Creative Writing Minor

Students who are not majoring in an English creative writing track or are not majoring in English, and who have an interest in writing poetry or fiction, may enroll in the creative writing minor. The minor gives students the opportunity to complement their area of major study with experience writing and reading poetry or fiction.

General Requirements

Students minoring in creative writing must complete a total of 15 hours. None of the required courses may be taken pass/fail. Only courses completed with a grade of C (2.0) or better may be counted toward the minor. All upper-division courses must be taken with downtown Denver campus English faculty. Students should take ENGL 1020 before beginning the minor.

Required Courses (6 Credit Hours)

ENGL 1400. Introduction to Literary Studies — 3 credit hrs

ENGL 2154. Introduction to Creative Writing — 3 credit hrs

Electives (9 Credit hours)

For students interested in poetry

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

For students interested in 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 the English Novel II
  —or— ENGL 4230. American Novel
  —or— ENGL 4236. American Short Story — 3 credit hrs