English – Creative Writing
Administered by Department of English, College of Liberal Arts
Effective Spring 2009
A total of 39 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 of at least 32 semester hours, the 120-hour requirement for a baccalaureate degree is satisfied.
For an English course to count toward the fulfillment of requirements in the English major, the minimum grade is a C-.
Specific requirements within general education for all tracks are:
Communication courses
ENGLISH.101 Foundations of College Writing
ENGLISH.203 Approaches to Literary Study
Humanities area course
ENGLISH.226 European Literature I
Creative Writing Track
ENGLISH.204 Introduction to Creative Writing
ENGLISH.236 American Literature I or ENGLISH.237 American Literature II
ENGLISH.246 British Literature I or ENGLISH.247 British Literature II
ENGLISH.256 Non-Western Literature I or ENGLISH.257 Non-Western Literature II
ENGLISH.306 Theory and Practice of Writing
ENGLISH.404 Creative Writing Seminar
One of the following linguistics courses:
ENGLISH.311 Structure of English
ENGLISH.312 History of the English Language
ENGLISH.411 Modern Linguistic Theory
ENGLISH.413 Language in American Society
Three from the following writing electives
ENGLISH.300 Writing Children's Literature
ENGLISH.301 Creative Writing: Fiction
ENGLISH.302 Creative Writing: Non-Fiction
ENGLISH.303 Creative Writing: Poetry
THEATRE.340 Scriptwriting
Three elective courses; two must be 300/400 literature, remaining one may be any English course