Creativity and Society program requirements

What the Creativity and Society Minor requires, as the 2026-2027 Arts & Science Calendar states it, and every course it names.

Creativity and Society Minor

  • Arts program
  • 4.0 credits
  • Open enrolment
  • ASMIN2750

Enrolment

This is an open enrolment program. A student who has completed 4.0 credits may enrol in the program. The full enrolment requirements are on the Calendar's page for this program.

Completion requirements

4.0 credits including at least 1.0 credit at the 300+ level, with a maximum of 1.0 credit at the 100-level. Up to 1.0 credit may be chosen from approved courses offered by other departments (see list of Cognate Courses).

1CRE201H1

2At least 1.0 credit from Group A - Forms of Creativity: VIC191Y1, CRE210H1, CRE269H1, CRE272H1, CRE273H1, CRE275H1, CRE276H1, CRE279H1, CRE280H1, CRE282H1, CRE283H1, CRE350Y1, CRE370H1, CRE470H1, CRE479H1, CRE479Y1, CRE480H1.

3At least 1.0 credit from Group B - Social Contexts and Interpretation: VIC164H1, VIC165H1, VIC190Y1, CRE209H1, MCS223H1, CRE235H1, CRE247H1, CRE270H1, CRE271H1, CRE281H1, MCS320H1, MCS331H1, CRE335H1, CRE345H1, REN346H1, CRE349H1, CRE353H1, CRE367H1, CRE371H1, CRE372H1, CRE373H1, MCS373H1, CRE374H1, CRE375H1, CRE449H1.

4Up to 1.0 credit from Cognate Courses: SMC219Y1, SMC229H1, SMC317H1, BMS319H1, BMS420H1, BMS421H1, CAR321H1, CIN201Y1, CSE349H1, DRM428H1, EAS349H1, ENG287H1, ENG289H1, ENG387H1, ENG388H1, ENG389H1, FAH352H1, FAH382H1, INS300Y1, JWB328H1, MUS211H1, RLG231H1, RLG232H1, RLG393H1, WRR211H1, WRR311Y1, WRR312H1, WRR414H1, or another creativity-themed course approved by the program coordinator.

Courses these requirements name

  • CRE201H1Introduction to Creativity and Society
  • VIC191Y1Artistic Creation and Public Issues
  • CRE210H1Holography for 3D Visualization
  • CRE269H1Creative Practice: Speculative Fiction
  • CRE272H1Song, Lyrics, and Songwriting
  • CRE273H1The Body: An Exercise
  • CRE275H1Creative Writing: Short Fiction
  • CRE276H1Writing for the Stage and Screen
  • CRE279H1Creative Non-Fiction
  • CRE280H1Creative Writing: Poetry
  • CRE282H1Emerging Genres in Creative Writing
  • CRE283H1Writing About Music
  • CRE350Y1Creative Writing
  • CRE370H1Music and the Imagination
  • CRE470H1Soundscapes
  • CRE479H1Fiction: A Master Class
  • CRE479Y1The Novel: A Master Class
  • CRE480H1Poetry: A Master Class
  • VIC164H1Ideas and Their Consequences: Literary and Artistic Realms of the Imagination
  • VIC165H1Ideas and Their Consequences: Isolation and Communion in Modern Culture
  • VIC190Y1The Arts and Society
  • CRE209H1How Stories Work
  • MCS223H1Signs, Meanings, and Culture
  • CRE235H1Innovation in Society
  • CRE247H1Creativity in the Sciences
  • CRE270H1Listening: A Critical History
  • CRE271H1Reading the Wild
  • CRE281H1Popular Music, Technology, and the Human
  • MCS320H1Semiotics of Visual Art
  • MCS331H1The Materiality of Information
  • CRE335H1Creativity and Collaboration in Social Enterprise
  • CRE345H1Evidence Based Approaches to Creativity
  • REN346H1The Idea of the Renaissance
  • CRE349H1Special Topics in Creativity
  • CRE353H1Creativity and Altered Consciousness
  • CRE367H1Creativity and Artificial Intelligence
  • CRE371H1Documenting Reality
  • CRE372H1Reviewing, Reception, and Reading Communities
  • CRE373H1Archives and the Art of Memory
  • MCS373H1Materialities of Music
  • CRE374H1Cultural Encounters: Identity and Transformation in the Arts
  • CRE375H1Histories of Creativity
  • CRE449H1Special Topics in Creativity
  • SMC219Y1
  • SMC229H1
  • SMC317H1
  • BMS319H1Media Ethics
  • BMS420H1Bookbinding Then and Now
  • BMS421H1Histories of Letterpress Printing
  • CAR321H1Caribbean Visual Arts, Social Media and Performance
  • CIN201Y1Film Cultures I: Art and Industry
  • CSE349H1Disability Arts and Culture
  • DRM428H1Advanced Playwriting
  • EAS349H1Soundscapes and Modern China
  • ENG287H1The Digital Text
  • ENG289H1Introduction to Creative Writing
  • ENG387H1Creative Writing: Creative Nonfiction
  • ENG388H1Creative Writing: Poetry
  • ENG389H1Creative Writing: Short Fiction
  • FAH352H119th Century Photography
  • FAH382H1Art Writing
  • INS300Y1Worldviews, Indigenous Knowledges, and Oral Tradition last in the 2025-2026 Calendar
  • JWB328H1
  • MUS211H1The World of Popular Music
  • RLG231H1Music and Religion
  • RLG232H1Religion and Film
  • RLG393H1Graphic Religion: Myth and the Spiritual in Graphic Novels
  • WRR211H1Introduction to Creative Writing
  • WRR311Y1Seminar in Creative Writing last in the 2023-2024 Calendar
  • WRR312H1Writing Literary Journalism
  • WRR414H1Writing for Social Change

Requirements are quoted from the 2026-2027 Arts & Science Calendar, which is the official version. Atlas is independent of U of T, so confirm important decisions with your department or college registrar. See how to read program requirements or browse every program.

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