The creative writing minor is flexible and may be a useful and productive complement to many majors. Creative writing helps students develop their writing and creative skills, discover their unique voice, and further general communication skills.

The 15-credit creative writing minor is for students not majoring in creative writing.

Required Courses

3 credits

  • CREW 1001 Introduction to Creative Writing

Elective Courses

9 credits

Three courses from the following:

  • CREW 2016 Creative Writing: Creative Nonfiction: The Personal Essay (or another creative nonfiction course with permission)
  • CREWH 2255 Playwriting and Dramatic Structure
  • CREW 2002 Creative Writing: Fiction
  • CREW 2003 Creative Writing: Poetry

3 credits

One course from the following:

  • LITS 2001 World Literature I: Ancient World
  • LITS 2002 World Literature II: 13th to 18th Centuries
  • LITS 2003 World Literature III: 19th to 20th Centuries

Course Descriptions

  • CREW1001 In this course, students will read and discuss contemporary literature in at least three of the four major creative writing genres: fiction, poetry, creative nonfiction, and drama. And, in a workshop setting, students will also write in those genres, allowing them the opportunity to discover and explore areas for future study.

  • CREW2002 Study and practice of writing fiction. The workshop places the focus on student writing. Additional reading provides the context for discussion of craft and form.

  • CREW2003 Study and practice of writing poetry. The workshop places the focus on student writing. Additional reading provides the context for discussion of craft and form.

  • CREW2016 This is a writing workshop on literary, or Creative Nonfiction-which means we use stories from real life, and craft them into literary pieces similar to a short story, using our own experiences as raw material. Memoirs and collections of personal essays are examples of this genre, and we will read examples of these as well as write our own pieces for workshop. This is a required course for all creative writing majors and minors. Non Creative Writing majors and minors are also welcomed.

  • LITS2001 Reading and analysis of representative world literary texts; emphasis on narrative and dramatic texts and on common themes and motifs.

  • LITS2002 Reading and analysis of representative world literary texts; emphasis on dramatic, narrative, and poetic texts and on common themes and motifs.

  • LITS2003 LIT Survey III : Approaches to World Literature Reading and analysis of representative world literary texts; emphasis on narrative and dramatic texts and on common themes and motifs.