Requirements
English, Creative Writing Option
NOTE: This is a formal Option and will appear on the transcript.
L&S undergraduates with a particular interest in creative writing may combine a background in literature with a concentration of courses in fiction or poetry writing. The major requirements are distributed as follows:
| Code | Title | Credits |
|---|---|---|
| Survey of Literature | ||
| ENGL 241 | Literature and Culture I: to the 18th Century | 3 |
| ENGL 242 | Literature and Culture II: from the 18th Century to the Present | 3 |
| American Literature (1 course) | 3 | |
| Vladimir Nabokov: Russian and American Writings | ||
| American Literary Cultures | ||
| Women in Ethnic American Literature | ||
| A Survey of Asian American Literature | ||
| Modern and Contemporary American Literature | ||
| Chicana/o and Latina/o Literatures | ||
| African and African Diaspora Literature and Culture | ||
| A Study of an Outstanding Figure or Figures in American Literature | ||
| Topic in Nineteenth-Century American Literature and Culture | ||
| Topic in American Literature and Culture since 1900 | ||
| Major American Writer or Writers | ||
| Three American Novelists | ||
| Topics in Ethnic and Multicultural Literature | ||
| Race and Sexuality in American Literature | ||
| Asian American Women Writers | ||
| Asian American Poetry | ||
| Topic in Contemporary Literature | ||
| Selected Topics in Afro-American Literature | ||
| Seminar (1 course) | ||
| ENGL 245 | Seminar in the Major | 3 |
| Language or Composition Rhetoric (1 course) | 3 | |
| Introduction to Rhetoric and Writing Studies | ||
| The English Language | ||
| History and Theory of Rhetoric and Writing Studies | ||
| Advanced Composition | ||
| Seminar on Tutoring Writing Across the Curriculum | ||
| Topics in Composition and Rhetoric | ||
| Creative Writing Workshops (3 courses) 1 | 9 | |
| Creative Writing: Fiction and Poetry Workshop | ||
| Creative Writing: Nonfiction Workshop | ||
| Creative Writing: Fiction Workshop | ||
| Creative Writing: Poetry Workshop | ||
| Creative Writing: Playwriting Workshop | ||
| Creative Writing: Special Topics Workshop | ||
| Creative Writing: Advanced Fiction Workshop | ||
| Creative Writing: Advanced Poetry Workshop | ||
| Directed Creative Writing (1 course) | ||
| ENGL 695 | Directed Creative Writing | 3 |
| Electives | 3 | |
| Total Credits | 30 | |
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Workshops numbered 400 and higher may be repeated for credit. Students are allowed to take only one creative writing workshop per semester. All three required workshops must be completed prior to beginning the Directed Creative Writing course (ENGL 695).