The Minor in Creative Writing

A minor in creative writing provides the opportunity to study the tradition and craft of poetry, fiction, and creative nonfiction in writing workshops and modern literature classes. In writing workshop classes, students critique and revise their creative work and study modern literature from a writer's perspective. The minor prepares students to write creative work independently and to understand their work in the context of contemporary literary practices.

Course Requirements for the Minor: 26 units

The following courses, or their approved transfer equivalents, are required of all candidates for this minor.

Writing Course Requirements

1 course required:

SUBJ NUM	Title	Sustainable	Units	Semester Offered	Course Flags
ENGL 220W	Beginning Creative Writing (W)		4.0	FS	GE W
Workshop for beginning writers of poetry, fiction, and creative nonfiction. 3 hours discussion, 2 hours activity. This is an approved Writing Course. This is an approved General Education course. (003399)

3 courses selected from:

SUBJ NUM	Title	Units	Semester Offered	Course Flags
ENGL 320W	Poetry Writing (W)	4.0	FS	GW W
Prerequisites: Completion of GE Written Communication (A2) requirement; ENGL 220W for English Educ students only. Instruction in the writing of poetry at an intermediate level. 3 hours discussion, 2 hours activity. You may take this course more than once for a maximum of 8.0 units. This is an approved Graduation Writing Assessment Requirement course; a grade of C- or higher certifies writing proficiency for majors. This is an approved Writing Course. (003443)
ENGL 321W	Fiction Writing (W)	4.0	FS	GW W
Prerequisites: Completion of GE Written Communication (A2) requirement; ENGL 220W for English Educ students only. Instruction in the writing of fiction at an intermediate level. 3 hours discussion, 2 hours activity. You may take this course more than once for a maximum of 8.0 units. This is an approved Graduation Writing Assessment Requirement course; a grade of C- or higher certifies writing proficiency for majors. This is an approved Writing Course. (003446)
ENGL 327W	Creative Nonfiction Writing (W)	4.0	FS	GW W
Prerequisites: Completion of GE Written Communication (A2) requirement; ENGL 220W for English Educ students only. Instruction in the writing of fact-based prose (i.e., nonfiction) that acknowledges the presence and creative imagination of the writer at an intermediate level. 3 hours discussion, 2 hours activity. You may take this course more than once for a maximum of 8.0 units. This is an approved Graduation Writing Assessment Requirement course; a grade of C- or higher certifies writing proficiency for majors. This is an approved Writing Course. (003438)
ENGL 415	Editing Literary Magazines	4.0	FS
Prerequisite: ENGL 220W (may be taken concurrently). Study of and workshop in the editing of literary magazines, manuscripts, and other literary materials. Practice in selection, evaluation, copy editing, and production. Class publishes Watershed Review literary magazine. 3 hours discussion, 2 hours activity. You may take this course more than once for a maximum of 8.0 units. (003581)
ENGL 420	Advanced Poetry Writing	4.0	SP
Prerequisite: ENGL 320W or instructor permission. Instruction in the writing of poetry at an advanced level. 3 hours discussion, 2 hours activity. You may take this course more than once for a maximum of 8.0 units. (003519)
ENGL 421	Advanced Fiction and Nonfiction Writing	4.0	SP
Prerequisite: ENGL 321W or 327W or faculty permission. Instruction in the writing of fiction and/or creative nonfiction at an advanced level. 3 hours discussion, 2 hours activity. You may take this course more than once for a maximum of 8.0 units. (003521)

English (ENGL) 320, 321, 420, and 421, may be taken two semesters for credit.

1 course selected from:

SUBJ NUM	Title	Units	Semester Offered
ENGL 420	Advanced Poetry Writing	4.0	SP
Prerequisite: ENGL 320W or instructor permission. Instruction in the writing of poetry at an advanced level. 3 hours discussion, 2 hours activity. You may take this course more than once for a maximum of 8.0 units. (003519)
ENGL 421	Advanced Fiction and Nonfiction Writing	4.0	SP
Prerequisite: ENGL 321W or 327W or faculty permission. Instruction in the writing of fiction and/or creative nonfiction at an advanced level. 3 hours discussion, 2 hours activity. You may take this course more than once for a maximum of 8.0 units. (003521)

Literature Course Requirements

1 course required:

SUBJ NUM	Title	Sustainable	Units	Semester Offered	Course Flags
ENGL 279	Survey of Later American Literature		3.0	FS
A survey of American literature from the 1850s to 1945. 3 hours lecture. (003476)

1 course selected from:

SUBJ NUM	Title	Units	Semester Offered
ENGL 451	Modern Poetry	3.0	FA
Study of twentieth-century British, American, Continental, and Latin American poetry. 3 hours seminar. (003543)
ENGL 453	Modern Drama	3.0	FS
British, Continental, and American drama from Ibsen to the present. Topics vary from semester to semester. 3 hours seminar. (003549)
ENGL 461	The Modern Novel	3.0	FS
British, American, Continental, and Latin American novels in the twentieth century. 3 hours seminar. (003562)

Note: ENGL 465 may, in some semesters, satisfy the 3-unit genre requirement. Consult with the Creative Writing Coordinator.