Overview

With Athabasca University’s Master of Arts in Interdisciplinary Studies - Writing and New Media, you will learn to think holistically, critically and reflectively. You will find the connections and points of overlap between specialized and generalized knowledge. You will also learn problem-solving skills and policy-making strategies.

Learning outcomes

Writing and New Media provides an opportunity to students interested in all aspects of writing, both professional and creative, and explores the ways in which the new media of publication and communication (the internet, the World Wide Web) provide new forms and genres of writing and communication.

Interdisciplinary Studies - Writing and New Media Students will explore the many ways in which digital multimedia communications change modes of communication, interaction, and publication and, with them, social, political and economic patterns of experience and behavior on a global scale. Your program will finish with a final integrated project or capstone paper that will exercise and explore your newly acquired skills and knowledge.

You can choose to complete this project in a grouped study capstone course, or through an individual study project that will allow you to:

explore a question or issue that’s important to you

relate your research to a work or life situation

address a community problem

Programme Structure

Courses include:

Academic Writing for Graduate Students

Writing the Self: The Experience and Potential of Writing for Personal Development

Creative Non-Fiction

Global Education

Global Governance and Law

Architectural Conservation

Creative Writing

Key information

Duration

Full-time
- 24 months
Part-time
- 72 months

Start dates & application deadlines

Starting 2026-09-02 00:00:00
- Apply before 2026-05-15 00:00:00
Starting 2027-01-05 00:00:00
- Apply before 2026-09-15 00:00:00
Starting 2027-05-04 00:00:00
- Apply before 2027-01-15 00:00:00

Language

English

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Credits

33 alternative credits

Delivered

Online

Campus Location

Athabasca, Canada

Disciplines

Liberal Arts Media Studies & Mass Media

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Academic requirements

GPA

English requirements

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Other requirements

General requirements

To apply for an Athabasca University graduate program you must have an undergraduate degree. Doctorate programs require a master’s degree to qualify for admission.
Requirements for graduate programs vary and are listed on each program’s website. You can take some graduate courses without being admitted to the full program if you meet the non-program student requirements for said program. Requirements for graduate programs are listed on each program’s website.

Tuition Fees

Tuition fees are shown in and the most likely applicable fee is shown based on your nationality.

International Applies to you

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Non-residents

2258 CAD / module

≈ 2258 CAD / module
Domestic Applies to you

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Citizens or residents

2013 CAD / module

≈ 2013 CAD / module

Funding

Win a €10000 Scholarship! Deadline: 30 June 2020

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Win a €10000 Scholarship! Deadline: 30 June 2020

Embark on your journey with the Studyportals Scholarship! We're giving away a total of 20,000 euros to help you achieve your dream of studying abroad.

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Scholarships Information

Below you will find Master's scholarship opportunities for Interdisciplinary Studies - Writing and New Media.

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