Creative Writing, BA

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Creative Writing Major

The Creative Writing major provides students with a foundation in the four major genres—fiction, nonfiction, poetry and drama. Required advanced courses in the first three of these genres give students ample opportunity to hone skills acquired at the introductory level. Additional requirements include a number of special topics courses driven by both faculty and student interests. Students may also take a Creative Writing Praxis to gain hands-on experience related to the field. The major culminates with the Senior Seminar, which requires students to assemble a portfolio of creative work and give a formal presentation to faculty and fellow students.

Curriculum

General Education Requirements (40 Credits)

ASC 101 - Thinking Through 3 Credit(s)
ENGL 101 - Reading, Thinking and Writing 3 Credit(s)
ASC 401 - Thinking Forward 3 Credit(s)
Flex Course 3 Credit(s)
PE 101 and PE 102 1 Credit(s)

Humanities (9 Credits)

Social Science (9 Credits)

Science (9 Credits)

Creative Writing Requirements (48 Credits)

CRWR 153 - Introduction to Creative Writing I (W) 3 Credit(s)
CRWR 154 - Introduction to Creative Writing II (W) 3 Credit(s)
CRWR 305 - Creative Nonfiction 3 Credit(s)
CRWR 306 - Advanced Fiction Writing (W) 3 Credit(s)
CRWR 307 - Advanced Poetry Writing (W) 3 Credit(s)
CRWR 409 - Senior Seminar (For Creative Writing Majors Only) (W) 3 Credit(s)
300-level CRWR electives 12 Credit(s)
300-level ENGL Courses 12 Credit(s)

One course from each of the following categories:

ENGL Genre Survey (3 Credits)

ENGL 115 - Literature and Critical Writing: Literary Genres (W) 3 Credit(s)
ENGL 116 - Literature and Critical Writing: Poetry and Poetic form (W) 3 Credit(s)
ENGL 117 - Literature and Critical Writing: Short Fiction (W) 3 Credit(s)
ENGL 118 - Literature and Critical Writing: Science Fiction, Fantasy and Horror (W) 3 Credit(s)
ENGL 119 - Literature and Critical Writing: Sports Literature (W) 3 Credit(s)
ENGL 120 - Literature and Critical Writing: Film As Narrative (W) 3 Credit(s)
ENGL 124 - Literature and the Environment (W) 3 Credit(s)

ENGL Historical Survey (3 Credits)

ENGL 131 - Literature of the Western World I 3 Credit(s)
ENGL 132 - Literature of the Western World II 3 Credit(s)
ENGL 133 - British Literature I 3 Credit(s)
ENGL 134 - British Literature II 3 Credit(s)
ENGL 135 - American Literature 3 Credit(s)
ENGL 145 - World Literature 3 Credit(s)

Electives (33 Credits)

Eleven Electives 33 Credit(s)

Total Credits: 121

Note: Four WE courses, two D courses, and one QR course are required.

The program of study that appears here applies to students who were admitted for the summer session of this catalog year and later. Students admitted prior to that term should select the appropriate catalog year of their admission. Choose previous catalogs from the Home, Graduate, or Undergraduate Catalog Page at http://Catalog.widener.edu.

Curriculum Sequence

Creative Writing Curriculum Sequence