Minor in Creative Writing

The Creative Writing minor is an opportunity for students to earn academic credit for producing imaginative works of Fiction (short stories, graphic fiction, and longer works); Creative Nonfiction (personal essay, profile writing, memoir writing, travel writing, etc.); Poetry (in freeverse, traditional form, and prose poems), and Screenwriting/Dramatic writing. Students in the minor will also develop critical-thinking and self-reflection skills that emphasize the value of innovation and collaboration. And that fosters the development of diverse voices within a creative writing community, each member committed to helping one another improve as writers, readers, and creative-thinkers. In composing original stories, scripts, and poems, students learn to apply literary techniques used by classical and contemporary authors. Students will also have the opportunity for hands-on publishing as they are able to work on (or to be published in) 91ÁÔÆæ’s award-winning Reed magazine.
 
Below are the core requirements to achieve a minor in Creative Writing. To see descriptions of these courses, check the . 

Check with the Creative Writing Major Advisor at least once each semester to track your progress.

To be awarded a minor, at least 12 units of coursework must be completely distinct and separate from the coursework in the major (University Policy S16-4).

Be sure to apply for the Creative Writing Awards and Scholarships available each Spring. Join the English Department Google group for announcements (email English Department for details).

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Minor in Creative Writing 

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Course Requirements: 18-19 Units

Lower Division: (3 Units)

  •  Creative Writing

Upper Division: (12 Units)

  •  Writing Fiction
  •  Writing Poetry
  •  Reed Magazine
  • Writing Nonfiction

Literature Courses: (Complete one of the following courses, 3-4 Units)

  •  Beginnings to the "American" Experiment
  • Literatures of the Atlantic World, 1680-1860
  •  Emerging Modernisms and Beyond
  •  The Romantic Period
  •  The Victorian Age
  •  20th and 21st Century Poetry
  •  American Literature Before 1865
  •  American Literature: 1865-1945
  •  Topics in Ethnic American Literature
  •  American Literature since 1945
  •  Steinbeck
  •  The American Novel
  •  Ethnicity in American Literature
  •  The Short Story
  •  Topics in Fiction Since 1900