Creative Writing Minor
The Creative Writing minor encourages students to actively pursue their own writing while engaging the work of writers from diverse cultures and time periods. The goal is for students to refine their individual skills, informed by a broad aesthetic and cultural background. Students may choose from workshops in poetry, fiction, autobiography, and nature writing, up to 18 s/hrs. This work may culminate in a Creative Project, a compilation of the student's own poetry, fiction, or nonfiction. Students will find that the campus literary and arts magazine, Broadside, is entirely edited and designed by our strong community of student writers and visual artists. The coalition of writers and artists also organizes and directs its own series of student readings and art displays. In addition, the English Department sponsors a Visiting Writers Series which brings to campus outstanding writers such as Rita Dove, Robert Coover, Yusef Komunyakaa, Philip Levine, and David Wojahn. Finally, the Department offers two yearly competitions: the Academy of American Poets Prize and the Sipple Poetry Award, the latter awarding $500 to the winning student.
Creative writing minor
Required Courses
Three of the following:
ENG 207 Creative Writing
ENG 303 Autobiography
ENG 307 Creative Writing II
ENG 407 Creative Writing III
ENG 495 Independent Study
Total: 9 hours
One course from three of the following groups:
British Periods
ENG 341 Medieval English Literature
ENG 344 Renaissance English Literature
ENG 358 18th Century British Literature
ENG 361 British Romantic Literature
ENG 363 British Victorian Literature
ENG 364 20th Century British Literature
American Periods
ENG 332 Early American Literature
ENG 334 19th Century American Literature
ENG 336 20th Century American Literature
Genres
ENG 368 Science Fiction and Fantasy
ENG 372 Poetry As Genre
ENG 373 Fiction As Genre
ENG 374 Drama As Genre
Individual Authors
ENG 378 Individual Authors
Cultural Literary Studies
ENG 329 Studies In African American Literature
ENG 330 Studies In Native American Literature
ENG 331 Studies in Women Writers
ENG 381 Literatures of Asia
Topics In Language And Composition
ENG 311 Introduction To Language
ENG 312 English Grammar
ENG 580 Methods of Teaching Composition
Criticism And Theory
ENG 370 Literary Criticism And Theory
Total: 9 Hours
Total Hours: 18 Hours
