Master of Arts (MA) in English (Creative Writing)

The department boasts talented practitioners and instructors in all major genres of creative writing - fiction, poetry, playwriting and screenwriting - as well as expertise in non-fiction. Students in the creative writing stream take a combination of academic and creative courses and write a book-length creative thesis in a genre of their choice. The MA in English (creative writing) can be completed in twenty months. Many creative writing students have published their master’s theses and forged successful careers as writers and teachers in the years after graduation. Study Options: Thesis, DissertationDuration: Twenty months (thesis-based MA), four years (PhD), five years (Direct-entry PhD)Entry Term: Fall only

All applicants to the MA program (Creative, Academic, GSL) should hold an honours Bachelor of Arts degree in English (or a similar program with intensive specialization) with a minimum 3.5 average. Applicants to the Gender and Sexuality in Literature stream should have a BA in English with introductory coursework in Gender/Sexuality/Women’s Studies.