Mission Statement: The Creative Writing Program develops students’ abilities in creative writing in the genres of poetry, fiction, and non-fiction on a foundation of study of significant literary texts in British, American, and world literature.
Creative Writing is a studio program designed to help students publish their artistic work. It is not intended to prepare a student for a specific career; however, our creative writing graduates, while publishing artistic work, have found diversified careers in editing, publishing, grant writing, teaching, professional schools and many fields less directly related to their writing abilities. Courses in technical communications are complementary to these career interests.
Note: two years of a single high school foreign language or one year of a single college-level foreign language is required.
Students in the Creative Writing option are encouraged to register for 5+ credits from the following list of Breadth Area Core Requirements: or or history courses appropriate to the student’s area of literary interest.
Some substitutions may be allowed.
| CREATIVE WRITING ORIENTATION | 1 |
| INTRODUCTION TO CREATIVE WRITING (students must complete this course with a grade ≥B ) | 5 |
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| BEGINNING FICTION WORKSHOP | |
| BEGINNING POETRY WORKSHOP | |
| BEGINNING NONFICTION WORKSHOP | |
| FOUNDATIONAL TEXTS: PROSE | 5 |
| FOUNDATIONAL TEXTS: POETRY | 5 |
| SURVEY OF AMERICAN LITERATURE I | |
| SURVEY OF AMERICAN LITERATURE II | |
| BRITISH LITERATURE I: BEGINNINGS THROUGH 18TH CENTURY | |
| BRITISH LITERATURE II: ROMANTICISM TO THE PRESENT | |
| WORLD LITERATURES | |
| SHAKESPEARE | |
| SURVEY OF NATIVE AMERICAN LITERATURE | |
| CONTEMPORARY AFRICAN AMERICAN LITERATURE | |
| FOLKLORE | |
| MYTHOLOGY | |
| LITERATURE OF THE BIBLE | |
| WOMEN, LITERATURE AND SOCIAL CHANGE | |
| FORM AND THEORY OF FICTION | |
| FORM AND THEORY OF POETRY | |
| FORM AND THEORY OF LITERARY NONFICTION | |
| CREATIVE WRITING WORKSHOP | |
| FORM AND THEORY OF FICTION | |
| FORM AND THEORY OF POETRY | |
| FORM AND THEORY OF LITERARY NONFICTION | |
| PRACTICUM: WILLOW SPRINGS MAGAZINE, LIT. EDITING AND DESIGN (variable credit course) | |
| PRACTICUM: WILLOW SPRINGS BOOKS, LIT. ED. AND DESIGN (variable credit course) | |
| CREATIVE WRITING WORKSHOP | |
| ZINE AND PUBLICATION DESIGN | |
| CREATIVE WRITING SENIOR THESIS (must have senior status or have completed all 200–400 level requirements) | 5 |
Total Credits | 71 |