English Comprehensive Major: Creative Writing Emphasis

Program Requirements

English majors and minors must complete the required course ENG 250 Critical Approaches to Literature with a minimum grade of “C” before registering for upper-division courses in English.

A minimum of 54 credits is required, including three credits of an upper-division literature elective, and the following:

COM 241Media Writing3
ENG 161Introduction to Creative Writing (GT-AH1)3
ENG 220Grammar and the English Language3
ENG 250Critical Approaches to Literature3
ENG 358Global Literatures: Studies in: The Underworld3
ENG 371Literary Theory and Criticism3
ENG 405Advanced Writing3
ENG 445Literary Magazine Submission and Production3
ENG 493Senior Seminar I: Studies in: Criminal Justice3
ENG 494Senior Seminar: Studies in:3
Select three of the following, at least two of which must have an ENG prefix:9
Scriptwriting
Creative Writing: Fiction
Creative Writing: Poetry
Creative Writing
Creative Writing: Creative Nonfiction
Select two of the following:6
British Literature: Medieval and Renaissance Texts
British Literature: Milton through the Romantics
British Literature: The Victorians to the Present Day
Major British Authors:
Select two of the following:6
American Literature Early to Civil War
American Literature-Civil War to Present
Major American Authors:
Total Credits51
Plan of Study Grid
Year One
FallCredits
HWTR 100 First Year Seminar 1
ENG 102 Writing and Rhetoric I (GT-CO1) 3
Essential Skill MATH 3
Gen Ed Arts & Humanities 3
Gen Ed Social Sciences 3
 Credits13
Spring
ENG 103 Writing and Rhetoric II (GT-CO2) 3
ENG 161 Introduction to Creative Writing (GT-AH1) 3
Gen Ed Arts & Humanities 3
Gen Ed Natural Sciences 3
Gen Ed Social Sciences 3
 Credits15
Year Two
Fall
COM 241 Media Writing (Gen Ed:: Natural Sciences) 3
Elective Elective 3
ENG 220 Grammar and the English Language 3
ENG 250 Critical Approaches to Literature 3
Gen Ed Natural Sciences 3
 Credits15
Spring
Elective Elective 5
ENG 358 Global Literatures: Studies in: The Underworld 3
ENG English Elective (300-level Writing elective) 3
Gen Ed Natural Sciences 3
Gen Ed Social Sciences 3
 Credits17
Year Three
Fall
ENG 372
British Literature: Medieval and Renaissance Texts
or British Literature: Milton through the Romantics
or British Literature: The Victorians to the Present Day
3
ENG ENG elective 3
Elective Elective 9
 Credits15
Spring
ENG 371 Literary Theory and Criticism 3
ENG 384
American Literature Early to Civil War
or American Literature-Civil War to Present
3
ENG ENG elective (Writing) 3
ENG ENG elective (Literature) 3
Elective Elective 3
 Credits15
Year Four
Fall
Elective Elective 6
ENG 372
British Literature: Medieval and Renaissance Texts
or British Literature: Milton through the Romantics
or British Literature: The Victorians to the Present Day
3
ENG 405 Advanced Writing 3
ENG 493 Senior Seminar I: Studies in: Criminal Justice 3
 Credits15
Spring
ENG 445 Literary Magazine Submission and Production 3
ENG 494 Senior Seminar: Studies in: 3
ENG 384
American Literature Early to Civil War
or American Literature-Civil War to Present
3
Elective Elective 6
 Credits15
 Total Credits120