Writing Major

Requirements for a major in writing:

Students must complete 49 credit hours consisting of 32 credits in the courses listed below (16 hours at the 300 level or above) and 16 credits in English courses (8 hours at the 200 level and 8 hours at the 300 level or above), plus a portfolio course. One studio arts course (4 hours) other than a writing course is recommended. Note: As explained in requirements for the English major, one 200-level English or Literature course, or permission of instructor, is required to take ENG and LIT courses at the 300 or 400 level.

 

English courses used to fulfill the writing major or minor may also count toward an English major or minor.

Degree Requirements

English coures as listed above.

Total Credit Hours:

16

One of the following sequences must be completed:

WRI 250	Poetry Writing I	4
	and
WRI 351	Poetry Writing II	4
	or
WRI 260	Fiction Writing I	4
	and
WRI 361	Fiction Writing II	4
	or
WRI 274	Creative Nonfiction	4
	and
WRI 374	Narrative Nonfiction	4
	or
WRI 281	Technical Writing	4
	and
WRI 381	Technical and Professional Editing	4
Total Credit Hours:		8

Writing majors must choose 24 credit hours from courses in the following list:

WRI 200	Introduction to Creative Writing	4
WRI 210	Writing as a Means of Self-Discovery	4
WRI 212	Memoir and Autobiography	4
WRI 220	Writing on and for the Web	4
COM 225	Media Writing	4
COM 226	Introduction to Scriptwriting for Motion Pictures and Television	4
COM 234	Topics in Communication	1-4
WRI 230-239	Special Topics	1-4
WRI 240	Writing Drama	4
WRI 245	Yearbook Publication	2
WRI 247	Dramatic Writing for Radio and Alternative Performance	4
WRI 250	Poetry Writing I	4
WRI 260	Fiction Writing I	4
JOU 271	News Reporting and Writing	4
JOU 273	Practicum in Student Publications	1-4
WRI 274	Creative Nonfiction	4
WRI 281	Technical Writing	4
WRI 285	Information Design	4
JOU 290-299	Special Topics in Journalism	4
WRI 301	Biography and Historical Narrative	4
COM 325	Writing for Broadcast News	4
COM 340	Screenwriting I	4
COM 346	Writing for Interactive Media	4
WRI 350	Poetic Forms	4
WRI 351	Poetry Writing II	4
WRI 352-359	Special Topics in Writing	1-4
WRI 361	Fiction Writing II	4
WRI 362	Multigenre Creative Writing Seminar	4
WRI 365	Fiction Forms	4
ENG 370	Printing, Publishing and Book Arts	4
JOU 371	Feature Writing	4
COM 373	Interactive Journalism Production	4
WRI 374	Narrative Nonfiction	4
WRI 381	Technical and Professional Editing	4
COM 383	Writing for Advertising	4
COM 384	Writing for Public Relations	4
JOU 390-399	Advanced Special Topics in Journalism	4
WRI 450	Seminar in Poetry Writing	4
WRI 455-459	Directed Poetry Writing	1-4
WRI 460	Seminar in Fiction Writing	4
WRI 465-469	Directed Fiction Writing	1-4
WRI 470-479	Topics in Nonfiction	4
WRI 485-489	Directed Professional Writing	1-4
WRI 490	Writing Internship	1-10
Total Credit Hours:		24

Portfolio

WRI 491	Senior Portfolio	1
Total Credit Hours:		1

Total Credit Hours: 49