Bachelor of Arts in English -- Creative Writing
Requirements for the Creative Writing Concentration
The major core, required of all four concentrations. These courses are offered at least once a year.
- ENGL 3600: American Literary Traditions OR ENGL 3610 British Literary Traditions
Introduction to the history of literature in each country.
- ENGL 3790: Foundations of Literary Study
An overview and introduction to the discipline of literary study, its history, its methods, and its specialized languages.
- ENGL 3510: Linguistic Principles
Basic principles of sound structure and sentence structure in natural language.
- ENGL 3810: Shakespeare
An introduction to Shakespeare as a dramatic artist through close analysis of selected plays.
Specific concentration requirements:
- ENGL 3010: Creative Writing
- ENGL 4030: Writing Workshop in Nonfiction
- ENGL 4070: Writing Workshop in Poetry
- ENGL 4080: Writing Workshop in Fiction
- ENGL 4890: Capstone, Senior Seminar in Writing
- Two Creative Writing electives
- One 4000-level Literature course.
For information on Creative Writing electives, please consult the Creative Writing advisor. Related fields The major requires 18 total credit hours in related fields outside of English, half of which must be on the 3000- or 4000-level. These are usually chosen from the other humanities, the social sciences, and interdisciplinary programs. The related area requirement may also be satisfied by taking a minor.
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