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Associate of Arts Degree - Creative Writing

Faculty of Arts & Sciences School of Humanities

Credential
Associate Degree

Duration
2 year(s)

Program Highlights

If you'd love to immerse yourself in contemporary literature and creative writing, start in the Associate of Arts degree in Creative Writing at CapU.

Hone your writing under the guidance of practicing writers, who specialize in poetry and poetics (including digital poetics), the novel, micro-fiction, creative non-fiction, writing for children, ficto-criticism, radio and short film scripts.

You'll start your first year by studying multiple genres and branch out in second year to explore poetry, fiction, non-fiction, playwriting and writing for children.

Upon graduation, you'll finish with an Associate Degree plus first- and second-year English and creative writing credits, which can be laddered in to one of the 15 bachelor's degrees at CapU. 

  • Demonstrate a breadth and depth of knowledge of appropriate to a student entering upper-division courses.
  • Demonstrate research skills, critical thinking, and creative implementation of sound solutions to problems.
  • Communicate ideas through oral and written formats.
  • Work both independently and cooperatively.
  • Analyze and synthesize course material to produce original work.
  • Use technology creatively and efficiently.
  • Demonstrate quantitative and qualitative reasoning and research methods.
  • Draw upon knowledge, judgment, and imagination in work and life.
  • Produce a portfolio of original work.

Admission Requirements

English language requirements

English is the language of instruction at CapU. All applicants are required to demonstrate competence in the English language prior to admission.

If English is not your first language or you’ve received your education in a language other than English, you must meet our English Language Requirements.

Basic requirements

  • High school graduation
  • A minimum grade point average of 2.0 (60%) calculated on English Studies 12 or English 12 or English First Peoples 12 and two academic Grade 12 courses

Program Requirements

English Requirement

Total credits: 6.00

Required:
ENGL 100University Writing Strategies3.00 credits
ENGL 103Introduction to Literature3.00 credits

 

Arts Courses 100-Level Electives - six credits maximum in one subject area (excludes English)

Total credits: 18.00

Choose 18.00 credits of electives:
Humanities Electives6.00 credits
Humanities or Social Science Electives6.00 credits
Social Science Electives6.00 credits

 

Arts Courses 200-Level Electives - credits must be in at least two subject areas

Total credits: 18.00

Required:
ENGL 207Literary Theory and Criticism3.00 credits
Choose 6.00 credits from the following list:
ENGL 290Creative Writing: Letter and Line3.00 credits
ENGL 291Creative Writing: Narrative Fictions3.00 credits
ENGL 292Creative Writing: Children's Literature3.00 credits
ENGL 293Creative Writing: Creative Nonfiction3.00 credits
ENGL 295Special Topics in Creative Writing3.00 credits
ENGL 296Creative Writing: Writing for the Stage3.00 credits
Choose 3.00 credits from the following list:
Humanities or Social Science Elective (excludes English)3.00 credits
Choose 6.00 credits from the following list:

Recommended for English Majors: English 200, 201, 203 or 205

Humanities or Social Science Elective6.00 credits

 

Science Courses

Total credits: 9.00

Choose 3.00 credits of electives:
Mathematics or Computer Science or Statistics Elective 100-Level or higher (PSYC 213 may be used)3.00 credits
Choose 3.00 credits of electives:
Laboratory Science (requires minimum 2 hour per week lab and excludes any courses in Applied Science or Computing Science)3.00 credits
Choose 3.00 credits of electives:
Science Elective3.00 credits

 

University Transferable Elective

Total credits: 9.00

Required:
ENGL 190Introduction to Creative Writing3.00 credits
ENGL 191Creative Writing: Contemporary Practices3.00 credits
Choose 3.00 credits from the following list:

Recommended for English Majors: English 200, 201, 203 or 205

ENGL 107Introduction to Indigenous Literatures and Film3.00 credits
ENGL 109Literature and Contemporary Culture3.00 credits
ENGL 200Beginnings: The Story of English Literature Before 17003.00 credits
ENGL 201Disruptions: The Story of English Literature After 17003.00 credits
ENGL 203Introduction to Canadian Literature3.00 credits
ENGL 205Introduction to American Literature3.00 credits
ENGL 208Studies in Fiction3.00 credits
ENGL 213World Literature in English3.00 credits
ENGL 217Literature on the Edge3.00 credits
ENGL 218The Art of Children's Literature3.00 credits
ENGL 219Reel Lit: Literature into Film3.00 credits
ENGL 260Writing Communities3.00 credits
ENGL 290Creative Writing: Letter and Line3.00 credits
ENGL 291Creative Writing: Narrative Fictions3.00 credits
ENGL 292Creative Writing: Children's Literature3.00 credits
ENGL 293Creative Writing: Creative Nonfiction3.00 credits
ENGL 295Special Topics in Creative Writing3.00 credits
ENGL 296Creative Writing: Writing for the Stage3.00 credits

 

Total program credits: 60.00

Program Notes

Please see Classification of Subjects for Associate Degrees in the University Calendar for clarification of Arts, Humanities, Social Science and Science electives.

Contact

Have questions about this program?

School of Humanities-English


604 986 1911 , ext. 2291
humanities@capilanou.ca

Student Information Services


604 984 4900
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Library Building, room LB152
registration@capilanou.ca