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Curriculum Requirements - Total Credits Required: 125

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First Year - Credits: 32-33

• Quantitative Reasoning General Education RequirementÌýÌý (Cr: 3)
• Science and Technology General Education RequirementÌý (Cr: 3-4)
• World LanguageÌý (Cr: 6)
• English ElectiveÌý (Cr: 3)
• Electives Ìý (Cr: 6)

• ENG 108Ìý-ÌýIntroduction to Creative Writing (Cr: 3)
  

• ENG 111Ìý-ÌýCritical Reading and Writing I (Cr: 3)
  
  Satisfies the Writing Designated Core requirement.

• ENG 112Ìý-ÌýCritical Reading and Writing II (Cr: 3)
  
  Satisfies the Writing Designated Core requirement.

• INT 100Ìý-ÌýInternship I (Cr: 2)
  

Sophomore - Credits: 32

• Aesthetic Awareness and Creative Expression General Education RequirementÌýÌý (Cr: 3)
• Global Issues General Education Requirement Ìý (Cr: 3)
• Individual and Society General Education RequirementÌýÌý (Cr: 3)
• Creative Writing ElectivesÌý (Cr: 6)ÌýÌý
  • One course must be at the 200-level; one course must be at the 300-level.
• ElectiveÌý (Cr: 3)

• ENG 203Ìý-ÌýEarly American Literature (Cr: 3)
  

• ENG 213Ìý-ÌýEarly British Literature (Cr: 3)
  

• ENG 225Ìý-ÌýLiterary Criticism and Interpretation (Cr: 3)
  

• ENG 365Ìý-ÌýShakespeare (Cr: 3)
  
  Satisfies the Literary Perspectives General Education Requirement

• INT 200Ìý-ÌýInternship II (Cr: 2)
  

Junior - Credits: 31

• Values and Ethical Reasoning General Education RequirementÌý (Cr: 3)
• World Cultures General Education RequirementÌýÌý (Cr: 3)
• Creative Writing ElectivesÌýÌý(Cr: 12)
  • Two courses must be at 200-level; two courses must beÌýat the 300-level.
• English Elective Ìý(Cr: 3)
• Literature ElectivesÌý (Cr: 6)
  • One course must be at the 300-level.
• Multicultural Literature Elective Ìý(Cr: 3)

• ENG 379Ìý-ÌýSemester Internship Strategies (Cr: 1)
  

Senior - Credits: 30

• General Education Electives Ìý (Cr: 12)
  • Two courses must be above the 100 level.

• ENG 480Ìý-ÌýSemester Internship (Cr: 12)
  

• ENG 489Ìý-ÌýSenior Research (Cr: 3)
  

• ENG 490Ìý-ÌýSenior Thesis (Cr: 3)
  
  Or

• ENG 491Ìý-ÌýSenior Capstone (Cr: 3)
  

Creative Writing Electives

Students choose six writing courses from the following list. Three must be at the 200 level and three must be at the 300 level.

• CMM 207Ìý-ÌýWriting for Media (Cr: 3)
  

• DM 211Ìý-ÌýFundamentals of Journalism (Cr: 3)
  

• DM 255Ìý-ÌýWriting for the Screen (Cr: 3)
  

• DM 338Ìý-ÌýFeature Writing (Cr: 3)
  

• ENG 207Ìý-ÌýWriting Your Story (Cr: 3)
  

• ENG 208Ìý-ÌýWriting Poetry I (Cr: 3)
  

• ENG 209Ìý-ÌýWriting Short Fiction I (Cr: 3)
  

• ENG 228Ìý-ÌýWriting the Novel I (Cr: 3)
  

• ENG 229Ìý-ÌýPlaywriting and Screenwriting I (Cr: 3)
  

• ENG 232Ìý-ÌýFlash Fiction (Cr: 3)
  

• ENG 234Ìý-ÌýYoung Adult Fiction Writing Workshop (Cr: 3)
  

• ENG 305Ìý-ÌýWriting for Inquiry (Cr: 3)
  

• ENG 307Ìý-ÌýTelling True Stories (Cr: 3)
  

• ENG 308Ìý-ÌýWriting Poetry II (Cr: 3)
  

• ENG 309Ìý-ÌýWriting Short Fiction II (Cr: 3)
  

• ENG 328Ìý-ÌýWriting the Novel II (Cr: 3)
  

• ENG 336Ìý-ÌýNature Writing (Cr: 3)
  

• ENG 340Ìý-ÌýPlaywriting and Screenwriting II (Cr: 3)
  

Literature Electives

Students chooseÌýone of the following literature-based ENG courses.

• ENG 202Ìý-ÌýThe Novel (Cr: 3)
  

• ENG 204Ìý-ÌýAmerican Literature: Civil War to Present (Cr: 3)
  

• ENG 210Ìý-ÌýTopics in Literature (Cr: 3)
  

• ENG 212Ìý-ÌýDrama Survey (Cr: 3)
  

• ENG 214Ìý-ÌýBritish Literature: 18th Century to Present (Cr: 3)
  

• ENG 220Ìý-ÌýAmerican Short Story Cycles (Cr: 3)
  

• ENG 222Ìý-ÌýModern Irish History and Literature (Cr: 3)
  

• ENG 224Ìý-ÌýJustice and Injustice in American Literature (Cr: 3)
  

• ENG 226Ìý-ÌýEarly American History and Literature (Cr: 3)
  

• ENG 227Ìý-ÌýAfrican-American Literature (Cr: 3)
  

• ENG 230Ìý-ÌýRebels and Misfits (Cr: 3)
  

• ENG 231Ìý-ÌýCliffhangers: Serial Storytelling in Television and Literature (Cr: 3)
  

• ENG 233Ìý-ÌýOther Worlds: Fantasy Literature (Cr: 3)
  

• ENG 235Ìý-ÌýModern Fiction (Cr: 3)
  

• ENG 240Ìý-ÌýBoston in Literature and Film (Cr: 3)
  

• ENG 245Ìý-ÌýCartoonists and Satirists (Cr: 3)
  

• ENG 260Ìý-ÌýGothic Literature (Cr: 3)
  

• ENG 310Ìý-ÌýModern American Poetry (Cr: 3)
  

• ENG 312Ìý-ÌýLiterature for Children (Cr: 3)
  

• ENG 314Ìý-ÌýEarly World Literature (Cr: 3)
  

• ENG 315Ìý-ÌýWomen Writers (Cr: 3)
  

• ENG 316Ìý-ÌýWorld Literature: 18th Century to Present (Cr: 3)
  

• ENG 321Ìý-ÌýLiterary Triumvirates (Cr: 3)
  

• ENG 337Ìý-ÌýAmerican Indian Literature (Cr: 3)
  

• ENG 361Ìý-ÌýVictorian Secrets: Fear and Hypocrisy in Victorian Literature (Cr: 3)
  

• ENG 365Ìý-ÌýShakespeare (Cr: 3)
  

• ENG 367Ìý-ÌýEastern Literature and Haiku (Cr: 3)
  

• HST 222Ìý-ÌýModern Irish History and Literature (Cr: 3)
  

Multicultural Literature Electives

Students chooseÌýoneÌýof the following multicultural literature-based courses.

• ENG 224Ìý-ÌýJustice and Injustice in American Literature (Cr: 3)
  

• ENG 227Ìý-ÌýAfrican-American Literature (Cr: 3)
  

• ENG 230Ìý-ÌýRebels and Misfits (Cr: 3)
  

• ENG 315Ìý-ÌýWomen Writers (Cr: 3)
  

• ENG 321Ìý-ÌýLiterary Triumvirates (Cr: 3)
  

• ENG 337Ìý-ÌýAmerican Indian Literature (Cr: 3)
  

• ENG 367Ìý-ÌýEastern Literature and Haiku (Cr: 3)
  

Learning Outcomes

In addition to fulfilling the outcomes of the English program, students completing the creative writing concentration will:

• Create work that possesses a distinctive authorial voice, achieved through language and imagery and/or original exploration of topic or theme.
• Experiment and take risks in a variety of forms (e.g. poetry, short fiction, creative non-fiction, plays and screenplays).
• Produce an original body of work such as a collection of short stories or poems, a novella or a screenplay.