Creative Writing Minor
6 Courses (18 Credits)
This 18-hour minor allows students to study techniques and strategies used in fiction, creative nonfiction, poetry, drama, children’s writing, and other genres. Students will learn about narrative, structure, point of view, characterization, style, figurative language, and other strategies that have broad application not only to creative writing, but also academic and professional writing. Students will be encouraged to explore the relationship between a variety of genres and modes of communication. Students will become more aware of theories and strategies of creativity, writing, and reception through the close reading of exemplary texts.
The minor in Creative Writing offers an option for students majoring in Writing Arts who are concentrating in Creative Writing: if these students complete 18 credits in the minor (6 more credits beyond the Concentration, with no double counted credits between the major and the minor), they will receive the minor, but not the Concentration.
The Minor is also an option for non-Writing Arts majors who are pursuing the CUGS in Creative Writing: those students acquiring 18 credits in the minor (rather than the 12 for the CUGS), will receive the minor and not the CUGS.
This 18-hour minor allows students to study techniques and strategies used in fiction, creative nonfiction, poetry, drama, children’s writing, and other genres. Students will learn about narrative, structure, point of view, characterization, style, figurative language, and other strategies that have broad application not only to creative writing, but also academic and professional writing. Students will be encouraged to explore the relationship between a variety of genres and modes of communication. Students will become more aware of theories and strategies of creativity, writing, and reception through the close reading of exemplary texts.
The minor in Creative Writing offers an option for students majoring in Writing Arts who are concentrating in Creative Writing: if these students complete 18 credits in the minor (6 more credits beyond the Concentration, with no double counted credits between the major and the minor), they will receive the minor, but not the Concentration.
The Minor is also an option for non-Writing Arts majors who are pursuing the CUGS in Creative Writing: those students acquiring 18 credits in the minor (rather than the 12 for the CUGS), will receive the minor and not the CUGS.
COURSES: (Choose 6)
To fulfill the Creative Writing Minor, advanced students who have a GPA of 3.0 and who fulfill the requirements for “Senior Privilege” may request permission to register for one graduate-level course per semester, with no more than 6 hours total.
- Creative Writing I
- Creative Writing II
- Film Scenario Writing
- Fundamentals of Playwriting
- How Writers Read
- Magazine Article Writing
- Rhetorics of Style
- Screenwriting I: Writing the Short
- Screenwriting II: Writing the Feature
- The Writer's Mind
- Writing and Craft for Elementary Students
- Writing Children's Stories
- Writing Comedy
- Writing Creative Nonfiction
- Writing Fiction
- Writing Poetry
- Writing the Young Adult Novel
- Internship / Practicum
To fulfill the Creative Writing Minor, advanced students who have a GPA of 3.0 and who fulfill the requirements for “Senior Privilege” may request permission to register for one graduate-level course per semester, with no more than 6 hours total.
- Creative Nonfiction Workshop
- Editing the Literary Journal
- Fiction Workshop
- Poetry Workshop
- Publishing for Creative Writers
- Writing Stories for Children and Young Adults
- Writing the Graphic Novel
- Writing the Memoir
- Writing the Novel
Follow this link for information regarding the university-wide Creative Writing Minor.
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