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Nov 21, 2024
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Academic Catalog 2024-2025
Creative Writing, BA
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Introduction
Find your passion in literary art: immerse yourself in it, understand it, create it. Creative writing students practice an extensive study of literature along with the craft of writing across multiple genres.
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Major Requirements
Note: Courses can only count towards one block of requirements.
Required Courses: 8 credits
Complete all of the following:
At least one course (4 credits) from the following requirements must be in U. S. literature:
Eight credits from the following:
Four credits from the following:
Eight credits from the following:
Four credits from the following:
Eight credits from the following:
Eight credits from the following:
Program Details
Program Length
Four years for a complete BA degree. Two years for students transferring in with an AAOT degree.
Program Learning Outcomes
Upon successful completion of a degree in Creative Writing, students are able to
- identify, describe, and compare the literary features of a variety of genres across different historical periods and cultures.
- compose in a variety of genres, showing critical awareness of traditions, aesthetics, prosody, and narrative techniques, paying particular attention to audience and purpose.
- create work of original literary art, from the early brainstorming stage to a polished, final draft.
- revise to strengthen ideas, form, and voice, as well as edit mechanics including grammar, syntax, and punctuation.
- create cover letters, queries, and other industry-specific materials for professional submission of creative work to agents, editors, and publications.
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