Creative Writing Minor
The UIW English Department is devoted to championing creativity and providing opportunities for imaginative practice in the literary arts for all UIW students. The Creative Writing Minor therefore provides direct instruction on the craft, techniques, study, and application of creative writing for students in any major, with the idea that generating creative, written works serves to strengthen our students’ capacity for mental flexibility, empathy, original thinking, and masterful writing—traits that will serve them throughout their lives, no matter their chosen discipline, career, or life path.
Requirements
1. 21 Hours in English w/ a Focus in Creative Writing (12 hours above the core; six hours must be advanced)
A. Core (9 hours)
B. Creative Writing (9 hours)
1. 9 hours of any Upper-Level Creative Writing (ENGL 3000-400) level
a. ENGL 3365 Editing and Publishing
b. ENGL 3375 Various Genres (e.g. ENGL 3375: Fiction, ENGL 3375: Nonfiction, ENGL 3375: Poetry, etc.); each genre represents an individual course; therefore, ENGL 3375 can be applied as multiple times toward the minor, provided a genre is not repeated.
c. ENGL 4375 Advanced Creative Writing
C. Elective within English (3 hours)
1. 3 Hours from one of the other two branches in the English Department that are not Creative Writing (i.e. Literature or Technical Communication) at the 3000-4000 level. These may include one of the four survey courses in British or American Literature (ENGL 3351 or ENGL 3352; ENGL 3391 or ENGL 3392).