Minor: Creative Writing, 18 Credits

The Creative Writing Minor presents students with the opportunity to pursue the study and practice of poetry, fiction, and creative nonfiction in a comprehensive fashion; to expand their awareness of the critical traditions that shape literary history; to utilize their capacity to analyze and examine their own writing in a self-reflective manner while learning the importance of redrafting and revision; and to work with and in relation to others, through the workshop model, to present ideas and collectively negotiate solutions. Invigorating the imagination and developing the creative process are key.

Learning Goals for the Minor in Creative Writing

Students completing the Creative Writing minor will:

• Practice the fundamentals of writing poetry, fiction, and creative non-fiction;
• Produce creative work that develops these foundational skills through advanced-level study of fiction, poetry, and creative nonfiction;
• Use these skills in the analysis and revision of their own work;
• Apply these skills in working with other students through the workshop model.

Requirements

Required Courses (12 credits)

CRW 201	Introduction to Creative Writing I	3
CRW 205	Introduction to Creative Writing II	3
CRW 346	Intermediate Creative Writing	3
CRW 391	Special Topics in Creative Writing	3

Two of the following: (6 credits)

CRW 441	Workshop in Writing Poetry	3
CRW 442	Workshop in Writing Fiction	3
CRW 443	Workshop in Writing Creative Nonfiction	3

The Creative Writing Minor is open to all students and all majors.