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Creative Writing Minor

Semester Requirements

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This minor provides theoretical and historical background and models to assist students as they develop their own creative writing abilities.

Electives
Choose three of the following:
ENGL-440 Poetry Workshop
ENGL-441 Fiction Workshop
ENGL-442 Creative Nonfiction Workshop
ENGL-443 Editing the Literary Magazine
ENGL-542 Advanced Creative Writing*

Choose two of the following:
ENGL-301 Art of Poetry
ENGL-302 The Short Story
ENGL-403 The Novel
ENGL-408 Modern Poetry
ENGL-420 Science Fiction
ENGL-376 Experimental Writing

* Students in the creative writing minor have the option to take one of the creative writing courses and then take Advanced Creative Writing (ENGL-542) twice in order to complete an extended writing project.

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This minor provides theoretical and historical background and models to assist students as they develop their own creative writing abilities.

Prerequisite:
0502-227 Writing (or equivalent)

Electives
Choose three of the following:
0502-451 Creative Writing: Poetry
0502-452 Creative Writing: Prose Fiction
0502-453 Advanced Creative Writing*
0502-459 Creative Nonfiction
0502-461 Editing the Literary Magazine
0502-560 Special Topics: Introduction to Language Science 

Choose two of the following:
0504-441 Art of Poetry
0504-442 The Short Story
0504-443 The Novel
0504-460 Modern Poetry
0504-482 Science Fiction

* Students in the creative writing minor have the option to take one of the creative writing courses and then take Advanced Creative Writing (0502-453) twice in order to complete an extended writing project.