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CREATIVE WRITING (3.0 credits)

The Creative Writing Minor provides a unique and valuable opportunity for students to supplement their studio-based BFA and BDes programs with an additional creative focus that facilitates their studio practice and the development of their ability to write and present their own work. The Creative Writing Minor draws on faculty who are professionals in the field of Creative Writing and who are actively engaged in publishing their own creative work.

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Required Course:
ENGL 2B01
 Introduction to Creative Writing 0.5
Plus take 5 courses (2.5 credits) from the elective courses below.
At least 3 out of the 5 courses must be taken at the 300 or 400 level, and no more than 2 courses can be taken from the Literature Courses list.
Creative Writing Courses
ENGL 3B09 Creative Writing: Poetry (not offered fall/winter 2012-13) 0.5
ENGL 3B10 Creative Writing: Nonfiction
 0.5
ENGL 3B12 Creative Writing: Short Fiction 0.5
ENGL 4B06 Dub, Spoken Word & Performance Writing (not offered fall/winter 2012-13) 0.5
ENGL 4B09 Hybrid & Experimental Writing (not offered fall/winter 2012-13) 0.5
Special Topics upon approval by Associate Deans in the Faculty of Liberal Arts & Sciences and School of Interdisciplinary Studies. Visit Special Topics for more information.
Literature Courses
(no more than 2 courses from this list will count towards the minor)
ENGL 2B03 Introduction to Literary Criticism 0.5
ENGL 2B06
Postcolonial Literature 0.5
ENGL 2B10 Studies in British Literature 0.5
ENGL 3B03
 Children's Literature 0.5
ENGL 3B04
Science and Technology in Literature (not offered fall/winter 2012-13) 0.5
ENGL 3B06
Studies in Canadian Literature 0.5
ENGL 3B08  
Ways of Telling: Aboriginal Literature and Narrative Tradition (not offered fall/winter 2012-13) 0.5
ENGL 3B13 Studies in American Literature (not offered fall/winter 2012-13) 0.5
ENGL 3B21
Writings by Artists (not offered fall/winter 2012-13) 0.5
ENGL 4B04 Diasporic Writings
 0.5
ENGL 4B05 Digital Texts (not offered fall/winter 2012-13) 0.5
ENGL 4B04 Diasporic Writings 0.5
ENGL 4B07 Graphic Novels 0.5
ENGL 4B08 Queer Literature 0.5
Special Topics upon approval by Associate Deans in the Faculty of Liberal Arts & Sciences and School of Interdisciplinary Studies. Visit Special Topics for more information.            
Total Credits
 3.0
 
Important Notes:
  • Carefully check anti-requisites to ensure you do not repeat courses.
  • If you are unsure about requirements for the minor, please make an appointment to see the Student Advisor in the Faculty of Liberal Arts & Sciences.

 

Courses no longer offered that were part of the minor:
ENGL 3B01
The Artist in European and American Literature
 (taken between 2004/05 and 2011/12)
ENGL 3B07 
Introduction to Dramatic Literature 
 (formerly ENGL 2B04, taken between 2005/06 and 2011/12)
ENGL 3B20 Creative Writing II (taken between 2002/03 and 2011/12)
ENGL 4B03 European Literary Classics and Criticism
 (taken between 2005/06 and 2011/12)
ENGL 4B17 Advanced Creative Writing
 (taken between 2002/03 and 2011/12)


 

  

 


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