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Creative Writing, BA

51 credit hours

The Bachelor of Arts in Creative Writing 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 Creative Writing with an emphasis in creative writing requires 51 credit hours of coursework plus the general education and foreign language requirements listed below.

Requirements

Three required courses:

ENGL 21400Introduction to Writing Poetry

3
ENGL 21500Introduction to Writing Fiction

3
ENGL 47000Seminar in Writing

3

Three courses selected from the following options:

ENGL 25500Literary Craft for Writers

3
ENGL 32100Advanced Fiction Writing

3
ENGL 32300Advanced Poetry Writing

3
ENGL 34000Advanced Creative Non-Fiction Writing

3

Two courses selected from the following options:

ENGL 30700The Teaching of Writing

3
ENGL 36300Theory of Language

3
ENGL 36700Research and the Creative Writer

3

Five courses selected from the following options:

ENGL 20800Introduction to Writing and Rhetoric

3
ENGL 21200Introduction to Technical and Professional Writing

3
ENGL 22200Writing Creative Non-Fiction

3
ENGL 28200-28299Selected Topics in English

3
ENGL 30100Methods of Literary Study

3
ENGL 31500The Literary Journal: Arrow Rock and beyond

3
ENGL 35800Writer's Market

3
ENGL 37200Modern Grammar

3
ENGL 38200-38299Advanced Topics in English

3

One course selected from the following options:

ENGL 25600Survey of Greek Literature

3
ENGL 33200Chaucer

3
ENGL 33300Shakespeare

3
ENGL 33800Medieval English Literature

3
ENGL 33900Early Modern Literature

3
ENGL 34100Restoration and 18th-Century Literature

3
ENGL 34200English Romantic Literature

3
ENGL 3430019th Century Literature

3
ENGL 35200Early American Literature

3
Some ENGL 28000-28099, ENGL 28100-28199, and ENGL 34700-34799 courses may be substituted with permission of the dean.

One course selected from the following options:

ENGL 27600African-American Literature

3
ENGL 27800Latino Literature

3
ENGL 35300Modern American Literature

3
ENGL 3550020th- and 21st-Century Literature

3
Some ENGL 28000-28099, ENGL 28100-28199, ENGL 34700-34799, ENGL 35700-35799, ENGL 38000-38099, and ENGL 38100-38199 courses may be substituted with permission of the dean.

One course selected from the following options:

ENGL 20100World Literature I

3
ENGL 20200World Literature II

3

One course selected from the following options:

ENGL 20100World Literature I

3
ENGL 20200World Literature II

3
ENGL 20500British Literature I

3
ENGL 20600British Literature II

3
ENGL 23500American Literature I

3
ENGL 23600American Literature II

3

Note: No duplication of coursework is allowed.

Creative Writing 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.