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English Department

Concentration in Creative Writing

(An option for English majors in the Bachelor of Arts degree program)

The program requires four creative writing courses.  These may be counted toward the completion of the 34-credit English major. They should be distributed as follows:

I. Creative Writing: Fiction, Poetry, Drama (ENWR 200) 3 credits

An introductory course required of all participants in the concentration. Students who can submit an acceptable portfolio of completed work may be excused from this requirement by the departmental creative writing faculty.  Students excused from this requirement must still take twelve credits, to complete the concentration.

II. Any three of the following:  9 credits

  • Writing: Drama (ENWR 310)
  • Writing:  Fiction (ENWR 311)
  • Writing:  Poetry (ENWR 312)
  • Writing:  Creative Nonfiction  (ENWR 205)
  • Advanced Writing: Fiction (ENWR 411) (prerequisite: Writing: Fiction)
  • Advanced Writing: Poetry (ENWR 412) (prerequisite: Writing: Poetry)
  • Seminar in Writing (ENWR 491) (prerequisite: Any creative writing course listed under section 2)

TOTAL 12 credits