English B.A.- Creative Writing Emphasis

37 credit hours

The Bachelor of Arts in English prepares students to use language both persuasively and creatively and to read, think, and write critically in any setting. Graduates pursue a variety of professional objectives and career paths, including graduate school in literature and creative writing, law school, teaching at the secondary level, journalism, technical and business writing, copywriting, editing, and proofreading.

A major in English with an emphasis in creative writing requires 37 credit hours of coursework plus* the general education and foreign language requirements listed below.

Requirements

Five required courses:

ENG 21100	Introduction to Creative Writing	3
ENG 21200	Introduction to Technical and Professional Writing	3
ENG 31100	Advanced Creative Writing	3
ENG 35800	Writer's Market	1
ENG 47000	Seminar in Writing	3

Three courses selected from the following options:

ENG 22100	Introduction to Writing for Performance	3
ENG 22200	Introduction to Writing Creative Non-Fiction	3
ENG 30200	Advanced Writing and Research	3
ENG 32100	Advanced Fiction Writing	3
ENG 32300	Advanced Poetry Writing	3
ENG 34000	Advanced Creative Non-Fiction Writing	3
ENG 45400	Criticism	3
COM 30500	Desktop Publishing	3
COM 30700	Writing for the Electronic Media	3
COM 45000	Communications Internship	3

One course selected from the following options:

ENG 31000	Modern Fiction	3
ENG 33500	Modern Drama	3
ENG 35100	Modern Poetry	3

Four courses selected from the following options:

ENG 20000	Introduction to Literature	3
ENG 21600	Comedy: Its Origin and Development	3
ENG 23500	American Literature I	3
ENG 23600	American Literature II	3
ENG 24500	Folklore and Fables: The Telling of Tales	3
ENG 25000	Myth and Civilization	3
ENG 25600	Epic and Tragedy: The Hero and the City	3
ENG 27600	African-American Literature	3
ENG 27800	Latino Literature	3
ENG 30500	British Literature I	3
ENG 30600	British Literature II	3
ENG 30900	The English Novel	3
ENG 31000	Modern Fiction	3
ENG 33200	Chaucer	3
ENG 33300	Shakespeare	3
ENG 33500	Modern Drama	3
ENG 33700	Survey of American Literature	3
ENG 33800	Medieval English Literature	3
ENG 33900	Renaissance English Literature	3
ENG 34100	Restoration and 18th-Century Literature	3
ENG 34200	English Romantic Literature	3
ENG 34300	Victorian Literature	3
ENG 34700-34799	Topics in American Literature	3
ENG 35100	Modern Poetry	3
ENG 45400	Criticism	3

English majors must take:

ENG 20100	World Literature I	3
ENG 20200	World Literature II	3

to fulfill their general education literature requirements.

English majors must demonstrate proficiency in one foreign language equivalent to Lindenwood University’s Intermediate II level. Students who have experience in a foreign language before they enroll at Lindenwood may have their proficiency tested by the Department of Foreign Languages to determine which courses, if any, they must take to fulfill the requirement.

English majors should take ENG 30200 as soon as possible after completing ENG 17000.

*Content has been updated or revised as of the publication of the July 2014 catalog addendum.