3.2.07.2.3

English/Creative Writing

(See also Major in Creative Writing within the Writing Program, Section 3.2.27)

Total Credit Hours: Students must earn a minimum of 46 credit hours in English and Writing to fulfill the major requirements.

1. Course Requirements:
1. 
   A. Eight (8) credit hours from the following:
2. ENG 335 Medieval Life and Literature
3. ENG 336 Literature and Culture of the Renaissance
4. ENG 344 Literature and Culture of the Restoration and Queen Anne Period
5. ENG 345 Literature and Culture of the Enlightenment Period
6. 
   B. Eight (8) credit hours from the following:
7. ENG 337 Romanticism
8. ENG 338 Literature and Culture of the Victorian Period
9. ENG 339 Modernism
10. ENG 347 Colonial and Postcolonial Literature
11. 
    C. Eight (8) credit hours from the following:
12. ENG 215 Epic-Heroic Mode
13. ENG 340 Chaucer
14. ENG 341 Shakespeare
15. ENG 343 Milton
16. 
    D. Four (4) credit hours:
17. WRI 140 Creative Writing: Introduction
18. 
    E. Two (2) credit hours:
19. WRI 230 Modern English Grammar
20. 
    F. Eight (8) credit hours from the following:
21. WRI 210 Creative Writing: Playwriting
22. WRI 211 Creative Writing: Poetry
23. WRI 212 Creative Writing: Fiction
24. WRI 213 Creative Writing: Creative Nonfiction
25. WRI 311/312 Advanced Fiction Workshop
26. WRI 313/314 Advanced Poetry Workshop
27. WRI 316/317 Advanced Creative Nonfiction Workshop
28. WRI 394 Creative Writing: MFA Residency AND WRI 395 Creative Writing: MFA Workshop (4 credit hours combined)
29. 
    G. Four (4) credit hours in writing or research. Possible courses include (but are not limited to):
30. WRI 142 Introduction to Writing for Media
31. WRI 201-205 Advanced Composition
32. WRI 210/310 Creative Writing: Playwriting
33. WRI 220 Writing About Place
34. WRI 320 Environmental Journalism
35. WRI 381 Research in Creative Writing
36. Writing Special Topics courses
37. Approved College Composition II courses in any department
38. 
    H. Two (2) credit hours:
39. WRI 484 Internship Seminar (including internship) (2 credits)
40. 
    I. Two (2) credit hours:
41. WRI 419 Senior Writing Portfolio
2. Additional Requirement:
1. A substantial senior writing portfolio: a collection of finished short stories, novel chapters, creative nonfiction pieces, or poetry totaling approximately 40 pages