
• Writing reviews
• Where to from here?

Description

Creative and Professional Writing is a foundation subject that enables beginner and more experienced writers to develop their creative and professional writing skills across a range of genres. Throughout the Study Period, you will examine the role of structure, plot, opening lines, character development, dialogue and settings in the production of exciting and effective writing.

Through a series of voluntary writing and learning tasks and formal assessment pieces you analyse and critique the following writing styles: Short story writing, dialogue and promotional writing, critical reviews. You are encouraged to become part of an online writing group and to share your work with each other in response to set writing tasks.

Assessments

• Learning Tasks and Reflection (20%)
• Professional Writing (40%)
• Creative Writing Assignment (40%)

For textbook details check your university's handbook, website or learning management system (LMS).

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With a network of campuses spanning three cities in South East Queensland, Griffith University is committed to progressive multidisciplinary teaching and research and a valuable online provider with Open Universities Australia. Already attracting students from over one hundred countries, Griffith's dedication to academic excellence is available across Australia through OUA.

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Proficiency with reading and writing English.

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Equivalent full time study load (EFTSL) is one way to calculate your study load. One (1.0) EFTSL is equivalent to a full-time study load for one year.

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If that degree allows entry via undergraduate subjects, there will be information about this under the Entry Requirements section. You will find a list of 2-4 open enrolment subjects you need to successfully complete to qualify for admission into that qualification.

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Bachelor of Science in Creative Writing – Journalism Captivate Your Readers

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Have you ever wanted to write for a magazine, news journal, or website? If so, then this program might be for you! At Liberty, you can learn how to compose original text with your own creative flair. Our journalism degree can help you gain the research and writing skills needed to craft compelling pieces that captivate your reader and move them emotionally.

Liberty University’s Bachelor of Science (BS) in Creative Writing – Journalism is an exciting and dynamic degree program that can help prepare you for a career in the media industry. With a focus on writing for social media, news and print, and multimedia storytelling, this journalism major can help equip you with the skills and knowledge you need to excel in a variety of fields.

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There are many reasons why you might choose to pursue a Bachelor of Science in Creative Writing – Journalism. One of the main benefits of this degree is that it is 100% online, making it convenient and accessible for students with busy schedules. Additionally, this program is designed to be completed in just 120 credit hours, allowing you to earn your degree quickly and start your career sooner.

Furthermore, the Bachelor of Science in Creative Writing – Journalism program is unique in its focus on both creative writing and journalism. This means you’ll gain a well-rounded education that can provide a great foundation to begin a career in news media and content writing. Whether you want to be a journalist or branch out into other areas of writing, this degree can provide a pathway to accomplishing your goals.

Liberty’s online journalism degree is taught by experienced writers and journalists who have a wealth of knowledge to share. They’ll provide you with guidance and feedback as you develop your skills and work on your writing.

What Will You Study in Our Online Bachelor’s Degree in Journalism?

In the Bachelor of Science in Creative Writing – Journalism program, you can learn competencies that are essential for success in a variety of journalism and creative writing industries. From writing novellas to writing for theater and film, you have the opportunity to develop many abilities that can help boost your marketability. Some of the skills you can develop include:

• Writing and Storytelling : You can learn how to craft compelling stories that engage and inform your audience, whether writing news articles, feature stories, or multimedia content.
• Journalism Fundamentals : You will explore the basics of journalism, including how to conduct interviews, fact-check information, and write in a style that is appropriate for different types of media.
• Print and Digital Publishing : In today’s media landscape, digital skills are essential. You can learn how to use a variety of digital tools and build platforms that focus on maturing your writing skill and brand.
• Professional Skills : In addition to creative and technical skills, you can also develop the professional skills you need to succeed in the workplace – including teamwork, communication, and project management.

Additionally, you can learn how to write for cultural engagement and convey nuanced meaning in your work. Your studies will culminate in a senior capstone that will synthesize the knowledge and training you have gained over the course of this journalism degree.

Potential Career Opportunities

• Professional blogger
• Social media coordinator

Featured Courses

• WRIT 201 – Introduction to Creative Writing
• WRIT 400 – Editing for Publishing
• WRIT 404 – Print and Digital Publishing*
• WRIT 417 – Writing for Cultural Engagement*

*Course guide coming soon

Degree Information

• This program falls under the College of Arts and Sciences .
• View our Undergraduate Arts and Sciences Course Guides (login required).

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Your success is our success, which is why we are committed to providing quality academics at an affordable tuition rate. While other colleges are increasing their tuition, we have frozen tuition rates for the majority of our undergraduate, graduate, and doctoral programs for the past 9 years – and counting.

To continue our mission of providing affordable education,  electronic textbooks are provided for all undergraduate courses at no cost to you. As a full-time student, this could save you an estimated $800-2,000 per year on textbooks!

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Admission Information for Undergraduate Online Degrees

Admission requirements.

• A non-refundable, non-transferable $50 application fee will be posted on the current application upon enrollment (waived for qualifying service members, veterans, and military spouses – documentation verifying military status is required) .
• Students may be allowed to enroll in up to 12 credit hours with Liberty with the submission of an unofficial high school transcript and our High School Self-Certification Form .
• Unofficial transcripts can be used for acceptance purposes with the submission of a Transcript Request Form .

Applicants whose native language is other than English must submit official scores for the Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL) or an approved alternative assessment. For information on alternative assessments or TOEFL waivers, please call Admissions or view the official International Admissions policy .

*Official high school transcript requirement may be waived with college transcripts from an accredited college/university showing at least 12 earned credit hours with an acceptable GPA.

Note: A 2.0 or above cumulative GPA is required for admission in good standing.

Transcript Policies

High school transcript policy.

Applicants may submit an unofficial high school transcript with a High School Self-Certification Form in lieu of a final official high school transcript in order to enroll in up to 12 credit hours at Liberty University.

• Applicants may submit a college transcript showing 12 or more credits from an accredited institution and a High School Self-Certification Form in lieu of high school transcripts.

Students must submit official high school transcripts, or official college transcripts showing at least 12 credit hours earned with an acceptable grade point average (GPA) from an accredited institution, in order to register for additional courses.

The official high school transcript, GED requirement, and unofficial high school transcript with a High School Self-Certification Form can be waived if the applicant has earned an associate degree or higher.

Final transcripts must reflect all coursework and final grades received for grades 9-12, a graduation date, and an overall GPA. (Mailed transcripts must be in a sealed and unopened envelope.)

Unofficial College Transcript Policy

Unofficial transcripts combined with a Transcript Request Form can be used for admission. Official transcripts are required within 60 days of the admissions decision or before non-attendance drops for the first set of matriculated classes, whichever comes first, and will prevent enrollment into future terms until all official transcripts have been received.

Before sending unofficial college transcripts, please make sure they include the following:

• Your previous school’s name or logo printed on the document
• Cumulative GPA
• A list of completed courses and earned credit broken down by semester
• Degree and date conferred (if applicable)

Official College Transcript Policy

An acceptable official college transcript is one that has been issued directly from the institution and is in a sealed envelope. If you have one in your possession, it must meet the same requirements. If your previous institution offers electronic official transcript processing, they can send the document directly to [email protected] .

If the student uses unofficial transcripts with a Transcript Request Form to gain acceptance, all official transcripts must be received within 60 days of the admissions decision or before non-attendance drops for the first set of matriculated classes, whichever comes first. Failure to send all official transcripts within the 60-day period will prevent enrollment into future terms until all official transcripts have been received.

Military Transfers

If you have military-only transfer credits (completed basic training and enlistment), you must request an official military transcript. Please go to the Military Transfer Credit webpage to request your military transcript.

International Applicants

If you are an international applicant, you may be required to have your international transcripts reviewed. Information regarding the transcript evaluation process for international students can be found by visiting NACES .

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• Tuition discounts – $250 per credit hour for undergraduate courses
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• 8-week courses, 8 different start dates each year, and no set login times (may exclude certain courses such as practicums, internships, or field experiences)
• Potential college credit for military training

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Frequently Asked Questions

Does liberty partner with and bestselling authors.

Liberty University has partnered with New York Times bestselling author and Christian novelist, Karen Kingsbury, to create the Karen Kingsbury Center for Creative Writing. Your curriculum includes content developed by Karen Kingsbury herself.

Is Liberty University accredited by anyone?

Liberty University holds institutional accreditation through the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges ( SACSCOC ).

Who teaches the classes in this degree program?

This online journalism bachelor’s degree is taught by experienced professionals who are experts in the fields of journalism and creative writing.

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