Program Overview

English and Creative Writing, B.A.

Learning Outcomes

Students who complete the English & Creative Writing degree will:

1. Analyze historically varied Anglophone literary texts.
2. Apply knowledge of critical and creative practices in written, digital, and/or multi-modal projects that reflect awareness of the conventions of more than one genre.
3. Produce a body of work that displays proficiency in the students’ chosen area(s) of emphasis and includes a self-assessment of their intellectual and/or creative process.
4. Produce work that responds to ethical dilemmas.
5. Produce work that engages with human and cultural diversity.
6. Organize and/or contribute to a minimum of one project that extends beyond the classroom in engaging cultural discourses.

Tulsa Curriculum and First Year Experience

Core Curriculum and First Year Experience

• FYE 1001 First Year Experience
• AS 2001 The Liberal Arts and Preparation for Life after Graduation
• ENGL 1033 Exposition and Argumentation or
  • FS 1963 First Seminar I and
  • FS 1900 Writing Studio
• FS 1973 First Seminar II
• Foreign Language (12-14 hours)
• MATH 1083 Contemporary Mathematics (STAT 2013 or a higher MATH course taken for the major requirements will fulfill this requirement)
• 4973 Senior Project (3 hours)

General Curriculum

• Quad I: Creative Arts (6 hours)
• Quad II: Humanities (6 hours)
• Quad III: Social Sciences (6 hours)
• Quad IV: Natural and Applied Sciences (7 hours)

Some major required courses may be double counted to fulfill a quad requirement.

English and Creative Writing Major Requirements (30 hours)

English and Creative Writing Core (9 hours)

Three of the following courses:

• ENGL 2243 Literature Across Time
• ENGL 2313 Reading Major American Writers
• ENGL 2463 Doing Things with Words
• ENGL 2513 Reading Major British Writers Before 1800
• ENGL 2523 Reading Major British Writers After 1800
• ENGL 2403 Introduction to Creative Writing or
  • CPLT 2403 Introduction to Creative Writing
  • Students who elect the creative writing specialization must complete ENGL 2403 or CPLT 2403 .

Major Electives (21 hours)

Major electives must be at the 3000 level or 4000 level. Upper-level English courses are assigned one or more “tags” designating them as Creative (C) , Diversity (D) , Early (E) , and/or Media and Genre (M) . Students select “tagged” electives according to their specialization.

Literature Specialization

• 1 Creative (C) or Media and Genre (M)
• 1 Diversity (D)
• 1 Early (E)
• 4 other upper-level major electives

Creative Writing Specialization

• 4 Creative (C)
• 1 Diversity (D)
• 1 Early (E)
• 1 other upper-level major electives

Required Minor (12 hours)

In consultation with the English faculty mentor, students choose at least 12 hours of coursework in a subject demonstrably related to English. At least six hours in the minor field must be at the 3000 or 4000 level.

General Electives (25-27 hours)

Total: 120 hours

Teacher Certification

Students seeking secondary teacher certification in English should consult their faculty mentor to determine subject area courses that are appropriate and the Oklahoma State Department of Education regarding alternative certification.