Concentration in Creative Writing | Department of English

Concentration in Creative Writing

MAJOR REQUIREMENTS

Required courses, 18 hours

  • ENGL 1310 - College Writing I
  • ENGL 1320 - College Writing II
  • ENGL 3000 - Introduction to Literary Analysis and Interpretation Skills

Note: ENGL 3000 should be taken in the first 18 hours of English course work.

6 ADDITIONAL HOURS

Students choose two of the following courses:

  • ENGL 2341 - Forms of Literature
  • ENGL 2321 - British Literature
  • ENGL 2326 - American Literature
  • ENGL 2331 - World Literature
  • ENGL 2351 - Mexican American Literature

DIVERSITY REQUIREMENT

Students choose one course from the following.

  • ENGL 3920 - Ethnic American Literatures
  • ENGL 4220 - Contemporary North American Indigenous Literature
  • ENGL 4245 - Postcolonial Literature and Theory
  • ENGL 4250 - Latinx Literature
  • ENGL 4255 - Mexican American Non-Fiction and Criticism
  • ENGL 4260 - African American Literature
  • ENGL 4270 - Modern Jewish Literature
  • ENGL 4670 - Gender and Sexuality in Literature

One course chosen from:

  • ENGL 3430 - British Literature to 1780
  • ENGL 3830 - American Literature to 1870

One course chosen from:

  • ENGL 3440 - British Anglophone Literature 1780 to the Present
  • ENGL 3840 - American Literature 1870 to the Present

Two courses chosen from:

  • 4000-level courses in literature

Four courses chosen from:

(either three intermediate and one advanced or two intermediate and two advanced)

  • ENGL 3140 - Intermediate Creative Writing: Fiction
  • ENGL 3150 - Intermediate Creative Writing: Poetry
  • ENGL 3160 - Intermediate Creative Writing: Non-Fiction
  • ENGL 4100 - Advanced Fiction Writing
  • ENGL 4110 - Advanced Poetry Writing
  • ENGL 4120 - Advanced Creative Writing: Non-Fiction