Creative Writing Minor

The creative writing Minor requires 21 credit hours in English with a Focus in Creative Writing. This must include 12 credit hours of courses not in the UIW core, and six of these credit hours must be from upper division courses.

English Core Coursework

ENGL 1311Composition I

3

Or

ENGL 1311LComposition I

3

And

ENGL 1312Composition II

3

ENGL 2310World Literature Studies

3

Total Credit Hours:9

Creative Writing

This minor requires 9 credit hours of any Upper-Level Creative Writing course (ENGL 3000-4000 level).

ENGL 3365Editing and Publishing

3

ENGL 3375Creative Writing

3

ENGL 4375Advanced Creative Writing

3

Total Credit Hours:9

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 multiple times toward the minor, provided a genre is not repeated.

Elective Within English

3 credit 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 ENGL 3000-4000 level. These credit hours may include one of the four survey courses in British or American Literature (ENGL 3351 or ENGL 3352; ENGL 3391 or ENGL 3392).
ENGL 3351British Literature I

3

Or

ENGL 3352British Literature II

3

Or

ENGL 3391American Literature I

3

Or

ENGL 3392American Literature II

3

Total Credit Hours:3

Total Credit Hours: 21