The Creative Writing minor trains students to write in a variety of genres through a series of workshops and courses in literary analysis.
Course Requirements
| Course | Title | Quarter Hours |
|---|---|---|
| ENG 201 | INTRODUCTION TO CREATIVE WRITING | 4 |
| Select three of the following writing workshops: | 12 | |
| TOPICS IN WRITING (may be taken only once) | ||
| CREATING CHARACTERS (may be taken only once) | ||
| THE CRAFT OF CREATIVE NONFICTION WRITING (may be taken twice) | ||
| THE CRAFT OF FICTION WRITING (may be taken twice) | ||
| THE CRAFT OF POETRY WRITING (may be taken twice) | ||
| SCIENCE AND NATURE WRITING | ||
| MAGAZINE WRITING | ||
| TRAVEL WRITING | ||
| ADVANCED CREATIVE NONFICTION WRITING (may be taken twice) | ||
| ADVANCED FICTION WRITING (may be taken twice) | ||
| ADVANCED POETRY WRITING (may be taken twice) | ||
| ADVANCED TOPICS IN WRITING (repeatable with different topics) | ||
| HISTORICAL FICTION | ||
| SPECULATIVE FICTION | ||
| SETTING IN FICTION | ||
| Select two of the following literature courses: | 8 | |
| WORLD LITERATURE | ||
| INTRODUCTION TO LITERATURE | ||
| INTRODUCTION TO POETRY | ||
| INTRODUCTION TO DRAMA | ||
| LITERARY CLASSICS | ||
| READING LITERATURE | ||
| THEMES IN LITERATURE | ||
| LITERATURE TO 1700 | ||
| LITERATURE FROM 1700 TO 1900 | ||
| LITERATURE FROM 1900 TO THE PRESENT | ||
| READING AND WRITING FICTION | ||
| READING AND WRITING POETRY | ||
| READING PROSE | ||
| INTRODUCING SHAKESPEARE | ||
| GOTHIC MONSTERS AND VILLAINS | ||
| THE ROMANCE | ||
| SCIENCE FICTION | ||
| GRAPHIC NOVELS AND SOCIAL JUSTICE | ||
| HARRY POTTER | ||
| THE BRITISH NOVEL | ||
| GREAT WRITERS | ||
| THE AMERICAN NOVEL | ||
| LITERATURE ACROSS CULTURES | ||
| AFRICAN AMERICAN LITERATURE | ||
| LITERATURE AND IDENTITY | ||
| GLOBAL ASIAN LITERATURE | ||
| LITERATURE AND FILM | ||
| LATINX LITERATURE | ||
| STUDIES IN LITERATURE | ||
| THE EPIC | ||
| GENDER IN LITERATURE | ||
| THE BIBLE AS LITERATURE | ||
| LGBTQ LITERATURE | ||
| TOPICS IN POPULAR LITERATURE | ||
| AUTOBIOGRAPHY AND BIOGRAPHY | ||
| ENGLISH LITERATURE TO 1500 | ||
| CHAUCER | ||
| TOPICS IN MEDIEVAL LITERATURE | ||
| ENGLISH RENAISSANCE LITERATURE | ||
| MILTON | ||
| STUDIES IN SHAKESPEARE | ||
| TOPICS IN RENAISSANCE LITERATURE | ||
| RESTORATION AND 18TH-CENTURY LITERATURE | ||
| MAJOR AUTHORS BEFORE 1800 | ||
| TOPICS IN EARLY AMERICAN LITERATURE | ||
| TOPICS IN RESTORATION AND 18TH CENTURY BRITISH LITERATURE | ||
| 19TH-CENTURY BRITISH LITERATURE | ||
| MAJOR AUTHORS 1800-1900 | ||
| LITERATURE OF THE ROMANTIC ERA | ||
| VICTORIAN LITERATURE | ||
| TOPICS IN 19TH-CENTURY AMERICAN LITERATURE | ||
| 19TH-CENTURY IRISH LITERATURE | ||
| TOPICS IN 19TH-CENTURY LITERATURE | ||
| TOPICS IN 19TH-CENTURY BRITISH LITERATURE | ||
| MODERN BRITISH LITERATURE | ||
| POSTCOLONIAL LITERATURE | ||
| GLOBAL ENGLISH LITERATURE | ||
| TOPICS IN GLOBAL ASIAN LITERATURE | ||
| THE IRISH REVIVAL | ||
| MODERN IRISH LITERATURE | ||
| TOPICS IN IRISH STUDIES | ||
| TOPICS IN 20TH-CENTURY LITERATURE | ||
| TOPICS IN MODERN BRITISH LITERATURE | ||
| AMERICAN LITERATURE TO 1830 | ||
| 19TH-CENTURY AMERICAN LITERATURE | ||
| AMERICAN LITERATURE FROM 1865 TO 1920 | ||
| AMERICAN LITERATURE AFTER 1900 | ||
| TOPICS IN GENRE STUDIES | ||
| TOPICS IN 20TH-CENTURY FICTION | ||
| STUDIES IN POETRY | ||
| TOPICS IN AMERICAN STUDIES | ||
| STUDIES IN LITERATURE ACROSS CULTURES | ||
| TOPICS IN AMERICAN LITERATURE | ||
| TOPICS IN AFRICAN AMERICAN LITERATURE | ||
| MULTIETHNIC LITERATURE OF THE U.S. | ||
| NATIVE LITERATURE | ||
| STUDIES IN SHORT FICTION | ||
| LITERATURE AND SOCIAL ENGAGEMENT | ||
| TOPICS IN LITERATURE | ||
| MASTERPIECES OF WORLD LITERATURE | ||
| LITERARY THEORY | ||
| MAJOR AUTHORS | ||
| WOMEN AND LITERATURE | ||
| TOPICS IN LATINX LITERATURE | ||
| TOPICS IN LGBTQ LITERATURE | ||
| POPULAR LITERATURE | ||
| TOPICS IN CONTEMPORARY LITERATURE | ||
| TOPICS IN TRANSATLANTIC LITERATURE | ||
| TOPICS IN COMPARATIVE LITERATURE | ||
| NEWBERRY LIBRARY SEMINAR | ||
| LITERARY AND CULTURAL HERITAGE | ||
Students majoring in English are restricted from earning this minor.
Students who minor in both Creative Writing and English Literature cannot count the same classes for both minors.