English, BA, Creative Writing

General Education Requirements

Competencies

Competencies must be completed within the student’s first 30 credits.

♣ General Education Categories (34-35 credits total)

FYS, W-I, and OC courses must be completed within the student’s first 30 credits. Courses used to satisfy the general education requirements of the university must be taken from a minimum of six different academic disciplines. First Year Seminar and Level I Written Communications courses are exempt from this restriction.  Courses may not be used to fulfill both major discipline and general education requirements. 

 ‡ Written Communication (Level II & Level III) and Diversity, Power Dynamics & Social Justice

Courses taken for Written Communication Level II, Level III and Diversity, Power Dynamics and Social Justice may be used to satisfy requirements anywhere else in a student’s program of study where they may apply.  Credits will be counted in the area where they apply.

♥       Students may choose to use support courses to satisfy general education categories, but may not be required to do so.  Note:  If a course is used to satisfy two or more requirements (for example, a support course and Scientific Reasoning requirement), the credits are counted in only one place.  Using a course to satisfy more than one requirement does not reduce the credit total required for graduation.  

♣       Courses used to satisfy the general education requirements of the university must be taken from a minimum of six different academic disciplines.  First Year Seminar and Level I Written Communications courses are exempt from this restriction.  Courses may not be used to fulfill both major discipline and general education requirements.

#       These Scientific Reasoning General Education Category courses do not have to be a sequence or be from the same discipline.

‡        Level II and Level III Written Communications courses and Diversity, Power Dynamics & Social Justice may be used to satisfy requirements anywhere else in a student’s program of study where they may apply. The credits are counted only in one area.

♦        General Education categories to be completed with the first 30 credits. Exceptions in the timing of these courses will be made for transfer students.

† Courses in Major (36 credits total)

†Concentration Electives (9 credits)

• ENL 321 The Craft of Poetry
• ENL 322 The Craft of Fiction
• ENL 411 Special Topics in Professional Writing
• ENL 412 Seminar in Modern Publishing
• ENL 420 Creative Writing Workshop: Scriptwriting
• ENL 421 Creative Writing Workshop: Non-fiction
• ENL 422 Creative Writing Workshop: Fiction
• ENL 423 Creative Writing Workshop: Poetry
• ENL 424 Special Topics in English: Creative Writing

Foreign Language (12 credits total)

• ____ 101   Foreign Language -  Level I
• ____ 102   Foreign Language -  Level II
• ____ 201   Foreign Language  - Level III
• ____ 202   Foreign Language  - Level IV

Free Electives (13-20 credits minimum)

May be necessary to take additional credits to attain the minimum 120 credits required for graduation depending on choices made for general education or minor selection.

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►Required Minor: _________________ (15-18 credits total)

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Additional Information and Notes

† 9 credits at or above 400 level; at least one course must be an English-department designated W-III writing course. 

      Options for the categories can be found in the catalog and should be discussed with the advisor.

Total credits for graduation: 120