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Your Creative and Professional Writing degree will give you the skills to pursue a range of writing-focussed careers, whether you want to write fiction or to be an effective workplace communicator. Creative and Professional Writing is one of four majors we offer.
You'll have the opportunity to explore a spectrum of creative writing genres, from fiction to graphic narratives, and you'll hone your ability to write professional documents, from technical manuals to business reports.
When you graduate you'll be prepared for further study and work in fields like the creative arts, publishing, public relations, business communication, and any other area that needs innovative and experienced writers.
Degree Options
You can take your creative writing degree as a four-year honours degree or a four-year general degree. Click on the links below to see the program requirements for each option.
Four-year honours degree
You have a number of options for your honours literature degree, depending on your interests and goals:
- You can take your degree in regular or co-op mode.
- You can take your degree as a stand-alone or joint honours degree or as a part of an Honours Arts and Business degree.
- You can combine your honours degree with one of our specializations in creative writing, digital media studies, global literatures, or technical writing.
To be enrolled in an Honours English degree, students must maintain an average of 70% in their English courses and a 60% overall average.
Four-year general degree
If a student's average does not meet the requirements for an honours degree, the student can still continue in their program by pursuing a four-year general degree in Creative and Professional Writing. Students in the four-year general degree have access to all the same courses as honours students, but do not participate in co-op or graduate with a specialization.
Three-year general degree
You can also pursue your Creative and Professional Writing program as a three-year general degree.
Want more information?
Contact our undergraduate adminstrator, Jenny Conroy, or our undergraduate chair, Heather Smyth.
The English undergraduate office is located in Hagey Hall room 222.