Creative Writing Minor

The Creative Writing minor requires six courses from those listed below. All minors take Creative Writing 386 as an interdisciplinary capstone course their junior or senior year. Of the five elective courses, at least four must be writing-based. No more than three of the five elective courses can be from the same department. It is recommended that students with limited experience in creative writing take English 180 early in their course of study.

Writing-based courses: Theatre 240; English 180, 280, 281, 286, 287; Communications 315 (prerequisite waived for Creative Writing minors), 424 (prerequisite waived for Creative Writing minors).

Image-based courses: Communications 145; Art 105, 130 (prerequisite waived for Creative Writing minors), Art 145.

Capstone course: Creative Writing 386.

386 Word, Web, and Design
4.00 credits. This advanced course fulfills the capstone course for creative writing minors and the publishing requirement for professional writing majors. The focus of the course is on the presentation of one’s work, and how different approaches to presentation can further the purpose of particular projects or become aesthetic and communicative projects in themselves.

For further information, contact Dr. Carmine Sarracino, Director of the Creative Writing Program.