These courses are open to students of any major, however, English majors seeking the Bachelor of Arts degree have the option to pursue a Concentration in Creative Writing as part of their degree program. The Creative Writing program conducts scholarship competitions in poetry and prose each Fall, named for retired faculty member and author John Foster West and in memory of local novelist Marian Coe; the spring competition alternates between poetry...
The aim of the Department of English is to give students competency in written and oral composition and in the interpretation and
appreciation of literature.
The Bachelor of Arts degree in English (233*/23.0101) with a concentration in Creative Writing (15-21 semester hours)
(233B) offers intensive instruction in literature and creative writing. Students must take at least three and no more than five creative writing courses selected from ENG 3651,...
The Bachelor of Arts degree in English (233*/23.0101) with a concentration in Professional Writing (18-21 semester
hours) (233C) offers intensive instruction in professional writing. Students must take ENG 3090; at least two of the following
courses: ENG 3100, ENG 3120, ENG 3700, ENG 4100, ENG 4200; at least one of the following courses: COM 2101, COM 3110, COM
3124, COM 3152; and both of the following: ENG 4300, ENG 4900 (counted in the 18-21 semester...
The training you will receive as a student in the Professional Writing Concentration will not only teach you the theory and techniques that will help you become a more skilled writer on the job, but it will also allow you numerous opportunities to put these theories and techniques into practice. As a student in this concentration you will:
1. learn to do real-world research of the kind expected in the business world
2. learn and employ editing...
This track gives students a wide variety of approaches to writing across various disciplines and genres.
Focus-Area Courses
* ENG 215 Strategies for Academic Writing * ENG 216 Persuasive Writing on Public Issues
* ENG 212 English Prose Style
* ENG 385 Career Development for English Majors
* ENG 472 Rhetorical Studies
* TWC 301 General Principles of Multimedia Writing
The creative writing major will allow students to further specialize their writing skills by taking a combination of literature, creative writing and technical writing courses. Students will either produce a potentially publishable book or create a portfolio of clips they could submit to a master of fine arts program....
The creative writing major emphasizes the development of creative writing from a grounding in craft and from a study of literary genre and historical periods of literature. The course work features writing workshops in major genres of creative writing and culminates with a senior-level, capstone course, Editing One's Own Writing, in which students work toward a polished series of stories or essays, a longer narrative, the completion of a chapbook...
The Professional Writing track prepares students for careers in creative writing, entertainment, business, writing for the web, and academia. Creative writing students have several opportunities each year to publish or produce their work, and technical writing students work on inter-disciplinary projects....
Our major option for undergraduate writers is a 48-hour B.A. in English /Creative Writing with a wide range of courses in literature, fiction, poetry, and creative nonfiction, as well as a multi-genre introductory class, screenplay writing, and a variety of special topics.
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