English and Creative Writing, B.A.

(36 credit hours)

The English and Creative Writing program uses a studio model in which students develop their skills as readers and writers through project-based learning. Students engage in directed readings and sustained individual creative projects across genres. Students engage with texts in the way working writers do, dissolving the boundary between critical engagement and creative response.

What Can You Do with a Degree in English & Creative Writing?

~ Journalism

~ Publishing

~ Editing

~ Library science

~ Teaching

~ Law

Required

The following requirements are needed to complete the major in English and Creative Writing (36 hours):

Studio

Complete the following (3 hours):

ENCW 101 - Introduction to The Literary Studio CR: 3

200-Level Courses

Choose three 200-level ENCW courses (9 hours):

Note: PHIL 209 - Philosophy and Literature THTR 230 - Playwriting or THTR 231 THTR 231 - Screenwriting may be used for one of these requirements.

300-Level Courses

Choose three 300-level ENCW courses (9 hours):

NOTE: THTR 337 -Shakespeare in Text and Performance may be used for one of these requirements.

Major Electives

Select one option from the following (12 hours):

Choose four three-credit courses selected from the following: ARAS 102, HIST 104, or any course from ARTH, DANC, DART, MUSC, SART, or THTR (12 credits). (NOTE: THTR courses counted for major requirements in other sections of the major cannot be used to fulfill the electives courses in this section)
Choose four three-credit courses related to the student’s writing-related interests (history, science, philosophy, etc.). These courses require advisor approval and the completion of a related creative project.

Senior Exercise:

Generally taken in the senior year (3 hours):

ENCW 452 - Senior Portfolio Seminar CR: 3