Students who declare a major in English with a Creative Writing Concentration should meet with the Director of Creative Writing.
1. Complete the following FOUR courses: | ||
ENG 290: Beginning Fiction Workshop | 3 credits | |
ENG 292: Beginning Poetry Workshop | 3 credits | |
ENG 390: Intermediate Fiction Workshop | 3 credits | |
ENG 392: Intermediate Poetry Workshop | 3 credits | |
2. Select ONE of the following courses | 3 credits | |
ENG 404: Creative Writing (Prose Fiction) | ||
ENG 406: Creative Writing (Poetry) | ||
3. Select ONE of the following courses | 3 credits | |
Any ENG literature course at the 400 level | ||
ENG 404: Creative Writing (Prose Fiction) | ||
ENG 406: Creative Writing (Poetry) | ||
ENG 407: Creative Writing Special Topics | ||
ENG 408: Writing Autobiography | ||
4. Select any ONE 200-level English class (ENG 290 and ENG 292 may not be used to fulfill this requirement) | 3 credits | |
4. Additional literature requirements (at least one of the 300 or 400 level ENG literature courses must cover literature before 1900) | 9 credits | |
Select TWO ENG literature courses at the 300 level or higher | ||
Select ONE ENG literature at the 400 level | ||
TOTAL CREDITS: | 30 credits |
Workshops must be taken one at a time and in sequence.
1. Students who declare a major in English with a Creative Writing Concentration should meet with the Director of Creative Writing.
2. Completion of one of the following workshop tracks: | ||
Fiction Track | ||
ENG 290 | 3 credits | |
ENG 390 | 3 credits | |
ENG 404 (to be taken twice) OR ENG 404 (taken once) plus ENG 407 OR ENG 404 (taken once) plus ENG 408 |
6 credits | |
Poetry Track | ||
ENG 292 | 3 credits | |
ENG 392 | 3 credits | |
ENG 406 (to be taken twice) OR ENG 406 (taken once) plus ENG 407 OR ENG 406 (taken once) plus ENG 408 |
6 credits | |
3. One (1) of the following courses: | ||
ENG 201, ENG 202, ENG 205, ENG 211, ENG 212, ENG 213, ENG 214, ENG 215, ENG 260, ENG 261 (N.B., ENG 210 may not be used toward the fulfillment of this requirement.) | 3 credits | |
4. Four (4) more literature courses numbered 300 or higher, at least two of which must cover literature earlier than 1900. Two of the four courses must be 400-level. | 12 credits | |
5. One more literature course numbered 200 or higher. | 3 credits | |
TOTAL CREDITS: | 30 credits |
Workshops must be taken one at a time and in sequence.
To enter the program a student must have achieved by the end of the junior year a 3.5 average in English courses (including courses in creative writing) and a 3.3 average overall. In addition to meeting the requirements for the Creative Writing Concentration, the candidate for Departmental Honors must:
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