Courses & Requirements
A Bachelor of Arts degree (120 credits) consists of Core Curriculum (24 credits) and at least one major (36–60 credits), as well as minors and/or elective courses of the student’s choosing.
Creative Writing & Literature Major Requirements
Required Courses
Gateway
Milestone
300-level Writing Workshops
Choose 6–9 Credits
Writing workshops train in various genres and include poetry, fiction, and cross-genre. Workshops require the regular submission of original work for critique, oral presentation, and editing.
- WRI312 Poetry and Poetics (3)
- WRI318 Writing Workshop: Long Poem (3)
- WRI329 Writing Workshop: Contemplative Poetics (3)
- WRI331 Writing Workshop: Creative Nonfiction (3)
- WRI339 Writing Workshop: Flash Fiction (3)
- WRI351–3 Summer Writing Program (2–6)
- WRI362 Writing Workshop: Fiction (3)
- WRI369 Writing Workshop: Narrative Forms (3)
- WRI380 Writing Workshop: Eco-Poetics (3)
- WRI394W Writers Practicum with Anne Waldman (1)
- WRI395W Writers Practicum with Allen Ginsberg Visiting Fellow (1)
300-level Literature Seminars
Choose 3–6 Credits
Literature seminars examine selected writers' works, topics, or periods in literary history and require critical papers in standard academic format.
- WRI328 Literature Seminar: 19th-Century American Lit (3)
- WRI344 Literature Seminar: Shakespeare (3)
- WRI349 Literature Seminar: Modernism (3)
- WRI355 Literature Seminar: World Lit (3)
400-level Writing Workshops
Choose 6–9 Credits
- WRI415 Writing Workshop: Innovative Poetry (3)
- WRI428 Writing Workshop: Innovative Fiction (3)
- WRI449 Writing Workshop: Embodied Poetics (3)
- WRI451–3 Summer Writing Program (2–6)
- WRI456 Writing Workshop: Poetry in Theory (3)
- WRI460 Writing Workshop: Ekphrastic Writing (3)
- WRI490 Special Topics: Writing Workshop (3)
400-level Literature Seminars
Choose 3–6 Credits
- WRI440 Writing Workshop: Extended Narratives (3)
- WRI441 Literature Seminar: Women Writers (3)
- WRI448 Literature Seminar: Cultural and Ethnic Lit (3)
- WRI455 Literature Seminar: Literary Theory (3)
- WRI457 Literature Seminar: Major Authors (3)
- WRI491 Special Topics: Literature Seminar (3)
Writers in Community
Professional Development
Choose 3 Credits
Professional Development courses connect students to a vocation and career path.
- WRI307W Professional Development: Teaching Practicum: Designing a Writing Workshop (2)
- WRI326 Professional Development: Small Press Publishing (3)
- WRI381 Professional Development: Project Outreach (3)
- WRI382 Professional Development: Letterpress Printing: Well-Dressed Word (3)
- WRI383 Professional Development: Letterpress Printing: First Impressions (3)
- WRI492 Special Topics: Professional Development (3)
- COL360 Lion's Roar: Writing for Publication (3)
Capstone
- COR440 Capstone II (3)
TOTAL CREDITS: 36