English – Creative Writing
Administered by Department of English, College of Liberal Arts
Effective Fall 2017
As per PRP3604: All students earning a first baccalaureate degree will take at least 30 of their last 45 credits at Bloomsburg University, no more credits are required than the 30 credits. All first baccalaureate students will take at least 50% of credits required for the Major from a PASSHE university. Bloomsburg University may require up to a maximum of 50% of the Major credits. Program exceptions to the policy are to be approved by the Office of the Chancellor.
A total of 42 semester hours is required for a major in English. No course may be used to satisfy more than one requirement. With the addition of general education requirements and elective courses, the 120-hour requirement for a baccalaureate degree is satisfied.
Learning Objective 1:
Demonstrate familiarity with a range of literary/critical traditions and cultural viewpoints. (12 credit hours)
All creative writing concentration students must take:
ENGLISH.203 Approaches to Literary Study
ENGLISH.237 American Literature 2
and any one of the following lower division courses:
ENGLISH.221 Bible as Literature
ENGLISH.226 European Literature 1
ENGLISH.227 European Literature 2
ENGLISH.236 American Literature 1
ENGLISH.246 British Literature I
ENGLISH.247 British Literature 2
ENGLISH.256 Non-Western Literature 1
ENGLISH.257 Non-Western Literature 2
ENGLISH.281 U.S. Latino Literatures
ENGLISH.283 Jewish Fictions
ENGLISH.286 Women's Literature
ENGLISH.287 Black Women Writers
and any one 300-400 level literature course of their choice:
Learning Objective 2:
Explain how form, genre, and the history and structure of language relate to the craft of creative writing through critical analysis of varied genres. (12 credit hours)
All creative writing concentration students must take:
ENGLISH.311: Structure of English
or
ENGLISH.312: History of English
and three literature genre courses, each before the corresponding workshop:
(for example/ if a student wants to take the Fiction writing workshop they must take the Short Story genre class first.)
ENGLISH.260 Literary Non Fiction
ENGLISH.274 Short Story
ENGLISH.280 Poetry
THEATRE.102 Intro to Theatre
Learning Objective 3:
Write original and inventive creative works. (12 credit hours)
All creative writing students must take
ENGLISH.204 Intro Creative Writing
And three of the following upper division workshops:
ENGLISH.301 Creative Writing: Fiction
ENGLISH.302 Creative Writing: Non-Fiction
ENGLISH.303 Creative Writing: Poetry
THEATRE.340 Scriptwriting
Learning Objective 4:
Compose in a range of artistic and professional genres, including new media, showing how creative writing skills can be deployed in a variety of professional opportunities. (6 credit hours)
ENGLISH.316 The practice of Creative Writing
ENGLISH.404 Creative Writing Seminar
Internships: Students may be able to apply internship credits in place of a course for one of the learning goals above. For more information about internships, see the department internship coordinator, the department chair, or your advisor.
Senior ePortfolio: presentation must contain at least 10 artifacts and a narrative; it is required for graduation. Review of progress with major advisor is also required when students reach 60 - 75 credit hours.
Required for class of 2017 and after. ___ (progress review) ___ (semester completed)