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2017-2018 Undergraduate Catalog 
    
2017-2018 Undergraduate Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

English Major/Creative Writing Concentration (Bachelor of Arts)


Curriculum Requirements - Total Credits Required: 125


Freshman - Credits: 32


  • Quantitative Reasoning General Education Requirement   (Cr: 3)
  • Science and Technology General Education Requirement  (Cr: 3-4)
  • Foreign Language  (Cr: 6)
  • English Elective  (Cr: 3)
  • Electives   (Cr: 6)

Sophomore - Credits: 32-33


  • Aesthetic Awareness and Creative Expression General Education Requirement   (Cr: 3)
  • Global Issues General Education Requirement   (Cr: 3)
  • Individual and Society General Education Requirement   (Cr: 3)
  • Creative Writing Electives  (Cr: 6)  
  • Elective  (Cr: 3)

Junior - Credits: 31


  • Values and Ethical Reasoning General Education Requirement  (Cr: 3)
  • World Cultures General Education Requirement   (Cr: 3)
  • Creative Writing Electives  (Cr: 12)
  • English Elective  (Cr: 3)
  • Literature Electives  (Cr: 6)
  • Multicultural Literature Elective  (Cr: 3)

Senior - Credits: 30


  • General Education Electives   (Cr: 12) (two courses must be above the 100 level)
  • Elective   (Cr: 3)

Multicultural Literature Electives


Students choose one of the following multicultural literature-based courses.

Learning Outcomes


In addition to fulfilling the outcomes of the English program, students completing the creative writing concentration will:

  • Create work that possesses a distinctive authorial voice, achieved through language and imagery and/or original exploration of topic or theme.
  • Experiment and take risks in a variety of forms (e.g. poetry, short fiction, creative non-fiction, plays and screenplays).
  • Produce an original body of work such as a collection of short stories or poems, a novella or a screenplay.