BA/BS in Creative Writing at Dalhousie University in Halifax, Canada is a bachelor's degree in Creative Writing programme. Tuition for international students is CAD 37,992 per year (CAD 9,030 per year for local students).
At a glance
Degree:Bachelor's Degree
Field:Creative Writing
Local tuition: CAD 9,030 / year
International tuition: CAD 37,992 / year
Information for the 2027/28 academic year · Last reviewed September 2026 ·
Program details
Overview
Creative Writing at Dalhousie University is a Bachelor of Arts program offered by the Department of English within the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences at the Halifax campus, with intake in September and January. The curriculum combines the study of literature with hands-on writing instruction across genres including fiction, poetry, and creative nonfiction, with upper-level courses structured as workshops where students share work and receive peer feedback on craft and revision. The program can be completed as a standalone Honours degree, a Double Major, a Combined Honours degree, or a Minor paired with another primary subject. Coursework spans four years, from an introductory course on reading and writing stories to advanced seminars focused on specific genres. It suits students interested in developing their writing across multiple forms while building communication, editing, and critical thinking skills applicable beyond publishing, including in communications, media, and education.
Requirements
Minimum GPA:70.00 / %
Admission Requirements: The programme's own page states only that applicants must complete secondary school (Grade 12) with Grade 12 English and reach the minimum average for their chosen programme, without repeating the figure; as a Bachelor of Arts route, that figure is Dalhousie's published Arts minimum of a 70 percent overall average across the required Grade 12 subjects. Admission to Dalhousie programmes is competitive, so meeting the minimum average does not guarantee a place. No standardized English test score, portfolio or interview is named on the programme page itself. International applicants are assessed on the same subject list through Dalhousie's equivalency tables and must also meet the university's English-language requirement unless exempt, for example IELTS Academic 6.5 overall with no band below 6.0, or TOEFL iBT 90 overall with no section below 20. The programme admits students in both September and January.
Application Details
Start Date:September and January
Application Deadline:Dalhousie's live Dates and Deadlines page still shows the September 2026 entry cycle as of mid-September 2026, not the 2027 cycle. For that cycle, Bachelor of Science (Nursing), Bachelor of Health Sciences, Bachelor of Science (Medical Sciences) and Bachelor of Social Work close February 15, 2026; the Bachelor of Environmental Design Studies (Architecture) closes March 1, 2026; and the Health Sciences post-diploma option closes June 15, 2026. All other undergraduate programmes are considered on a rolling, space-available basis for both domestic and international applicants, with no separate international closing date published; May 15, 2026 is only the deposit and English-proficiency deadline, not an application deadline. Dalhousie has not yet published September 2027 entry dates. These are institution-wide dates; this programme publishes no deadline of its own.
