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Certificate Creative Writing
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Do you have a way with words? A powerful imagination? The Certificate in Creative Writing is designed for individuals not currently enrolled in a full-time university program. It provides an excellent opportunity for you to develop and hone your writing while trying out new genres and styles. Guided by accomplished experts, you will learn to create, edit, and revise their creative writing in 3 of the following genres: poetry, fiction, creative-non-fiction, writing for stage and screen, and graphic fiction and comics.
This program is offered in English only.
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Requirements for this program have been modified. Please consult the 2023-2024 calendars for the previous requirements.
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Code Title Units
ENG 2301 Introduction to Creative Writing 3 Units
6 course units from: 6 Units
ENG 2303 Introduction to Writing Prose Fiction
ENG 2304 Introduction to Writing Poetry
ENG 2305 Introduction to Writing Creative Non-fiction
ENG 2306 Introduction to Writing for Stage and Screen
ENG 2307 Writing with Visuals: An Introduction
3 course units from: 3 Units
ENG 1320 English Grammar for Professional Writers and Editors
ENG 2303 Introduction to Writing Prose Fiction
ENG 2304 Introduction to Writing Poetry
ENG 2305 Introduction to Writing Creative Non-fiction
ENG 2306 Introduction to Writing for Stage and Screen
ENG 2307 Writing with Visuals: An Introduction
ENG 2370 Writing for Digital Media I: Fundamentals of Digital Literacy
ENG 2380 Introduction to Technical Writing
ENG 2381 Writing about the Arts
6 course units from: 6 Units
ENG 3303 Advanced Workshop in Prose Fiction
ENG 3304 Advanced Workshop in Poetry
ENG 3305 Advanced Workshop in Creative Non-fiction
ENG 3306 Advanced Workshop in Scriptwriting
ENG 3307 Advanced Writing with Visuals
3 course units from: 3 Units
ENG 4397 Creative Writing Seminar: Selected Genres
ENG 4398 Creative Writing Seminar: Special Topics in Poetry
ENG 4399 Creative Writing Seminar: Special Topics in Fiction
3 optional course units in english (ENG) at the 2000 level 1 3 Units
6 optional course units in english (ENG) at the 3000 or 4000 level 2 6 Units
Total: 30 Units
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ENG 2105, ENG 2106, ENG 2124, ENG 2301, ENG 2303, ENG 2304, ENG 2305, ENG 2306, and ENG 2307 cannot count towards this requirement.
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ENG 3170, ENG 3171, ENG 3180, ENG 3181, ENG 3182, ENG 3303, ENG 3304, ENG 3305, ENG 3306, ENG 3307, ENG 4397, ENG 4398, and ENG 4399 cannot count towards this requirement.
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