Creative Writing Option of the English Major

Students interested in pursuing careers or graduate work in creative writing should choose the creative writing option in literature.

Course Requirements: 39 credit hours

I. Option-Specific Requirements (12 Credit Hours = 4 courses)

• ENGL 1400. Intro. to Literary Studies — 3 credit hrs
• ENGL 1601. Telling Tales: Narrative Art in Literature and Film
  —or— ENGL 2250. Introduction to Film — 3 credit hrs
• ENGL 2154. Introduction to Creative Writing — 3 credit hrs
• ENGL 3001. Critical Writing — 3 credit hrs

II. Advanced Course Work (12 credit hours = 4 courses)

Student must complete all courses in poetry or fiction area.

A. Poetry

• ENGL 3020. Poetry Workshop — 3 credit hrs
• ENGL 4025. Advanced Poetry Workshop — 3 credit hrs
• ENGL 4080. History of the English Language
  —or— ENGL 4160. Poetics — 3 credit hrs
• ENGL 4166. History of American Poetry
  —or— ENGL 4320. History of Poetry in English — 3 credit hrs

B. Fiction

• ENGL 3050. Fiction Workshop — 3 credit hrs
• ENGL 4055. Advanced Fiction Workshop — 3 credit hrs
• ENGL 4200. History of the English Novel I
  —or— ENGL 4210. History of English Novel II — 3 credit hrs
• ENGL 4230. The American Novel
  —or— ENGL 4236. The American Short Story — 3 credit hrs

III. Required Area Electives (12 credit hours = 4 courses)

A. Choose three courses:

• ENGL 3160. Language Theory
  —or— ENGL 4080. History of the English Language — 3 credit hrs
• ENGL 3300-3324. Topics in Film* — 3 credit hrs
• ENGL 3330-3350. Topics in Literature* — 3 credit hrs
• ENGL 3520. Religious Narratives — 3 credit hrs
• ENGL 3661. Shakespeare — 3 credit hrs
• ENGL 3700. American Literature to the Civil War — 3 credit hrs
• ENGL 3750. American Literature from Civil War — 3 credit hrs
• ENGL 4000. Studies of Major Authors* — 3 credit hrs
• ENGL 4166. History of American Poetry — 3 credit hrs
• ENGL 4200. History of the English Novel I — 3 credit hrs
• ENGL 4210. History of the English Novel II — 3 credit hrs
• ENGL 4220. African-American Literature — 3 credit hrs
• ENGL 4230. The American Novel — 3 credit hrs
• ENGL 4235. Faulkner — 3 credit hrs
• ENGL 4236. The American Short Story — 3 credit hrs
• ENGL 4250. Twentieth Century Fiction
  —or— ENGL 4460. Contemporary World Literature
  —or— ENGL 4600. Modern British and Irish Literature — 3 credit hrs
• ENGL 4300. History of British Drama
  —or— ENGL 4350. History of American Drama — 3 credit hrs
• ENGL 4320. History of Poetry in English — 3 credit hrs
• ENGL 4500. Medieval Literature — 3 credit hrs
• ENGL 4510. Whores and Saints: Medieval Women — 3 credit hrs
• ENGL 4520. English Renaissance — 3 credit hrs
• ENGL 4530. Milton — 3 credit hrs
• ENGL 4540. Restoration and 18th Century — 3 credit hrs
• ENGL 4560. English Romanticism — 3 credit hrs
• ENGL 4580. The Victorian Age — 3 credit hrs
• ENGL 4730. Chaucer’s Canterbury Tales
  —or— ENGL 4731. Chaucer’s Early Poetry — 4 credit hrs

*Repeatable if topics differ

B. Choose one course:

• ENGL 2390. Writing the Short Script — 3 credit hrs
• ENGL 2415. Introduction to Movie Writing — 3 credit hrs
• ENGL 3020. Poetry Workshop — 3 credit hrs
• ENGL 3050. Fiction Workshop — 3 credit hrs
• ENGL 3084. Advanced Composition — 3 credit hrs
• ENGL 3154. Technical Writing — 3 credit hrs
• ENGL 3170. Business Writing — 3 credit hrs
• ENGL 3416. Magazine Writing — 3 credit hrs
• ENGL 4180. Argumentation and Logic — 3 credit hrs
• ENGL 4190. Special Topics in Rhetoric and Writing — 3 credit hrs
• ENGL 4701. Multimedia in the Community — 3 credit hrs

IV. Internship or Senior Writing Project (3 credit hours)

ENGL 3939. Internship
—or—
ENGL 4990. Senior Writing Project in Creative Writing or Film Studies — 3 credit hrs

Students may take additional courses, but the total applied toward the major may not exceed 48 hours (any level).