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Program Overview
Does your love of literature go beyond scholarship? Are you an aspiring author who wants to add a practical, hands-on component to your education? Then you’ve come to the right place: UTSC is the only U of T campus where you can earn a Major in Creative Writing. Our dedicated faculty take a workshop-based, experiential approach to the study and practice of the literary arts. They also emphasize diversity in both texts and methods. This means that while you learn how classic and contemporary authors pursue their craft, you also take the exciting first steps towards building your own writing practice.
Our Major program places a particular emphasis on professionalization and how to make your way as a writer in the real world. You will also benefit from working with a new Writer-in-Residence each year, and connecting with our close-knit and active creative writing alumni network.
Complementary Programs: You can combine the Major with a huge range of programs in the Humanities, Social Sciences, and the Sciences.
Check out future career opportunities and skills acquired from completing this program:
1. Competencies & Skills
- Produce your own original pieces with confidence
- Gain tools of critique and constructive feedback
- Adjust style, syntax, grammar and vocabulary to rhetorical context
- Identify, examine, and debate strategies and techniques of excellent writers
- Understand and experiment with genre, form, and hybrid modes
- Develop critical thinking
- Engage in creative problem solving
2. Careers for Graduates
- Author/Writer/Artist in Creative Industries
- Journalist/Editor/Drama Critic/Film Critic
- Account Manager in Advertising Companies
- Social Media Manager
- Foreign Service Officer in Government
- Public Relations Specialist
- Planner in Think-Tanks
- Technical Writer in Software Developers
- Communications Assistant in School Systems
3. Further Education
- Creative Writing and other Master of Fine Arts (MFA) Programs
- English
- Journalism
- Education
- Library and Information Science
- Publishing
- Law School
- Public Relations
- Marketing
Year 1 | |
CHOOSE YOUR COURSES WISELY |
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DEVELOP YOUR ACADEMIC & RESEARCH SKILLS |
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APPLY THEORY TO PRACTICE |
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BECOME AN ENGAGED CITIZEN (LOCALLY & GLOBALLY) |
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PLAN FOR YOUR FUTURE CAREER |
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Year 2 | |
CHOOSE YOUR COURSES WISELY |
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DEVELOP YOUR ACADEMIC & RESEARCH SKILLS |
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APPLY THEORY TO PRACTICE |
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BECOME AN ENGAGED CITIZEN (LOCALLY & GLOBALLY) |
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PLAN FOR YOUR FUTURE CAREER |
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Year 3 | |
CHOOSE YOUR COURSES WISELY |
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DEVELOP YOUR ACADEMIC & RESEARCH SKILLS |
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APPLY THEORY TO PRACTICE |
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BECOME AN ENGAGED CITIZEN (LOCALLY & GLOBALLY) |
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PLAN FOR YOUR FUTURE CAREER |
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Year 4 or Final Year | |
CHOOSE YOUR COURSES WISELY |
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DEVELOP YOUR ACADEMIC & RESEARCH SKILLS |
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APPLY THEORY TO PRACTICE |
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BECOME AN ENGAGED CITIZEN (LOCALLY & GLOBALLY) |
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PLAN FOR YOUR FUTURE CAREER |
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Contacts
- Departmental Contact: Undergraduate Program Coordinator: english-uc@utsc.utoronto.ca
- Program Supervisor: Prof. Daniel Tysdal, creative-writing@utsc.utoronto.ca
- Creative Writing Librarian: Chad Crichton, chad.crichton@utoronto.ca, 416-287-7492chad.crichton@utoronto.ca
- Academic Advising & Career Centre: Room AC213, 416-287-7561
- Department of Student Life: Room SL157, 416-208-4760
- Students of English Literature and Film (SELF)
Did You Know
The events calendar for the Creative Writing program is one of the most robust and exciting on campus.