Creative Writing — Bachelor of Arts

English BA: Creative Writing Option

Degree Requirements

40 credits.    Advising Checklist

Prerequisite: English 101: Composition

Required Language: 8 credits.

Required Minor: Yes, any. See your faculty advisor.

Required for Major: Core, 24 credits

Required Courses

Course #	Course Title	Credits
ENG 275	Introduction to Literary Studies (must be taken prior to or with Survey Courses: 320, 321, 327, 328)	4
ENG 448	Contemporary Literature	4

British Survey: Choose one course from the following:

Course #	Course Title	Credits
ENG 320	British Literature: The Beginning to 1785	4
ENG 321	British Literature: 1785 to Present	4

American Survey: Choose one course from the following:

Course #	Course Title	Credits
ENG 327	American Literature: Beginning to 1860	4
ENG 328	American Literature: 1860 to Present	4

Major Authors: Choose 4 credits from the following:

Course #	Course Title	Credits
ENG 403	Selected Authors (must focus on 3 or fewer authors)	2-4
ENG 405	Shakespeare: Comedies and Histories	2
ENG 406	Shakespeare: Tragedies	2

Theory/Criticism or Linguistics: Choose 4 credits from the following:

Course #	Course Title	Credits
ENG 381	Linguistics	4
ENG 416	Film Criticism	4
ENG 441	Literary Criticism	4
ENG 481	History of the English Language	4
ENG 482	English Structure and Pedagogical Grammar	4
Eng 485	Language and Culture in TESL	4

Writing Core: 16 credits

Choose one course from the following:

Course #	Course Title	Credits
ENG 340	Form and Technique in Prose	4
ENG 341	Form and Technique in Poetry	4

Choose two courses if primary genre is PROSE:

Course #	Course Title	Credits
ENG 342	Creative Writing: Nonfiction	4
ENG 343	Creative Writing: Fiction	4
ENG 442	Advanced Prose Nonfiction Writing	4
ENG 443	Advanced Fiction Writing	4
ENG 445	Advanced Critical Writing	4
ENG 446	Screenwriting	4
ENG 494	English Workshop  (selected sections)	4

Choose one course if primary genre is PROSE:

Course #	Course Title	Credits
ENG 344	Creative Writing: Poetry	4
ENG 444	Advanced Poetry Writing	4
ENG 494	English Workshop (selected sections)	4

Choose both courses if primary genre is POETRY:

Course #	Course Title	Credits
ENG 344	Creative Writing: Poetry	4
ENG 444	Advanced Poetry Writing	4

Choose one course if primary genre is POETRY:

Course #	Course Title	Credits
ENG 342	Creative Writing: Nonfiction	4
ENG 343	Creative Writing: Fiction	4
ENG 442	Advanced Prose Nonfiction Writing	4
ENG 443	Advanced Fiction Writing	4
ENG 445	Advanced Critical Writing	4
ENG 446	Screenwriting	4
ENG 494	English Workshop (selected sections)	4

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