English, Creative Writing Concentration, BA

A Bachelor of Arts in English with a concentration in Creative Writing requires the courses described for the English major, and the addition of three more courses dealing specifically with creative writing:

Courses Required for the English Major

The English major requires 40 credits, to include two courses at the 200-level (8 credits) and four courses at the 300- or 400-level (16 credits). Students must also take a COR 3 course in English and additional English courses to reach a total of 40 credit-hours. Among these electives, students must take one course from pre-1865 literature (one asterisk) and one global and/or multicultural literature course (two asterisks).

Take two of the following 200-level English courses:

ENG 205 BX - Intro to Creative Writing Minimum Credit(s) Awarded: 4
ENG 210 CX - Intro to Literature Minimum Credit(s) Awarded: 4
ENG 220 C - Issues and Themes in Literature Minimum Credit(s) Awarded: 4
ENG 230S - Storytelling for Social Justice Minimum Credit(s) Awarded: 4
ENG 245 C - TOPICS IN FILM & LITERATURE Minimum Credit(s) Awarded: 4
ENG 260 CD - Topics in Ethnic Literatures Minimum Credit(s) Awarded: 4 **
ENG 271 CG - TOPICS IN WORLD LITERATURES Minimum Credit(s) Awarded: 4 **
Take four of the following 300 / 400 level English courses:
ENG 325 - Topics in Ethnic American Lit Minimum Credit(s) Awarded: 4 **
ENG 325A CDQ - Asian/American: Fiction & Film Minimum Credit(s) Awarded: 4 **
ENG 327 CQ - Tpc: Literature and Gender Minimum Credit(s) Awarded: 4
ENG 331 CX - Literary Figures Minimum Credit(s) Awarded: 4
ENG 331B CX - Literary Figures: Shakespeare Minimum Credit(s) Awarded: 4 *
ENG 358 CX - Medieval Literature Minimum Credit(s) Awarded: 4 *
ENG 359 CX - Renaissance Literature Minimum Credit(s) Awarded: 4 *
ENG 360 CX - 17th Century British Literature Minimum Credit(s) Awarded: 4 *
ENG 361 CX - Restoration & 18th Centry Brit Lit Minimum Credit(s) Awarded: 4 *
ENG 362 CX - Romantic and Victorian Literature Minimum Credit(s) Awarded: 4 *
ENG 363 - Modernism Minimum Credit(s) Awarded: 4
ENG 367 CX - American Literature to 1865 Minimum Credit(s) Awarded: 4 *
ENG 368 - American Literature, 1865-1914 Minimum Credit(s) Awarded: 4
ENG 370B CGX - Global Anglophone Literatures Minimum Credit(s) Awarded: 4 **
ENG 371 CX - Postmodern and Contemporary Lit Minimum Credit(s) Awarded: 4
ENG 377 C - Issues & Themes in Literature Minimum Credit(s) Awarded: 4
ENG 377B CX - Thm: The Shakespeare Effect Minimum Credit(s) Awarded: 4
ENG 391 - Literary Genres Minimum Credit(s) Awarded: 4
ENG 395 CEX - Environmental Literature Minimum Credit(s) Awarded: 4
ENG 415A CDQ - Black Women Writers Minimum Credit(s) Awarded: 4 **
ENG 443A CDQ - Passing Narrative: Ethnic Amer Lit Minimum Credit(s) Awarded: 4 **
ENG 480A GQU - Focused Std Lit Crit: Cntm Glob Fem Minimum Credit(s) Awarded: 4 **
Take a COR 3 in English: ENG 481 3K Advanced Studies in Englsh

Required Concentration Courses

Three classes from the following:

ENG 205 BX - Intro to Creative Writing Minimum Credit(s) Awarded: 4
ENG 305 BX - Fiction Writing Minimum Credit(s) Awarded: 4
ENG 306 - Poetry Writing Minimum Credit(s) Awarded: 4
ENG 476 - Advanced Writing Workshop Minimum Credit(s) Awarded: 4
ENG 319 - Nature Writing Minimum Credit(s) Awarded: 4