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Creative Writing

Program information

Study literature, literary criticism, and key aspects of the writing process 鈥撀爁rom crafting a scene, to pacing a story, working with imagery, and hooking a reader鈥檚 interest. The Creative Writing program will familiarize you with the practical aspects of writing, and include courses in poetry, short fiction, editing and publishing, and more.

Program overview

Campus: Okanagan
Program length: 4 years
Honours: No
Co-op: Yes
Faculty: Faculty of Creative and Critical Studies
Degree: Bachelor of Arts

What you'll learn

The Creative Writing program on UBC’s Okanagan campus provides you with an opportunity to study literature and literary criticism, and to bring what you learn from these studies into your own work. Course options include poetry, creative non-fiction, short fiction, novels, playwriting, screenplay, writing with media, editing and publishing, and community learning. The program fosters a supportive community of faculty and peers in which you’ll find encouragement to explore new genres and writing forms.

You’ll be actively involved聽in writing projects, chapbook production, magazine editing, new media work, student anthology production, and community learning projects.聽You’ll also have the chance to build a varied body of work for your own portfolio 鈥� all while studying聽under a faculty of award-winning writers dedicated to helping you聽experiment and grow as a writer.

Experiential learning and research

As part of your coursework, you鈥檒l have the opportunity to complete extensive manuscript production. You鈥檒l also have the option of taking a directed studies course, where you can investigate a creative writing practice and complete a significant writing project. You will have opportunities to participate in writing projects, chapbook production, magazine editing, student anthology production, and public readings.

The annual lecture series provide additional opportunities to meet, and learn from, accomplished writers and alumni from the program.聽 You can also join the to connect with peers and share your work.

Program advantages

Throughout the program, you will work to create a varied body of work and build a portfolio during hands-on projects. You鈥檒l learn how to convey meaning through imagery, narrative, and drama in a variety of literary forms, and have the opportunity to share your work and engage in lively discussions with fellow writers and faculty at community events, readings, poetry slams, and workshops. As a student in the Creative Writing program, you鈥檒l be part of a close-knit learning community, and learn from instructors who are professional writers.

Courses

There are hundreds of courses you can take within Creative Writing. Here are a few you might like.

Spoken Word

This workshop style class leads students in writing and performing Spoken Word texts including poetry, monologue, music, multimedia聽performance.

Foundations: Literature in Historical Context 1

Survey of prose, poetry, and drama to the eighteenth century. Attention will be given to the importance of history and changes in form for literary analysis

The Power of Metaphor

An interdisciplinary survey of metaphor, focusing on use and understanding of metaphor in thinking, writing and communication across disciplines, including art, health, science, politics, literature, and technology

Writing with Media

Applied and theoretical aspects of writing with media. Develops specialized skills for working with media such as audio installations, broadcast, recordings, live performance, and video. Students will be encouraged to work in interdisciplinary and collaborative modes

Outcomes

As a Creative Writing student, you’ll be聽actively involved in writing projects that are relevant to future careers in writing, including chapbook production, magazine editing, and more. As a program graduate, you can go on to as an arts journalist, a web writer, a novelist, or a publisher.

Program graduates

Published Writer, Puritan Magazine
Content Writer Coordinator, Walt Disney Co.
Contributing Writer, The Phoenix News
Script Writer, Edge Digital Media
Freelance Writer

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Program requirements

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English-language requirements

English is the language of instruction at UBC. All prospective students must demonstrate English-language competency prior to admission. There are numerous ways to meet the聽English Language Admission Standard.

General admission requirements

IB Diploma Programme

Completed IB Diploma, including at least three Higher Level courses.

IB Certificate Courses

IB Certificate courses (Standard and Higher Level) may be used in an admissions average if you are graduating from a recognized high school curriculum that can be used as your basis of admission.

IB Math Applications and Interpretations SL, or IB Math Studies, do not satisfy the math requirement for admission to UBC’s science-based programs, the Faculty of Management, the 51猎奇入口Sauder School of Business, or the Vancouver School of Economics.

Degree-specific requirements: Arts

No specific courses required beyond those needed for general admission

Related courses

The following subject categories are particularly relevant for this degree. Consider taking courses in these areas in your junior year and senior year.

Language Arts
Mathematics and Computation
Second Languages
Social Studies
Visual and Performing Arts

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Want to learn more?

Visit the Faculty of Creative and Critical Studies website to learn more about Creative Writing.

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