Creative Writing Minor
Students develop creative-thinking skills that emphasize the value of innovation and collaboration. Creative writing classrooms are supportive communities that foster the development of diverse voices, each member committed to helping one another improve as writers, readers, and creative-thinkers. In composing original stories, scripts, and poems, students learn to apply literary techniques used by classical and contemporary authors. Hands-on experiences in publishing are available, as well as opportunities to work on (or be published in) the student journal, The Catalyst.
(All colleges)
18 credits
Code | Title | Credits |
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Creating writing | 3 | |
Creative Writing 1 | ||
Writing, language, and publishing | 3 | |
Writing, Genre, and Style | ||
Grant Writing | ||
Writing for Stage and Screen | ||
Literary Journal Production | ||
Multimedia News Writing and Editing | ||
Feature and Specialized Writing | ||
Publishing in a Digital Age | ||
History of the English Language | ||
Introduction to Linguistics: Sounds and Words | ||
Introduction to Linguistics: Phrases and Sentences | ||
Introduction to Professional and Technical Writing | ||
The Rhetorics of Style | ||
Topics in Linguistics | ||
Creative Nonfiction | ||
Seminar in Advanced Fiction Writing | ||
The Writer's Studio | ||
Introduction to Teaching Writing | ||
Forms of fiction or poetry | 3 | |
Forms of Fiction | ||
Form and Genre in Creative Writing | ||
Seminar in fiction or poetry | 3 | |
Seminar in Advanced Fiction Writing | ||
The Writer's Studio | ||
Literature (at least three credits at the 400-level) | 6 | |
Foundations for Literary and Cultural Studies | ||
Intermediate Topics in Literature | ||
Literature, Medicine, and Culture | ||
The Essay | ||
The Novel | ||
Studies in Film and Literature | ||
Drama | ||
European Literature in Translation | ||
World Literature | ||
Old and Middle English Literature | ||
English Renaissance | ||
Shakespeare I | ||
Shakespeare II | ||
Restoration and 18th Century British Literature | ||
19th Century British Literature | ||
British Literature After 1900 | ||
Early American Literature | ||
Nineteenth Century American Literature | ||
American Literature After 1900 | ||
Literature of American Ethnic and Minority Cultures | ||
Latino Literature in English | ||
Women Authors | ||
Literature and Environmental Action | ||
Individual Projects | ||
Forms of Fiction | ||
Form and Genre in Creative Writing | ||
Seminar in British Literature | ||
Seminar in American Literature | ||
Seminar in Literature and Culture | ||
Total Credits | 18 |