The Minor in Creative Writing
A minor in creative writing provides the opportunity to study the tradition
and craft of poetry, fiction, and drama 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: 25-26 units
The following courses, or their approved transfer equivalents, are required
of all candidates for this minor.
Writing Course Requirements
1 course required:
ENGL 020 Beginning Creative Writing 4.0 FS *
4 courses selected from:
ENGL 120A Poetry Writing 4.0 FS
Prerequisites: ENGL 020 or ENGL 109.
ENGL 120B Fiction Writing 4.0 FS
Prerequisites: ENGL 020 or ENGL 109.
ENGL 120C Play Writing 4.0 FS
Prerequisites: ENGL 020 or ENGL 109.
ENGL 220A Advanced Poetry Writing 4.0 FA
Prerequisites: ENGL 120A.
ENGL 220B Advanced Fiction Writing 4.0 FS
Prerequisites: ENGL 120B.
ENGL 220C Advanced Play Writing 4.0 Inq
Prerequisites: ENGL 120C.
ENGL 220D From Page to Stage 3.0 FA
Prerequisites: ENGL 120A, ENGL 120B, or ENGL 120C.
ENGL 220E Chapbook Production 4.0 SP
Prerequisites: ENGL 296 or two 200-level courses from the Minor in Creative
Writing; or ENGL 320 and ENGL 321.
English (ENGL) 120A, 120B, 120C, and 220A, 220B, and 220C may be taken
two semesters for credit. At least 4 units must be taken from the 220 level.
Literature Course Requirements
1 course required:
ENGL 157B Survey of American Literature 3.0 FS
1 course selected from:
ENGL 238 Modern Poetry 3.0 FS
ENGL 248 Modern Drama 3.0 FS
ENGL 258 Modern Novel 3.0 FS
ENGL 297A may, in some semesters, satisfy the 3-unit genre requirement.
Consult with the Creative Writing Coordinator.
NOTE: English majors taking a Creative Writing Minor must take 15 units
over and above the major requirement.
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