Bachelor of Arts - Writing and Literature

This Bachelor of Arts with a Major in Writing and Literature in one standalone program. In the program, students will apply their love of writing and English literature, learn in small, engaging seminar classes, and gain writing and research skills for various exciting careers.

This four-year bachelor's degree offers two concentrations: Critical and Creative Writing and Literature and Culture. They will choose their concentration by filling out the Concentration Declaration Form (pdf) before in their first year. Both share the foundation of high-impact, immersive coursework and applied, experiential elements.

In the writing concentration, they will have course options in children's literature, screenwriting, poetry, and creative nonfiction. On the literature side, they can delve into topics including Canadian literature, Indigenous narratives, and literature in media.

Students in both concentrations will also have the opportunity to learn from an Indigenous writer in residence, gaining an understanding of the survival, resistance, and healing methods Indigenous writers use in their work.

You'll graduate as a stronger writer and researcher with a wealth of new ways to present ideas and tell stories, with training in cross-genre, creative, multi-modal and web-based forms of writing.