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Minor in Creative Writing
The Creative Writing Minor will encourage you to deepen your study of writing and literature. An immersion in the writing of poetry, fiction, creative nonfiction, and other genres will allow you to see and re-see the world from multiple perspectives.
Whether your ambition is to publish a poem, story, or essay in a literary journal, write and revise a book, serve as a genre editor of Tributaries: A Journal of Creative Arts, or heighten your empathic and imaginative faculties through writing and reading literature, the Creative Writing Minor will cultivate your creativity and critical thinking, making you a more innovative writer, savvy researcher, original thinker, and desirable employee.
This program is part of the School of Humanities & Social Sciences.
Program Requirements
Non-English majors must complete courses from the list below. English majors must complete 15 additional credit hours (5 courses) beyond the 36 hours required for the major in order to qualify for any English minor or certificate. At least 9 of the 18 credit hours must be at the 300 level and above.
Required courses
- ENG-L 260 Introduction to Advanced Study of Literature
- ENG-W 206 Creative Writing
- Choose 12 credits from the following:
Note: All 300 & 400 level courses above may be repeated once for credit.