Certificate in Creative Writing

About this programme

Planned outage: Beginning Nov. 1, you will not be able to access the USask admission application and event registration system for up to six days. Learn more . The Certificate in Creative Writing will help you develop your own writing craft through study, practice, and workshopping and can be applicable to many forms of communication, including journalism, marketing, social media, film, performance, and popular music, as well as literary publication. You will learn the craft of writing in the foundational forms of poetry, fiction, non-fiction, and drama as well as other established and emerging forms. Upon completion of the certificate, you will have a portfolio demonstrating your skill across a range of forms. The program may also serve as a step toward more advanced studies in creative writing. A study of "reading like a writer," this course explores two genres—typically, contemporary poetry and fiction—through the critical analysis and subsequent practice of literary technique. In addition to engaging with elements of style through lectures and workshops, students will explore the aesthetic and sociopolitical underpinnings of assigned readings to consider how form and content exist in a mutually enlivening relationship. Visiting authors may be invited into the classroom, and you will be encouraged to attend literary events in the community. By the end of the course, you will have completed at least one research essay and a portfolio of polished writing in two genres. An introduction to historical and contemporary cultural forms in English. In addition to learning the