High school graduation
A minimum grade point average of 2.0 (60%) calculated on English Studies 12 or English 12 or English First Peoples 12 and two academic Grade 12 courses
If English is not your first language or you’ve received your education in a language other than English you must take one of the following English language assessment tests:
TOEFL (Test of English as a Foreign Language)
Required minimum marks:
online test (TOEFL iBT®): 83
paper-delivered test: 560
Capilano University TOEFL code: 0505
ELA (English Language Assessment Test)
Required minimum mark: 145
Academic IELTS (International English Language Testing System)
Required minimum mark: 6.5 overall, with no single score below 6
CAEL (Canadian Academic English Language Assessment Test)
Required minimum mark: 70
PTE Academic (Pearson Test of English – Academic)
Required minimum mark: 56
DET (Duolingo English Test) – Being accepted on a temporary basis until January 2021
Required minimum mark: 110
Program Highlights
If you'd love to immerse yourself in contemporary literature and creative writing and see where it takes you - start here.
Hone your writing under the guidance of practicing writers. Our instructors specialize in poetry and poetics (including digital poetics), the novel, micro-fiction, creative non-fiction, writing for children, ficto-criticism, and radio and short film scripts.
In first year you'll study multiple genres, branching out in second year to explore poetry, fiction, non-fiction, playwriting and writing for children.
You'll finish with an Associate Degree plus first- and second-year English and creative writing transfer credits.
Learning Outcomes
Demonstrate a breadth and depth of knowledge of appropriate to a student entering upper-division courses.
Demonstrate research skills, critical thinking, and creative implementation of sound solutions to problems.
Communicate ideas through oral and written formats.
Work both independently and cooperatively.
Analyze and synthesize course material to produce original work.
Use technology creatively and efficiently.
Demonstrate quantitative and qualitative reasoning and research methods.
Draw upon knowledge, judgment, and imagination in work and life.
Produce a portfolio of original work.
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Career paths
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