Creative Writing (BA)

48-52 semester hours with grades of C- or better.  For the purposes of calculating the required 2.00 minimum GPA in any of the four majors offered by the department, the English & Creative Writing Department uses all of the major courses with the ENGL and WRIT prefixes.  

4            WRIT-251 Introduction to Fiction

4            WRIT-252 Introduction to Poetry

4            WRIT-253 Introduction to Creative Nonfiction

8            Intermediate creative writing workshops chosen from:

WRIT-351 Intermediate Fiction

WRIT-352 Intermediate Poetry

WRIT-353 Intermediate Creative Nonfiction

4            Advanced creative writing workshops chosen from:

WRIT-451 Advanced Fiction

WRIT-452 Advanced Poetry

WRIT-453 Advanced Creative Nonfiction

4            WRIT-550 Senior Seminar

0-4        WRIT-520 Practicum or WRIT-540 Internship

8            ENGL-265 Forms of Writing, with no repetition of genre and no limitation of topic within the course topics listed below:

ENGL-265 Novel

ENGL-265 Short Story

ENGL-265 Formal Structure of Poetry

ENGL-265 Narrative Poetry

ENGL-265 Lyric Poetry

ENGL-265 Prose Poetry/Lyric Essay

ENGL-265 Personal Essay

ENGL-265 Memoir

ENGL-265 Literary Journalism

ENGL-265 Popular Writing

4            ENGL-290 Aesthetics and Interpretation

8           ENGL courses at the 300-level, chosen from the following electives (which may be repeated with different subject matter):

 ENGL-350 Studies in Major Authors

 ENGL-355 Studies in Anglophone Literature (Multicultural/Non-Western)

 ENGL-361 Studies in Literary Forms

 ENGL-365 Studies in Literature and Gender

 ENGL-375 History of the Book

 ENGL-390 Special Themes and Topics

Note: A student is required to participate in a senior reading and to produce a senior chapbook in order to graduate with a creative writing major.