English B.A. Degree with Creative Writing Emphasis
If the following courses are taken during the course of the regular B.A. in English, the student may graduate with an English Major, Creative Writing Emphasis (12 units).
Required Courses
A maximum of three courses (6 units) may be double counted with the regular English Major requirements: the English Elective Requirement (3 units) and the Advanced Writing Requirement (3 units).
Three of the following Creative Writing Workshops (9 units):
ENG 150 | Fiction Workshop | 3 |
ENG 151 | Poetry Workshop | 3 |
ENG 152 | Creative Non-Fiction Workshop | 3 |
ENG 153 | Writing for Stage and Screen | 3 |
Total Credit Hours: | 9.0 |
One period course (3 units) may be omitted from the regular English Major Requirements:
ENG 143 | English Literature: Beowulf to 1500 | 3 |
ENG 144 | English Literature: 1500 to 1700 | 3 |
ENG 145 | American Literature: Beginnings to 1914 | 3 |
ENG 146 | American Literature: 1914 to Present | 3 |
ENG 147 | English Literature: 1700 to 1900 | 3 |
ENG 148 | Twentieth Century English and European Literature | 3 |
Total Credit Hours: | 3.0 |
Total units for the English Major, Creative Writing Emphasis [including the double counted units (9) and the one omitted course (3)]: 42 units.
9 of the 12 units for the English Major, Creative Writing Emphasis must be upper division.