BA in English and Creative Writing

Course Requirements

The following requirements must be fulfilled:

The general requirements stated under Columbian College of Arts and Sciences, Undergraduate Programs.

Program-specific curriculum (33 credits):

Required

One course (3 credits) in literature before the 18th century selected from the following:

• Chaucer
• Chaucer
• Medieval Literature
• Medieval Literature
• The English Renaissance
• Shakespeare I
• Shakespeare I
• Shakespeare II
• Shakespeare II
• Topics in Shakespeare Studies
• Milton
• English Drama I
• Early American Literature and Culture
• Early American Literature and Culture
• Folger Seminar

One course (3 credits) in literature during the 18th and 19th century selected from the following:

• Children's Literature
• American Romanticism
• Victorian Literature I
• The American Novel I
• Major Authors

One course (3 credits) in literature after the 19th century selected from the following:

• Children's Literature
• Modernism
• American Poetry II
• American Poetry II
• American Drama I
• American Drama II
• The American Novel II
• The American Novel II
• The Short Story
• Twentieth-Century Irish Literature I
• Twentieth-Century Irish Literature II
• Twentieth-Century Irish Literature I
• Contemporary Drama
• Contemporary Drama
• Contemporary American Literature
• Contemporary American Literature
• Topics in Global Postcolonial Literature and Film
• Topics in Global Postcolonial Literature and Film
• Ethnicity and Place in American Literature
• Topics in U.S. Latina/o Literature and Culture
• Topics in U.S. Latina/o Literature and Culture
• Asian American Literature
• Asian American Literature
• Jewish American Literature
• Jewish American Literature

One course (3 credits) in minority/postcolonial literature selected from the following:

• Nineteenth-Century Black Literature
• Twentieth-Century Irish Literature I
• Twentieth-Century Irish Literature II
• Twentieth-Century Irish Literature I
• Topics in Global Postcolonial Literature and Film
• Topics in Global Postcolonial Literature and Film
• Ethnicity and Place in American Literature
• Disability Studies
• U.S. Latina/o Literature and Culture
• Topics in U.S. Latina/o Literature and Culture
• Topics in U.S. Latina/o Literature and Culture
• Topics in African American Literary Studies
• Cultural Theory and Black Studies
• Cultural Theory and Black Studies
• Asian American Literature
• Asian American Literature
• Queer Studies
• Queer Studies

Five creative writing workshops (15 credits), two of which must be at the 3000 level or above, selected from the following:

• Dramatic Writing
• Dramatic Writing
• Fiction Writing
• Poetry Writing
• Intermediate Fiction Writing
• Intermediate Poetry Writing
• Intermediate Dramatic Writing
• Intermediate Dramatic Writing
• Advanced Fiction Writing
• Advanced Poetry Writing
• Creative Writing Workshop
• Topics in Creative Writing

Other required courses (6 credits):

• Techniques in Creative Writing
• Readings in Creative Writing