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Creative Writing Undergraduate Concentration Highlights
The Undergraduate Creative Writing Program offers the opportunity for students to concentrate in one of two areas: poetry and fiction. The program includes literature courses, forms courses that examine the history of a genre from a writer's perspective, and creative writing workshops in fiction, poetry or creative non-fiction. The degree offered is a B.A. in English with a Concentration in Creative Writing.

In addition to the 12-hour English Core Requirement, Creative Writing majors must choose 12 hours from the following list.

  • 3606 Poetry Writing (W)
  • 3607 Fiction Writing (W)
  • 4599 Forms of Creative Nonfiction
  • 4600 Creative Nonfiction Workshop
  • 4601 Poetry Workshop (3606 must be taken first)
  • 4603 Fiction Workshop (3607 must be taken first)
  • 4604 Forms of Poetry
  • 4605 Forms of Fiction
  • 4900 Independent Study (only in Creative Writing)
  • 4996 Honors Thesis (only in Creative Writing) (W)

Students must complete English 3606 and/or 3607 before enrolling in a 4000-level workshop. Poetry Workshop (4601) and Fiction Workshop (4603) may each be taken twice within the concentration.

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