Overview

Key Features

Writing is a creative practice in its own right. Like art and design, a writing practice has sketches, masterpieces, final realizations, and everything in between. At ECU, we believe writing does not merely reflect the world, but is also an action in the world.

You can take courses in collaborative writing, script writing, art writing and reviewing, poetry, fiction, and drama, graphic novels and creative nonfiction, editing and publishing, project-based writing and more. You can also engage in creative writing across multiple languages, whatever your fluency, exploring the possibilities of language.

Focusing on experimentation, we offer you the chance to create a writing practice in an interdisciplinary community and to make connections with your art and design practices. This can include working on specific writing projects under the guidance of professional, published writers. Editing, publishing, and performing are also integral parts of the program.

The Writing program at Emily Carr University of Art + Design is a unique set of courses that approaches writing as a process-based material practice. Courses are studio-based and emphasize the connection between other art, design, and media-based practices. You can move through these courses in multiple ways and with flexible timing.

Programme Structure

Courses include:

Multilingual Writing

Writing Criticism

Script Writing

Senior Writing Studio

Theory

Key information

Duration

Full-time
- 48 months

Start dates & application deadlines

Starting 2026-01-06 00:00:00
- Apply before 2025-10-15 00:00:00
Starting 2026-05-07 00:00:00
- Apply before 2026-03-01 00:00:00
Starting 2026-09-03 00:00:00
- Apply before 2026-01-15 00:00:00

Language

English

IELTS

6.5

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PTE Academic

56

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TOEFL^® IBT

84

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Duolingo English Test

110

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Credits

120 alternative credits

Delivered

On Campus

Campus Location

Vancouver, Canada

Disciplines

Creative Writing Fine Arts View 35 other Bachelors in Fine Arts in Canada

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Academic requirements

We are not aware of any specific GRE, GMAT or GPA grading score requirements for this programme.

English requirements

IELTS

6.5

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PTE Academic

56

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TOEFL^® IBT

84

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Duolingo English Test

110

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Other requirements

General requirements

Examples of your creative practice
Process documentation
Studio assignment
Writing
Educational transcripts

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Additional medical costs (i.e. dental)
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Home contents and baggage
Accidents
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Tuition Fee

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International

26139 CAD/year

Tuition Fee

Based on the tuition of 26139 CAD per year during 48 months.
National

5918 CAD/year

Tuition Fee

Based on the tuition of 5918 CAD per year during 48 months.

Living costs for Vancouver

1590 - 2686 CAD /month

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