REQUIREMENTS FOR MAJOR IN ENGLISH

CREATIVE WRITING

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CORE SEQUENCE

Five of the following:

        ENGL 202--Biblical and Classical Literature

        ENGL 205--British Literature I

        ENGL 206--British Literature II

        ENGL 300--Texts and Contexts

        ENGL 324--Shakespeare

        ENGL 340--American Literature to the Civil War

                OR

        ENGL 341--American Literature: Civil War to WWII

LITERATURE COURSES

In addition to the core sequence, English majors concentrating in Creative Writing will take one course at the 300-level or above from each of the following groups (2 courses total):

Medieval and Renaissance literature (excluding ENGL 324)

OR

Literature between 1700 and 1900

Modern literature

OR

Cultural and theoretical studies

One other literature course is required.  This course may be at the 200-, 300-, or 400-level if one of the courses taken in the above two groups is a 480 seminar.  Otherwise, this additional course must be a 480 seminar.

APPLICATION FOR ACCEPTANCE INTO THE CONCENTRATION

The creative writing faculty will evaluate applications on the basis of the following material:

1.        Evidence of the successful completion of an introductory level writing workshop in either poetry, fiction, or script writing.

2.        Submission of a dossier demonstrating the quality of the applicant’s writing in at least one genre (poetry, fiction, script writing).  This writing sample may be work completed in an introductory-level workshop.

3.        A letter from the applicant explaining the reason the student desires to be a creative writing concentrator.

Interested students should contact a member of the creative writing faculty:  Professor Brown, Kaplan, Stark, or Walker.

CREATIVE WRITING COURSES

Students concentrating in Creative Writing must also take:

One course in a literary genre (for instance:   novel, poetry, or drama), which must be chosen in consultation with advisor.

Three courses from among the following courses, in two genres: ENGL 304--Poetry Writing, ENGL 305--Fiction Writing, ENGL 303--Scriptwriting, ENGL 404--Advanced Poetry Writing, ENGL 405--Advanced Fiction Writing.  (All courses require permission of instructor.)

IMPORTANT NOTES

ENGL 307, 308, 309, 310, 407, 408, 409 count toward the English major only as part of the concentration in journalism; ENGL 312, 410, 411, 412, 413, 415, 464 count toward the English major only as part of the concentration in Business and Technical Writing; ENGL 200, 204, 210, 301, 365 do not count toward the English major.