Writing Option

120 credits

 

Degree Requirements

Credits

 
Courses required for the Option are shown in boldface. 
EN 2500 Studies in English (WRCO) 3
EN 2700 Creative Writing 3
EN 3690 Critical Theory 3
EN English elective [not ENDI] 3
Introductory Course - complete one of the following: 3
EN 1750 Popular Fiction
EN 2250 Identity and Difference in American Literature (DICO)
EN 2350 Decades in Literature
EN 2410 Shakespeare's (St)age
EN 2450 Prize Winners
EN 2610 Introduction to Film
Currents - complete four of the following, including one each of American, British and Global: 12
EN 3500 Currents in Global Literature
EN 3610 Currents in British Literature I
EN 3620 Currents in British Literature II
EN 3710 Currents in American Literature I (DICO)
EN 3720 Currents in American Literature II (DICO)
Advanced Studies in Writing - complete five of the following: 15
EN 3030 Practicum in Publication
EN 3090 Technical Communication (TECO) (WRCO)
EN 3100 Fiction Workshop
EN 3120 Advanced Composition
EN 3130 Non-Fiction Workshop
EN 3140 Poetry Workshop
EN 3670 Journalism (TECO) (WRCO)
EN 3760 Topics in Writing
EN 4030 Advanced Poetry Workshop
EN 4090 Advanced Technical Communication
EN 4130 Advanced Prose Workshop
EN 4910 Independent Study (writing)
EN 4950 Writing Internship
Advanced Study in Literature - complete one of the following: 3
EN 3260 Fiction into Film
EN 3270 Gothic Fiction
EN 3280 Drama into Film
EN 3290 Postcolonial Literature
EN 3300 The Craft of Screenwriting: Reading and Writing Screenplays
EN 3350 Lost Generation[s]: Voices of American Counterculture Movements (INCO)
EN 3450 Women Writers
EN 3560 Genre
EN 3590 The Filmmaker's Vision: An Introduction to Film Analysis
EN 3680 Scriptwriting
EN 3750 Topics in Literature and Film
EN 4020 Chaucer: The Canterbury Tales
EN 4600 Travels (INCO)
EN 4800 Single Author
EN 4910 Independent Study (literature)
Technology in the Discipline Connection - complete one of the following: 3
EN 3090 Technical Communication (TECO) (WRCO)
EN 3670 Journalism (TECO) (WRCO)
LL 2000 Introduction to Language and Linguistics (QRCO) 3
General Education: 
EN 1200 Composition 3
IS 1111 The First Year Seminar: Critical Thinking and the Nature of Inquiry 3
MA Mathematics Foundations 3
CTDI Creative Thought Directions 6
PPDI Past and Present Directions 6
SIDI Scientific Inquiry Directions 6-8
SSDI Self and Society Directions 6
INCO Integration Connection 3
WECO Wellness Connection 3
Foreign Language (GACO) 8
Electives 22-20
 

The foreign language requirement for all BA degrees calls for 0-8 credits: one year of one language (6-8 credits); or one 3000/4000 level world language course (3 credits); or being a native speaker of a language other than English (zero credit).
 

*All course information is from the 2009-2010 Catalog.