Creative Writing

This concentration provides students with solid training in the writing of poetry, fiction, and creative non-fiction, as well as the analysis of literary texts. While students in creative writing spend time in writing workshops, they also take literature classes and learn to make connections between creative writing and critical reading.

Requirements for Majors Concentrating in Creative Writing
1. Prerequisite
2. Foundation Course
3. Electives
4. Four courses in Literary Study
5. Creative Writing Checklist
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1. Prerequisite (3 credits)
Students must take ENGL 300, Introduction to Creative Writing, and pass the course with a minimum grade of B to major in creative writing.

2. Foundation Course (3 credits)
Students must take ENGL 338, Survey of English Literature I: Anglo-Saxon Literature to Romanticism, once they have declared a major in the Creative Writing concentration. This course may be taken the same semester as ENGL 300.

3. Electives (24 credits)
After fulfilling the prerequisite and foundation requirements, students pursuing the concentration in Creative Writing must take an additional 24 credits within the major. consists of Core Requirements and Electives. These 24 credits (8 courses) must be distributed as follows:

* Three courses of 300-level writing workshops (9 credits)
* One 400-level writing seminar (for example, Advanced Poetry or Starting the Novel). Students may undertake an independent tutorial to fulfill this requirement (3 credits)
* Four courses in literary study (12 credits)

4. Four courses in Literary Study (12 credits)
Students must choose their 12 credits (4 courses) in literary study so that they fulfill the following Core Requirements. No one course may used to fulfill more than one Core Requirement.
* One course must deal substantially with British literature written before 1870 (3 credits)
* One course must deal substantially with American literature written before 1914 (3 credits)
* One course must deal substantially with African American, Asian American, Latino American, Native American, Caribbean, Transnational and/or Post-Colonial literature(3 credits)
* One course must be chosen from among the following: ENGL 303 (Western Literary Backgrounds to British and American Literature); ENGL 306 (Literary Theory); ENGL 331 (The Structure of Modern English); ENGL 332 (The History of the English Language).

5. Creative Writing Concentration Checklist
This checklist will assist students in tracking their general education requirements and major requirements. Click here for Creative Writing Checklist. (Clicking on this link will open a Word file suitable for printing.)

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