Creative Writing

The English department offers a Creative Writing Minor. English majors, however, may elect to pursue a course of study that emphasizes creative writing and concludes with a Senior Coda.

To qualify to write a Senior Coda in Creative Writing, majors must have taken 200- and 300-level workshops in the same genre.

PRE-REQUISITES FOR CREATIVE WRITING SENIOR CODA: ADVANCED PROJECTS

One of the following literature classes at the 100 level:

• EN 111: Fiction
• EN 113: Poetry
• EN 119: Nonfiction.

One of the following Introductory workshops:

• EN 280 - Introduction to Nonfiction Writing
• EN 281 - Introduction to Fiction Writing
• EN 282 - Introduction to Poetry Writing
• EN 228 W - Prose Boot Camp: Nonfiction

One of the following 300-level workshops:

• EN 378 - Nonfiction Workshop
• EN 379 - Poetry Workshop
• EN 380 - Fiction Workshop

HIGHLY RECOMMENDED FOR CREATIVE WRITING SENIOR CODA

• EN 251 - Special Topics in Creative Writing
• EN 377 - Special Studies in Writing: The Art of Fiction, The Art of Nonfiction, or The Art of Poetry

Course descriptions for all these classes are available here.

Current and past offerings of all courses can be found here.

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CREATIVE WRITING FACULTY