Program Overview

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English and Creative Writing

Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences @ UWindsor

Program Overview & Highlights

• Honours 4-Year Program
• Combined Honours Programs Available
• B.A.

The Creative Writing program, unique in Ontario, is your gateway to a vibrant literary community and career. You’ll spend four years fully immersed in great literature, honing your own creative writing skills, and connecting with like-minded peers who share your passion. Starting in your second year, you’ll dive into the creative writing component, with small classes capped at just 20 students so you receive personalized attention and feedback. Gain hands-on experience through our popular editing and publishing practicum where you’ll edit and publish an original manuscript with your friends.

• Small classes with hands-on experience (including in editing and publishing!)
• Share your creative writing drafts with our writers-in-residence who will work with you one-on-one
• Be a part of Windsor's literary community and attend poetry readings, book launches, and readings by celebrated authors
• You can take courses from different periods in literature, Canadian literature, rhetoric and linguistics, and more. Specialize in what interests you

Learn More About Our Program

• 40+ books published by students in the Editing and Publishing practicum course
• 97% of our graduates are employed within 2 years
• 20+ exchange and study abroad opportunities offered in Australia, the UK, and France.

What Lancers Are Saying

I've learned how to read and write about poetry, I've learned about the complexities of the Canadian literary marketplace and the nuances of Canadian literature.... Beyond improving my skills as a reader, writer, and academic, my experiences... have made me a more informed citizen within my local community and beyond. I've gained valuable new insights and perspectives that have fundamentally shifted my values and social involvement in the world around me. I've gained lasting friendships, and a rich, creative community of individuals I cherish. I have had the pleasure of working as a Research Assistant with Dr. Price, through the IGNITE program.... In the Creative Writing workshops, I've learned about various approaches to storytelling and poetry, while also learning how to read, edit, and workshop creative works of fiction....In the Editing and Publishing Practicum, I learned the process of editing, proofreading, and publishing a manuscript, as well as the process of marketing, promoting, and launching a book. I believe experiential learning opportunities have helped me translate theoretical skills into practical, marketable skills that I can add to my professional CV.

Cristina Matteis-Stenlund

Student
English

Faculty & Staff

Recruitment & Outreach Coordinator

Sheri Lowrie

FAHSS Recruitment and Outreach Coordinator

Hi, I’m Sheri Lowrie — though you might know me better as your cool Auntie Sheri on campus! I’m here to support you as you navigate your path to becoming a proud Lancer in one of our Faculty of Arts, Humanities, or Social Sciences programs.

I hold a Bachelor of Arts in English Literature and Language, with minors in Communications, Media and Film, and Sociology. Whether you prefer texting, emailing, a virtual coffee chat, or a cozy conversation on my couch, I’m always here to help you reach your academic goals and make the most of your university experience.

I look forward to hearing from you.

Admission Requirements

High School Student from Canada

• Course Requirements: English/ENG4U (min. avg. 60%)
• Recommended: Creative Writing/EWC4U
• Minimum Average: 70%

High School Student from Outside Canada and the United States (International)

• Course Requirements: Grade 12 English
• Recommended: Grade 12 Creative Writing
• Minimum Average: 70%

Career Tracks

• Journalist
• editor
• librarian
• publisher
• public official
• teacher
• lawyer
• communications director
• copywriter
• administrator
• researcher
• policy analyst

Related Programs

• English Language and Literature
• Consecutive Education

Plan Your Program

Term: Fall 2025

Important Notes

1. All FAHSS programs require students to take one course with Indigenous content, perspectives, or materials. This can be done at any time during the student’s undergraduate education. It is recommended that co-op students fulfill this requirement in the summer term. See this link for course options:
   Not all Indigenous content courses are offered every term.
2. Students studying within the Faculty of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences are encouraged to review the FAHSS Overview page.
3. English and Creative Writing may be combined with another major for a degree in Combined Honours English and Creative Writing and Another Subject.

Required Course Notes

Major Courses

• ENGL 1002
• ENGL 1003

Recommended Other Courses

• GART 1210 (see note 1)
• One Social Science
• One Language or One Science
• One other course from any area of study, excluding Arts

Required Courses

ENGL 1002: Writing about Literature

An introduction to analyzing and writing about literary texts, focusing on: the major genres (poetry, drama, and narrative prose), the use of literary terms, and frequent writing assignments in practical criticism. (Not available on an Audit basis.) (Restricted to majors in English and IAS only.)

ENGL 1003: Early British Literature

A survey of representative texts to 1750: the Medieval, Renaissance, seventeenth-century and eighteenth-century periods. (Restricted to majors in English and IAS only.) Credit cannot be obtained for both ENGL-1003 and ENGL-2109).

Recommended Courses

GART 1210: An Introduction into Indigenous Topics

This course introduces students to Indigenous histories, perspectives, and modern realities through an Indigenous lens. The role of colonization is introduced as Indigenous relationships on Turtle Island changed as a result of contact and colonization. This survey course provides a learning opportunity for students to engage in Indigenous pedagogy and worldview as they learn how history impacts the contemporary lives of Indigenous people. Through exploring relationships, this course engages critical reading, writing and thinking skills through course lectures and seminar activities. The history of relations assists in understanding how colonization’s policies and statutory documents thereafter affected Indigenous peoples, such as the Royal Proclamation, Treaties, the Indian Act, the British North America Act (1867), and the Constitution Act (1982). Today, these colonial-state governance documents are a significant part of Indigenous-Crown and Indigenous-settler relations. (2 lecture hours and 1 tutorial hour per week.) (Also offered as SOSC-1210.)