Major Requirements (33 HOURS)

Course List

Code	Title	Credits
Required
ENWR 202	Introduction to Creative Writing	3
ENWR 495	Senior Writing Project	3
Two courses from the following three areas:		6
Transformations in Shakespeare Studies
ENLT 315	Shakespeare
ENLT 316	Shakespeare and the Power of Art
ENLT 317	Shakespeare in Our Time
Transformations in Early Literature
ENLT 311	Medieval Literature
ENLT 312	Chaucer
ENLT 314	16th/17th-Century British Literature
ENLT 390	Topics in Literature
Transformations in British Literature:
ENLT 311	Medieval Literature
ENLT 312	Chaucer
ENLT 314	16th/17th-Century British Literature
ENLT 327	18th-Century British Novel: Novel Women
ENLT 328	18th-Century British Literature
ENLT 330	Romantic Movements
ENLT 333	Victorian Literature
ENLT 336	19th-Century British Novel: The Victorian Novel
ENLT 337	The Brontes
ENLT 390	Topics in Literature
One Course from Transformations in American Literature:		3
ENLT 346	American Literature to 1865
ENLT 351	19th-Century American Literature
ENLT 354	Immigrant Women’s Writing
ENLT 358	Development of the American Novel
ENLT 375	Contemporary American Poetry in Context
ENLT 387	Gender and Sexuality in Literature
ENLT 390	Topics in Literature (approved sections)
One Course in Transformations in Global Anglophone Literature:		3
ENLT 362	Contemporary Global Literature
ENLT 363	20th-Century and Contemporary African Literature
ENLT 366	Postcolonial Women’s Writing
ENLT 367	Caribbean Women’s Literature
ENLT 387	Gender and Sexuality in Literature
ENLT 390	Topics in Literature (approved sections)
Workshops
Select two of the following:		6
ENWR 320	Creative Nonfiction Workshop
ENWR 321	Fiction Workshop
ENWR 323	Poetry Workshop
Advanced Workshop
Select two of the following:		6
ENWR 420	Advanced Creative Non-Fiction Workshop
ENWR 421	Advanced Fiction Writing Workshop
ENWR 423	Advanced Poetry Writing Workshop
ENWR 425	Advanced Workshop in Flash and Micros
ENWR 426	Advanced Workshop in Formal Constraints
ENWR 427	Advanced Workshop in Writing the Body
ENWR 428	Advanced Workshop in Fabulism, Fairytale and Fable
Select one of the following not used to satisfy any other requirements:		3
ENWR 202	Introduction to Creative Writing
ENWR 222	Tourist or Traveler: Travel Writing in the New Millennium
ENWR 224	Nature and Environmental Writing
ENWR 227	Writing Children's Books
ENWR 290	Topics in Writing
ENWR 307	Rhetoric
ENWR 320	Creative Nonfiction Workshop
ENWR 321	Fiction Workshop
ENWR 323	Poetry Workshop
ENWR/THTR 325	Playwriting
ENWR 390	Topics in Writing
ENWR 420	Advanced Creative Non-Fiction Workshop
ENWR 421	Advanced Fiction Writing Workshop
ENWR 423	Advanced Poetry Writing Workshop
ENWR 425	Advanced Workshop in Flash and Micros
ENWR 426	Advanced Workshop in Formal Constraints
ENWR 427	Advanced Workshop in Writing the Body
ENWR 428	Advanced Workshop in Fabulism, Fairytale and Fable
ENWR 490	Topics in Writing
Total Credits		33

Advanced Writing Proficiency

Advanced Writing Proficiency in the major is demonstrated by successfully completing the writing required for the Senior Comprehensive (see below).

Senior Comprehensive

Successful completion of ENWR 495 Senior Writing Project satisfies the Senior Comprehensive requirement.

STUDENT LEARNING OUTCOMES

Students will:

• Demonstrate an understanding of plot, structure, and conventions of genre in creative works;
• Identify and apply theoretical and craft frameworks, including intersectional feminist analytic perspectives;
• Write clearly and imaginatively, demonstrating competence in poetry, fiction and creative nonfiction; and exhibiting proficiency in workshop and revision;
• Connect training in creative writing to professional, public, and/or community contexts; and
• Synthesize learning across the major, by successfully planning, executing, revising and completing a substantial creative writing project.