Program Overview

Program Overview

The Bachelor of Arts in English with a Major in Creative Writing is a comprehensive program designed to foster students' creative writing skills and provide a solid foundation in English literature and language. The program requires 39 hours in English, distributed across various courses, and 120 hours overall.

Program Curriculum

The program curriculum includes:

• Degree Core Requirements:
  • Foundational Theories and Content:
    • ENGL 1004: Books, Libraries, Archives (3 credits)
    • ENGL 1514: Language and Society (3 credits)
    • ENGL 2604: Introduction to Critical Reading (3 credits)
    • ENGL 3324: Acts of Interpretation (3 credits)
    • ENGL 3754: Advanced Writing and Research (3 credits)
  • English and Cross-cultural Representation:
    • Select two of the following:
      • ENGL 3144: Language and Ethnicity in the United States
      • ENGL 3644: The Postcolonial Novel
      • ENGL 3654: Ethnic American Literature
      • ENGL 3834: Intercultural Issues in Professional Writing
• Major Requirements:
  • Fundamental Coursework:
    • ENGL 2744: Introduction to Creative Writing (3 credits)
    • ENGL 3704: Creative Writing: Fiction (3 credits)
    • ENGL 3714: Creative Writing: Poetry (3 credits)
  • Modern or Contemporary Literature:
    • Select one of the following:
      • ENGL 4504: Modern Poetry
      • ENGL 4514: Contemporary Poetry
      • ENGL 4664: Contemporary Fiction
  • Creative Writing Elective:
    • Select one of the following:
      • ENGL 2814: Writing for Podcasts
      • ENGL 3315: Playwriting
      • ENGL 3724: Creative Writing: Creative Non-fiction
      • ENGL 3734: Community Writing
      • ENGL 4204: Hybrid Forms
      • ENGL 4724: Creative Writing: Fiction for Young People
  • Capstone Experience:
    • Select one of the following:
      • ENGL 4704: Advanced Creative Writing: Fiction
      • ENGL 4714: Advanced Creative Writing: Poetry
      • ENGL 4204: Hybrid Forms
      • ENGL 3900: Bridge Experience (0 credits)
• Free Electives:
  • Select 36 hours of Free Electives
• Pathways to General Education:
  • Pathways Concept 1 - Discourse:
    • ENGL 1105: First-Year Writing (1F) (3 credits)
    • ENGL 1106: First-Year Writing (1F) (3 credits)
    • Select three credits in Pathway 1a
  • Pathways Concept 2 - Critical Thinking in the Humanities:
    • Select six credits in Pathway 2
  • Pathways Concept 3 - Reasoning in the Social Sciences:
    • Select six credits in Pathway 3
  • Pathways Concept 4 - Reasoning in the Natural Sciences:
    • Select six credits in Pathway 4
  • Pathways Concept 5 - Quantitative and Computational Thinking:
    • Select six credits in Pathway 5f
    • Select three credits in Pathway 5a
  • Pathways Concept 6 - Critique and Practice in Design and the Arts:
    • Select three credits in Pathway 6a
    • Select three credits in Pathway 6d
  • Pathways Concept 7 - Critical Analysis of Identity and Equity in the United States:
    • Select three credits in Pathway 7

Satisfactory Progress toward the B.A. in English, Major in Creative Writing

Satisfactory progress toward the B.A. in English, Major in Creative Writing, requires that upon having attempted 72 credits (including transfer, advanced placement, advanced standing, credit by examination, and course withdrawal), students must have passed 12 of the required credits in the English Core (Section I) and have attained a GPA of 2.0 or better both within the major and overall.

Graduation Requirements

The B.A. in English with a Major in Creative Writing requires 39 hours in English, distributed as follows, and 120 hours overall. In accordance with university guidelines, courses satisfying degree core requirements may not be double counted to satisfy other areas of a degree (e.g., Pathways). Note that all English courses above the 1000-level have as a pre-requisite completion of the First-Year Writing Requirement — i.e., completion of 1106 or COMM 1016. Some courses required for this major have other pre-requisites/co-requisites and/or enrollment requirements.

Foreign Language Requirement

The foreign language requirement can be fulfilled in one of the following ways:

• 3 years in high school
• 2 years in high school + an 1106 foreign language (e.g., FR, GR, SPAN)
• Less than 2 years in high school + an 1106 foreign language (e.g., FR, GR, SPAN) grouping.