Bachelor of Arts in Journalism and Creative Writing

About this programme

Develop expertise in journalism, creative writing, and multimedia storytelling through a hands-on degree that combines professional reporting, creative practice, and a full-year work placement. Great stories inform, connect, and inspire. In this degree, offered exclusively at Trent’s Durham Campus in the GTA, you'll learn how to research, write, produce, and share stories across multiple platforms while developing your own creative voice. Combining journalism, creative writing, and digital storytelling, this program prepares you to create work that is compelling, accurate, and relevant in today's rapidly changing media landscape. Add an Option to your Journalism & Creative Writing degree to explore an additional area of interest Leveraging Trent’s academic and research strengths in arts-based and environmental education, the Option in Climate Communication blends courses across disciplines to teach you a new storytelling approach that examines how to better understand media's effect on audiences’ morals, values, and behaviours. Equipped with this knowledge, this new offering at Trent University aims to use more effective climate change communications and environmental storytelling to foster a more sustainable and equitable world where our collective well-being is at the heart. Further develop your creative and logical thinking, project management, teamwork, problem analysis, and clear and persuasive communication skills. In this option, you’ll also have a chance to participate in the community-based capstone course.