Creative Writing
Tentative Course Offerings for Upcoming Semesters
(Conditional on enrolment and subject to change)
Course | Fall 2025 | Spring 2026 | Summer 2026 |
CRWR 1100 - Introduction to Creative Writing I* | P | P | P |
CRWR 1200 - Introduction to Craft and Process in Creative Writing* | P | P | P |
CRWR 1240 - New Forms and Media: Networked Narratives | P | P | |
CRWR 2140 -Writing and Creativity on the Web |
| P | |
CRWR 2300 -Fiction and Poetry | P | P | |
CRWR 2900 - Special Topics | P | P | |
CRWR 3100 - Techniques in Short Fiction | P | ||
CRWR 3110 -Techniques in Poetry |
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CRWR 3120 - Screenwriting and Drama: Character and Dialogue | P | ||
CRWR 3130 - Creative Nonfiction: Writing from the Self | P | ||
CRWR 3140 - New Forms and Media: Sites and Platforms |
| P | |
CRWR 3200 - Short Fiction |
| P | |
CRWR 3210 - Poetic Forms |
| P | |
CRWR 3220 - Screenwriting and Drama: Structure and Plot |
| P | |
CRWR 3230 -Creative Nonfiction: Writing Beyond the Self |
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CRWR 3240 - New Forms and Media: Web Series |
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CRWR 3301 - Mythological Narratives |
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CRWR 3302 - Themes in Literary Writing |
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| CRWR 3303 - The Business of Writing | P | ||
| CRWR 3400 - Advanced Special Topics Spring 2026: The Ecology of Creativity: Skill Acquisition in the Complex Domains of Creative Practice How does creativity work? How do the words, images, objects, and products of creative practice emerge from our experiences within ourselves and with one another? How might we find unique solutions to common creative problems? What's the function of risk-taking in creative work? How do the environments we create for ourselves facilitate or corrode creative play? What's the right balance between open exploration and structured practice? This class explores these questions from an evidence-based perspective, utilizing a large body of research from the domains of nonlinear pedagogy, complexity theory, and ecological dynamics. Recent contributions from these fields have upended how we think about skill development, the role of experts, and the process of learning. In this class we will explore these developments and apply them to our creative practices. Several sessions of this class will take place in local parks in Delta and Surrey. The scheduling of off-campus sessions is designed to accommodate participants who have classes on campus before or after these sessions. All park locations are within 30 minutes of campus by car. Participants who are unable to attend any of the off-campus sessions due to challenges in transportation will be provided with other options. | P | P | |
| CRWR 4100 - Advanced Fiction Workshop | P | ||
| CRWR 4110 - Advanced Poetry Workshop | P | ||
| CRWR 4120 - Screenwriting and Drama: Advanced Workshop | |||
| CRWR 4130 - Advanced Creative Nonfiction Workshop | |||
| CRWR 4140 - Advanced New Forms and Media II | |||
| CRWR 4150 - Writers' Studio | P | ||
| CRWR 4200 - Advanced Short Fiction ll | |||
| CRWR 4210 - Advanced Poetry Workshop ll | P | ||
| CRWR 4220 - Advanced Screenwriting II | |||
| CRWR 4230 - Advanced Creative Nonfiction ll | |||
| CRWR 4250 - The Writers' Studio II | P |
*Multiple offerings of 1100 and 1200 in all semesters
Please contact the Department Co-Chairs, Nicola Harwood or Jen Currin, for questions regarding these courses or the programs we offer: nicola.harwood@kpu.ca, jen.currin@kpu.ca
Please make an appointment with an Arts Degree Advisor for further information on how these courses will fit into your program: ArtsDegreeAdvising@kpu.ca
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