Bachelor of Creative and Professional Writing

The Bachelor of Creative and Professional Writing is a four-year degree pairing literary craft with the commercial writing skills that actually pay.

The creative side covers fiction, creative non-fiction, poetry and script through workshop instruction, alongside literature, narrative theory and editing. The professional side covers business and technical writing, content and copywriting, editing and proofreading to publishing standards, writing for digital platforms, grant and proposal writing, publishing industry structure, and the freelance business — pitching, rates, contracts and rights.

The pairing is deliberate and honest. Very few writers earn a living from literary work alone; most combine it with commercial writing, editing or content roles. A program that trains both produces graduates who can sustain a writing career rather than abandoning it for unrelated work.

The work placement is a graded part of the program, so you finish with documented Canadian experience and a referee rather than only a transcript.

Humber Polytechnic — formerly Humber College — is Ontario’s largest public college and a Designated Learning Institution (DLI O19376943122). The Lakeshore campus sits on the shore of Lake Ontario in south Etobicoke, next to Colonel Samuel Smith Park, and is home to Humber’s business degrees, media and creative arts, and social and community services programs. Heritage buildings, a residence opened in 2024 and a free shuttle to the North campus make it the most distinctive of Humber’s sites.

Its field maps to CIP 23.1302 (Creative writing). Because this is a degree, graduates are exempt from the November 2024 PGWP field-of-study restriction that applies to college credentials. Full-time on-campus study and graduation remain the conditions, and IRCC makes the final decision.