Creative Writing Concentration
Program Requirements
Fifty-six quarter hours distributed as follows:
Core Courses: ENG 220 Reading Poetry and ENG 221 Reading Prose. Successful completion of ENG 220 and ENG 221 constitutes Advanced Standing in English.
Creative Writing (Advanced Standing in English required): ENG 201 Creative Writing and four writing workshop courses, including ENG 291 Intermediate Fiction or ENG 292 Intermediate Poetry and three additional writing workshops chosen from ENG 307 Advanced Poetry Writing, ENG 308 Advanced Fiction Writing, or ENG 309 Topics in Writing.
Literary Analysis (Advanced Standing in English required): Three courses including one course in Genre Studies (i.e., ENG 364 American Genre Studies, ENG 365 Modern American Fiction, ENG 366 Modern Poetry, ENG 375 Studies in Short Fiction, or topics courses on genre); one Major Authors course (i.e., ENG 311 Chaucer, ENG 327 Milton, ENG 328 Shakespeare, or ENG 382 Major Authors); and one historical survey or topics course in a historical period (e.g., ENG 310 or 319 on Medieval Literature, ENG 320 or 329 on Renaissance Literature, ENG 330 or 339 on Restoration and Eighteenth-Century English Literature, ENG 340 or 349 on Nineteenth-Century English Literature, ENG 350 or 359 on Modern British Literature, Eng 360 American Literature to 1830, ENG 361 American Literature 1830-1865, ENG 362 American Literature 1865-1920, ENG 363 American Literature since 1920).
Electives. Four electives in English, three of which must be at the 300 level. The remaining elective may be a 200- or 300-level course. In consultation with their advisors, students may substitute up to two 200- or 300-level courses in Writing, Rhetoric, and Discourse (WRD).
Diverse Traditions. English majors must take at least one course in English designated as "Diverse Traditions." These courses focus on historcally under-represented author and groups. Diverse Traditions courses are designated as such in the quarterly schedules. View Diverse Traditions Courses
