English Creative Writing Concentration

Curriculum Requirements - Total Credits Required: 125

 

First Year - Credits: 32-33

• Quantitative Reasoning General Education Requirement   (Cr: 3)
• Science and Technology General Education Requirement  (Cr: 3-4)
• World Language  (Cr: 6)
• English Elective  (Cr: 3)
• Electives   (Cr: 6)

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

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

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

• INT 100 - Internship I (Cr: 2)
  

Sophomore - Credits: 32

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

• ENG 203 - Early American Literature (Cr: 3)
  

• ENG 213 - Early British Literature (Cr: 3)
  

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

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

• INT 200 - Internship II (Cr: 2)
  

Junior - Credits: 31

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

• ENG 379 - Semester Internship Strategies (Cr: 1)
  

Senior - Credits: 30

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

• ENG 480 - Semester Internship (Cr: 12)
  

• ENG 489 - Senior Research (Cr: 3)
  

• ENG 490 - Senior Thesis (Cr: 3)
  
  Or

• ENG 491 - Senior 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 207 - Writing for Media (Cr: 3)
  

• DM 211 - Fundamentals of Journalism (Cr: 3)
  

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

• DM 338 - Feature Writing (Cr: 3)
  

• ENG 207 - Writing Your Story (Cr: 3)
  

• ENG 208 - Writing Poetry I (Cr: 3)
  

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

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

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

• ENG 232 - Flash Fiction (Cr: 3)
  

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

• ENG 305 - Writing for Inquiry (Cr: 3)
  

• ENG 307 - Telling True Stories (Cr: 3)
  

• ENG 308 - Writing Poetry II (Cr: 3)
  

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

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

• ENG 336 - Nature Writing (Cr: 3)
  

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

Literature Electives

Students choose one of the following literature-based ENG courses.

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

• ENG 210 - Topics in Literature (Cr: 3)
  

• ENG 212 - Drama Survey (Cr: 3)
  

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

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

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

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

• ENG 227 - African-American Literature (Cr: 3)
  

• ENG 230 - Rebels and Misfits (Cr: 3)
  

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

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

• ENG 235 - Modern Fiction (Cr: 3)
  

• ENG 236 - Growing up LGBTQ+ (Cr: 3)
  

• ENG 237 - Healing Stories (Cr: 3)
  

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

• ENG 245 - Cartoonists and Satirists (Cr: 3)
  

• ENG 260 - Gothic Literature (Cr: 3)
  

• ENG 266 - Science Fiction Literature: From Galaxies Far Away (Cr: 3)
  

• ENG 310 - Modern American Poetry (Cr: 3)
  

• ENG 312 - Literature for Children (Cr: 3)
  

• ENG 314 - Early World Literature (Cr: 3)
  

• ENG 315 - Women Writers (Cr: 3)
  

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

• ENG 321 - Literary Triumvirates (Cr: 3)
  

• ENG 337 - American Indian Literature (Cr: 3)
  

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

• ENG 365 - Shakespeare (Cr: 3)
  

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

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

Multicultural Literature Electives

Students choose one of the following multicultural literature-based courses.

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

• ENG 227 - African-American Literature (Cr: 3)
  

• ENG 230 - Rebels and Misfits (Cr: 3)
  

• ENG 236 - Growing up LGBTQ+ (Cr: 3)
  

• ENG 315 - Women Writers (Cr: 3)
  

• ENG 321 - Literary Triumvirates (Cr: 3)
  

• ENG 337 - American Indian Literature (Cr: 3)
  

• ENG 367 - Eastern 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.

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