Creative Writing Minor

Program Requirements

The minimum number of credits (exclusive of the University’s Core curriculum) required for the creative writing minor: 19.

Students enter the creative writing minor by meeting with the Department Chair. Candidates must be eligible for pre-registration and/or admission to upper-level workshops and should have completed six hours of 200- or 300-level writing classes.

No more than six credits from the minor in Creative Writing can be used to fulfill the requirements for the English major. A grade of “C-” or better is required.

The following are specific requirements beyond ENG 100 - College Writing , ENG 102 - Academic Writing , and ENG 140 - Reading Literature  or waivers:

Further information about the creative writing minor is available from the English Department.

• ENG 201 - Creative Writing Credits: 3
• ENG 245 - Introduction to Literary Studies Credits: 3
• Elective courses Credits: 3
  Courses selected from English Department offerings must be 300- or 400-level. Students can select from courses in the following categories: Criticism and Theory, Writing, Interdisciplinary and Cultural Studies, Historical Period, and Electives. Information on all courses can be found on the English, B.A.  program page. 
• ENG 401 - Creative Writing Minor Thesis Credits: 1

• The minor requires a thesis comparable to an M.F.A. application portfolio. Before enrolling in ENG 401 Creative Writing Minor Thesis, students must get permission from a thesis advisor with whom they wish to work. During the course, students will produce ten to fifteen poems or twenty-five to fifty pages of fiction or memoir. The thesis may be completed in the second upper-level workshop.