Creative Writing
Bachelor of Arts, Minor
About this program
The Bachelor of Arts in Creative Writing invites you to become a thoughtful writer across genres. You start with two core courses in writing and reading. You then build craft with poetry, fiction, or playwriting workshops. You engage in creative process seminars, revise your work thoughtfully, and study literature from diverse cultures. You complete a capstone and compile a creative portfolio. The program helps you grow as both writer and reader.
Program Curriculum and Requirements
Program Scope
The undergraduate creative writing major combines the experiential needs of the writing student with the academic specifications of the traditional english major. Students who enter this program should do so only under the strongly held assumption that they have abilities as writers that may be fostered and trained by such a discipline as is described here. It is hoped that this combined program of writing and literature will lead students to a cohesive study and discipline that combines breadth with intensity.
Program Learning Outcomes
During the course of study for the Bachelor of Arts in Comparative and World Literature, the student will:
- Read closely in a variety of forms and modes, and articulate the value of close reading in the study of comparative and world literature.
- Show familiarity with many literary genres, periods, and critical approaches to World Literature.
- Write clearly, effectively, and creatively, adjusting style appropriately in accordance with the content and rhetorical context of the assignment.
- Develop and complete research projects and locate, evaluate, and incorporate information effectively.
- Identify and articulate relations among culture, history, and texts.
- Develop and define an individual area of focus, such as a given historical period, genre, national literature, or other topic of literary study.
- Compile a Student Portfolio of undergraduate work in consultation with a department advisor.
Minor in Creative Writing
The Minor in Creative Writing invites you to develop your skills in writing poetry, fiction, creative nonfiction, or playwriting. You explore craft through core courses like Fundamentals of Creative Writing or Reading, and choose electives such as Craft of Poetry, Short Story Writing, or Art of Revision. Faculty are active writers who support vigorous practice, thoughtful feedback, and broad reading of diverse voices.
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