Creative Writing Department
Creative Writing offers courses in which students have the opportunity to write fiction, drama, poetry, personal narrative, children's literature, screenplays, and, to a lesser extent, analyses and reviews. Students should note that the focus of the courses is on the development of style and the treatment of content, not on the development of basic composition skills. Classes are conducted as workshops in which students learn that critical thinking is an essential part of the creative process. Creative Writing instructors produce Pearls, an anthology of outstanding student work each year, and faculty select one or more recipients of the Maurice Hodgson Memorial Award for achievement in Creative Writing.
Department Website
For an overview of this program, including faculty listings and frequently asked questions plus other resources, visit the departmental website.
Career/Further Educational Opportunities
Students who complete Creative Writing courses at Douglas College may continue pursuing their writing through university-level Creative Writing courses. Most CRWR courses are transferable. See the BC Transfer Guide.
Location
Creative Writing courses are offered at the New Westminster and Coquitlam campuses.
Intake Dates/Application Deadlines
**Application deadlines may be extended.
Creative Writing offers courses in the Fall, Winter, and Summer terms.
Prerequisite Compliance
Students who are requesting transfer credit from other institutions or submitting high school transcripts from outside of BC to satisfy prerequisite compliance are required to apply and submit those documents no later than three months in advance of the intake.
Other Information
Before enrolling in a Creative Writing course, students must take the Douglas College Writing assessment or provide a substitute or equivalent assessment. For individual prerequisites please see course listings.
To foster student success, Creative Writing faculty recommend that students register for no more than two Creative Writing courses per term.
Credentials
An Associate of Arts Degree with a specialization in Creative Writing provides the opportunity for students to focus their studies on Creative Writing.
Creative Writing can also be an elective for the Diploma in Arts in the Associate Degrees, as well as for some individual programs. Please see specific program information.