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Creative Writing Major BA
Acceptance to the Program
To be eligible for acceptance to the Creative Writing major, students must submit a College of Arts and Sciences Undergraduate Program Declaration Form. Consult with an advisor before enrolling in courses toward the major.
Up to 8 credits of the Creative Writing Major may be taken at the lower division.
Prerequisites (2 credits)
- COMM 171 Desktop Computer Design for Communication or equivalent (2 cr)
Required (21-23 credits)
- INFS 115 Information Access (2 cr) or
- INFS 315 Searching for Information (4 cr)
- WRIT 251 Introduction to Creative Writing (3 cr)
- WRIT 357 Writers as Readers (4 cr)
- WRIT 371 Editing (4 cr)
- WRIT 531 Advanced Writing (4 cr) or
- WRIT 532 Writing About Place (4 cr)
- WRIT 481 Advanced Creative Writing* (capstone) (4-5 cr)
Electives (16 credits)
- WRIT 324 Topics in Writing (4 cr)
- WRIT 352 Writing Memoir and Creative Nonfiction* (4 cr)
- WRIT 353 Writing Short Fiction* (4 cr)
- WRIT 354 Writing Poetry* (4 cr)
- WRIT 355 Writing Children's Literature* (4 cr)
- WRIT 356 Writing Humor* (4 cr)
- WRIT 358 1000 Words or Less* (4 cr)
- WRIT 377 Writing Proposals and Grants (4 cr)
- WRIT 481 Advanced Creative Writing (4 cr)
- WRIT 531 Advanced Writing (4-5 cr)
- WRIT 532 Writing About Place (4 cr)
- WRIT 541 Writing for Publication and Profit (4 cr)
- WRIT 583 Writing Major Projects (4 cr)
- WRIT 599 Special Topics in Technical Communication (4 cr)
- INFS 338 The Craft and Commerce of Book Publishing (4 cr)
- Four credits in professional writing, screenwriting, playwriting, literature or linguistics.
*May be repeated once for credit
37-39 Total Credits for Major (excluding prerequisites)
