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Writing

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Program Requirements

Students will be required to complete 9 units of classes and a 9-unit major writing project in a two-year period. The Writing Portfolio will be a significant body of publishable material, the basis of a manuscript of poetry or short stories, a novel, a collection of essays or a memoir, biography, travel book. It may also be a stage play or a screenplay ready for production.

The program of studies includes:

1. The following required courses:
WRIT 500 (1.5) Writing Workshop (taken twice)
WRIT 501 (1.5) Advanced Studies in Writing (taken twice)
WRIT 598 (9.0) Major Writing Portfolio
2. A minimum of one of the following two teacher-training courses:
WRIT 509 (1.5) Instructional Skills Preparation
WRIT 590 (1.5) Directed Studies in Instructional Skills Preparation
3. Program Electives:
If a student chooses to take only one of the two teacher-training courses, the 1.5 remaining units will be chosen from the following:
WRIT 591 (1.5) Directed Studies in Writing
Electives may also be taken from several other sources. Students can request admission into undergraduate courses within the Department of Writing or outside the department with approval from the student's supervisor. As well, there is a range of courses offered in other graduate programs across campus. There is, however, no guarantee that space will be available in courses in other departments.
4. Mandatory Teaching Requirement Teaching Assistantship: Each graduate student will receive a two-term teaching assistantship.
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