Creative Writing
The undergraduate program in creative writing at 51ÁÔÆæ stresses both parts of the title: creative, writing. Our students spend every moment of every class developing their creative skills, and they write (and rewrite) an enormous amount. The result is an incredibly diverse and talented body of creative writers, who create everything from poems to novels to stories to zines, online and in print. They work on the program’s nationally-recognized undergraduate literary magazine, , and attend and/or organize dozens of creative writing events on- and off-campus year-round.
Students who major in English with a creative writing concentration focus their studies in either poetry or fiction, but all will write in more than one genre before they graduate. Creative writing workshops, where students’ works are the main texts, form the bulk of the curriculum, particularly at the more advanced levels; it’s in this way that students develop not only their writing skills but also their critical reviewing and thinking skills.
Our graduates have gone on to many different careers, including editing, publishing, advertising, marketing, public relations, teaching, law and more. Whatever field they choose, what’s common is that they do uncommonly well.Â
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Track Requirements
Track C: Creative Writing
| Code | Title | Credits |
|---|---|---|
| ·¡±·³Ò³¢±õ³§±áÌý215 | Introduction to English Studies | 3 |
| Select one of the following: | 3 | |
| ·¡±·³Ò³¢±õ³§±áÌý233 | Introduction to Creative Writing | |
| Select three of the following: | 9 | |
| ·¡±·³Ò³¢±õ³§±áÌý414 | Special Topics in Creative Writing: | |
| ·¡±·³Ò³¢±õ³§±áÌý415 | Fiction Workshop | |
| ·¡±·³Ò³¢±õ³§±áÌý416 | Poetry Workshop | |
| ·¡±·³Ò³¢±õ³§±áÌý418 | Literary Journal Production | |
| Select two of the following: | 6 | |
| ·¡±·³Ò³¢±õ³§±áÌý286 | Writing about Film and Television | |
| ·¡±·³Ò³¢±õ³§±áÌý320 | Studies in Film and Television Authorship: | |
| ·¡±·³Ò³¢±õ³§±áÌý325 | The Art of Fiction: | |
| ·¡±·³Ò³¢±õ³§±áÌý326 | The Development of the Novel: | |
| ·¡±·³Ò³¢±õ³§±áÌý327 | The Development of the Short Story | |
| ·¡±·³Ò³¢±õ³§±áÌý329 | Film and Literature | |
| ·¡±·³Ò³¢±õ³§±áÌý341 | The Development of Drama: | |
| ·¡±·³Ò³¢±õ³§±áÌý342 | Comedy: | |
| ·¡±·³Ò³¢±õ³§±áÌý344 | Modern Drama: | |
| ·¡±·³Ò³¢±õ³§±áÌý360 | The Art of Poetry: | |
| ·¡±·³Ò³¢±õ³§±áÌý361 | The Development of Poetry: | |
| ·¡±·³Ò³¢±õ³§±áÌý378 | Survey of Current Literary and Cultural Theory | |
| ·¡±·³Ò³¢±õ³§±áÌý383 | Cinema, Television, and Genre: | |
| ·¡±·³Ò³¢±õ³§±áÌý395 | Feminist Media Criticism and Theory: | |
| ·¡±·³Ò³¢±õ³§±áÌý417 | Readings for Writers: | |
| ·¡±·³Ò³¢±õ³§±áÌý515 | Literature and the Other Arts: | |
| ·¡±·³Ò³¢±õ³§±áÌý547 | Studies in Theory and Criticism: | |
| Select one of the following: | 3 | |
| ·¡±·³Ò³¢±õ³§±áÌý301 | Survey of English Literature, Beginnings to 1500 | |
| ·¡±·³Ò³¢±õ³§±áÌý302 | Survey of English Literature, 1500-1660 | |
| ·¡±·³Ò³¢±õ³§±áÌý303 | Survey of English Literature, 1660-1798 | |
| ·¡±·³Ò³¢±õ³§±áÌý452 | Shakespeare | |
| ·¡±·³Ò³¢±õ³§±áÌý454 | Milton | |
| ·¡±·³Ò³¢±õ³§±áÌý456 | Writers in English Literature, 1500-1660: | |
| ·¡±·³Ò³¢±õ³§±áÌý457 | Writers in English Literature, 1660-1798: | |
| ·¡±·³Ò³¢±õ³§±áÌý504 | Studies in Literature, 1660-1800: | |
| Select two of the following: | 6 | |
| ·¡±·³Ò³¢±õ³§±áÌý304 | Survey of English Literature, 1798-1900 | |
| ·¡±·³Ò³¢±õ³§±áÌý305 | Survey of English Literature: 1900 to the Present | |
| ·¡±·³Ò³¢±õ³§±áÌý306 | Survey of Irish Literature | |
| ·¡±·³Ò³¢±õ³§±áÌý307 | Survey of American Literature to 1865 | |
| ·¡±·³Ò³¢±õ³§±áÌý308 | Survey of American Literature, 1865-1965 | |
| ·¡±·³Ò³¢±õ³§±áÌý309 | Survey of Contemporary American Literature | |
| ·¡±·³Ò³¢±õ³§±áÌý332 | LGBTQ+ Literature: | |
| ·¡±·³Ò³¢±õ³§±áÌý372 | Survey of American Indian Literature | |
| ·¡±·³Ò³¢±õ³§±áÌý373 | Survey of Ethnic Minority Literature | |
| ·¡±·³Ò³¢±õ³§±áÌý374 | Survey of U.S. Latino/a Literature | |
| ·¡±·³Ò³¢±õ³§±áÌý375 | Survey of Asian American Literature | |
| ·¡±·³Ò³¢±õ³§±áÌý377 | Survey of African-American Literature, 1930 to the Present | |
| ·¡±·³Ò³¢±õ³§±áÌý381 | World Literatures Written in English: | |
| ·¡±·³Ò³¢±õ³§±áÌý458 | Writers in English Literature, 1798-1900: | |
| ·¡±·³Ò³¢±õ³§±áÌý459 | Writers in English Literature, 1900 to the Present: | |
| ·¡±·³Ò³¢±õ³§±áÌý460 | Writers in American Literature, 1500-1900: | |
| ·¡±·³Ò³¢±õ³§±áÌý461 | Writers in American Literature, 1900 to the Present: (subtitle) | |
| ·¡±·³Ò³¢±õ³§±áÌý463 | Writers in African-American Literature: | |
| ·¡±·³Ò³¢±õ³§±áÌý465 | Women Writers: | |
| ·¡±·³Ò³¢±õ³§±áÌý505 | Studies in Literature, 1800-1900: | |
| ·¡±·³Ò³¢±õ³§±áÌý517 | Studies in African-American Literature: | |
| ·¡±·³Ò³¢±õ³§±áÌý518 | Studies in Irish Literature: | |
| ·¡±·³Ò³¢±õ³§±áÌý520 | Studies in American Indian Literature: | |
| ·¡±·³Ò³¢±õ³§±áÌý522 | Studies in World Literature Written in English: | |
| ·¡±·³Ò³¢±õ³§±áÌý523 | Studies in U.S. Latino/a Literature: | |
| ·¡±·³Ò³¢±õ³§±áÌý524 | Studies in Asian-American Literature: | |
| Select 3 credits in an upper-level English elective | 3 | |
| ·¡±·³Ò³¢±õ³§±áÌý615 | Advanced Workshop in Fiction (capstone experience) (satisfies L&S research requirement) | 3 |
| ´Ç°ùÌý·¡±·³Ò³¢±õ³§±áÌý616 | Advanced Workshop in Poetry: | |
| Total Credits | 36 | |
Please Note: In order to register for the ·¡±·³Ò³¢±õ³§±áÌý615 or ENGLISH 616 capstone (see below), students must have completed successfully two 400-level workshops (·¡±·³Ò³¢±õ³§±áÌý414, ·¡±·³Ò³¢±õ³§±áÌý415, ·¡±·³Ò³¢±õ³§±áÌý416) as follows:
- Prerequisites for ·¡±·³Ò³¢±õ³§±áÌý615 fiction capstone: ·¡±·³Ò³¢±õ³§±áÌý415 and one of the following: a second section of ·¡±·³Ò³¢±õ³§±áÌý415 or ·¡±·³Ò³¢±õ³§±áÌý414 or ·¡±·³Ò³¢±õ³§±áÌý416.
- Prerequisites for ENGLISH 616 poetry capstone: ·¡±·³Ò³¢±õ³§±áÌý416 and one of the following: a second section of ·¡±·³Ò³¢±õ³§±áÌý416 or ·¡±·³Ò³¢±õ³§±áÌý414 or ·¡±·³Ò³¢±õ³§±áÌý415.
- Students may not take the two required 400-level workshops in the same semester, and they may not take either of them concurrently with ·¡±·³Ò³¢±õ³§±áÌý615/ENGLISH 616.