Program Requirements
Major in Creative Writing
effective FALL 2022
8.5 credits required
CRWR*1000: Elements of Storytelling
CRWR*2000: Reading as a Writer
ENGL*1080: Reading the Past
ENGL*2380: Reading Poetry
2 additional credits from English (excluding ENGL*1030 Effective Writing):
English course 1, English course 2, English course 3, English course 4
CREATIVE WRITING WORKSHOPS
(3.5 credits required)
1.5 credits at 2000 level
1 credit at 3000 level
1 credit at 4000 level
Choose 3 of the following:
CRWR*2100: Fiction Workshop: Writing the Anthropocene
CRWR*2150: Speculative Fiction Workshop
CRWR*2200: Creative Nonfiction Workshop: Writing Nature
CRWR*2300: Poetry Workshop
CRWR*2400: Screenwriting Workshop
THST*2120: Writing for Performance
Choose 2 of the following:
CRWR*3100: Fiction Writing Workshop
CRWR*3200: Creative Nonfiction Writing Workshop
CRWR*3300: Poetry Workshop: Ecopoetics
CRWR*3400: Screenwriting Workshop: Writing for Inclusive Screens
CRWR*3500: Adv. Writing for Performance: Writing for the Inclusive Stage
Choose 1 of the following (all courses worth 1 credit each):
CRWR*4100: Capstone Prose/Narrative Workshop
CRWR*4300: Capstone Poetics Workshop
CRWR*4400: Capstone Scriptwriting Workshop
ELECTIVES
(1 credit required):
Choose 1 credit, normally 2 courses, from the following list
(contact crwradv@uoguelph.ca if a College of Arts course related to creative writing is not on this list).
Students will need to comply with the prerequisites and restrictions for individual courses
CLAS*2000: Classical Mythology
CLAS*3030: Epic Heroes and Poems
EURO*1100: European Cinema
EURO*2200: European Modernism
EURO*3000: Revolution and the Fantastic
EURO*3300: Violence and Culture
FREN*2020: France: Literature and Society
FREN*2060: Quebec: Literature and Society
FREN*3030: Good and Evil
FREN*3090: Classics of French Literature
FREN*3110: Storytelling in the Francophone World
FREN*3130: Representing the Self
FREN*3140: Women in Literature, Art and Film
FREN*3160: Songs, Lyrics and Poetry in French
FREN*3170: Fictions of Childhood
HUMN*3020: Myth and Fairy Tales in Germany
HUMN*3180: Community Engagement Project
HUMN*3190: Experiential Learning
HUMN*3400: Renaissance Lovers and Fools
HUMN*3470: Holocaust and WWII in German Literature and Film
HUMN*4190: Experiential Learning
SPAN*2990: Hispanic Literary Studies
SPAN*3220: Literature and Arts I: Spain
THST*1040: Introduction to Performance
THST*1200: The Languages of Media
THST*2450: Approaches to Media Studies
THST*2500: Contemporary Cinema
THST*3140: Performance and the Past
THST*3530: Canadian Cinema
Area of Concentration and Minor in Creative Writing
effective FALL 2022* | 5.0 credits required
CORE COURSES (2.0 credits required)
CRWR*1000: Elements of Storytelling
CRWR*2000: Reading as a Writer
ENGL*1080: Reading the Past
ENGL*2380: Reading Poetry
CREATIVE WRITING WORKSHOPS
(2.0 credits required) 1 credit at 2000 level, 1 credit at 3000 level.
Choose 2 of:
CRWR*2100: Fiction Workshop: Writing the Anthropocene
CRWR*2150: Speculative Fiction Workshop
CRWR*2200: Creative Nonfiction Workshop: Writing Nature
CRWR*2300: Poetry Workshop
CRWR*2400: Screenwriting Workshop
THST*2120: Writing for Performance
Choose 2 of:
CRWR*3100: Fiction Writing Workshop
CRWR*3200: Creative Nonfiction Writing Workshop
CRWR*3300: Poetry Workshop: Ecopoetics
CRWR*3400: Screenwriting Workshop: Writing for Inclusive Screens
CRWR*3500: Adv. Writing for Performance: Writing for the Inclusive Stage
ELECTIVES
(1 credit required)
from the following list (contact crwradv@uoguelph.ca if a College of Arts course related to creative writing is not on this list). Students will need to
comply with the prerequisites and restrictions for individual courses:
Course 1: any English (excluding ENGL*1030 Effective Writing)
Course 2: any English (excluding ENGL*1030 Effective Writing)
CLAS*2000: Classical Mythology
CLAS*3030: Epic Heroes and Poems
EURO*1100: European Cinema
EURO*2200: European Modernism
EURO*3000: Revolution and the Fantastic
EURO*3300: Violence and Culture
FREN*2020: France: Literature and Society
FREN*2060: Quebec: Literature and Society
FREN*3030: Good and Evil
FREN*3090: Classics of French Literature
FREN*3110: Storytelling in the Francophone World
FREN*3130: Representing the Self
FREN*3140: Women in Literature, Art and Film
FREN*3160: Songs, Lyrics and Poetry in French
FREN*3170: Fictions of Childhood
HUMN*3020: Myth and Fairy Tales in Germany
HUMN*3180: Community Engagement Project
HUMN*3190: Experiential Learning
HUMN*3400: Renaissance Lovers and Fools
HUMN*3470: Holocaust and WWII in German Literature and Film
HUMN*4190: Experiential Learning
SPAN*2990: Hispanic Literary Studies
SPAN*3220: Literature and Arts I: Spain
THST*1040: Introduction to Performance
THST*1200: The Languages of Media
THST*2450: Approaches to Media Studies
THST*2500: Contemporary Cinema
THST*3140: Performance and the Past
THST*3530: Canadian Cinema
*Students registered at the University Guelph prior to Fall 2022 must fulfill the requirements of the Calendar in effect when they first enrolled unless they have filed a Schedule of Studies Change Request to change to the 2022-2023 calendar. Do not use this checksheet if you are fulfilling the requirements of an earlier Calendar. If you wish to switch to the new requirements consult with the BA Counselling Office (baco@uoguelph.ca) about whether this would be a good option for you.