Creative Writing Track
48 hours beyond the freshman requirement
Core Requirements
18 required hours
3 hours - EN185: Intro. to the Discipline of English
9 hours - Inquiries in Literary and Cultural History (three of
four: EN245, EN246, EN265, EN266)
3 hours - EN218: Introduction to Creative Writing--Poetry &
Fiction
3 hours - EN219: Introdcution to Creative Writing--The Essay
These courses should be completed before enrolling at the 300
level.
Junior/Senior Requirements
30 required hours
Junior /Senior Years
6 hours - Two EN310-level writing courses
3 hours - EN321 or 322: World Literature 1 or 2
3 hours - One 300/400-level course in Language, Rhetoric or
Literary Criticism
3 hours - 300-level course in Literary and Cultural History*
9 hours - Three additional 300-level literature courses
3 hours - EN390: Research Seminar
* Literary and Cultural History Requirement
Senior Year
3 hours - 410: Creative Writing Seminar -
(This is the required senior seminar for creative writing
students--they need not take another senior seminar in
literature. EN450 - Senior Seminar is
required)
Creative Writing Portfolio
Students are required to take three of the four courses in the
Literary and Cultural History sequence (EN245, EN246, EN265 and
EN266). Students will take an upper-level course in the fourth area
that they do not cover at the 200-level.
In order to track this requirement, courses that meet the
Literary and Cultural History Requirement will be designated in
this way:
- A1 equivalent to EN245, focusing primarily on American
literature up to the Civil War
- A2 equivalent to EN246, focusing primarily on American
literature after the Civil War
- B1 equivalent to EN265, focusing primarily on British
Literature before 1800
- B2 equivalent to EN266, focusing primarily on British
Literature after 1800
For the designation of courses meeting the Literary and Cultural
History Requirement, see the schedule of classes each semester, or
consult with the Head of English.
Additional Upper-Division English
Courses