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Nov 27, 2024
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2024-2025 Undergraduate Catalog
Creative Writing Minor
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The English Department offers a minor in creative writing for both English majors and non-majors. The minor consists of tracks in poetry, fiction, and memoir. The goal of the creative writing minor is to direct student attention to writing offerings and collateral textual studies courses.
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Program Requirements
The minimum number of credits (exclusive of the University’s Core curriculum) required for the creative writing minor: 19.
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.
One of the following courses (3 credit hours)
(Note: These courses are required for admission to writing workshops.) Workshops (6 credit hours)*
* Workshops may be repeated for credit. |
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