English - Creative Writing, B.A.

1. Two of the following foundation courses, one of which must be in the area of concentration (recommended to be completed by the end of sophomore year):

• ENG 201 - Introduction to Literary Studies (1)
• ENG 215 - Introduction to Creative Writing (1)
• ENG 225 - Introduction to Multimedia Writing (1)

2. Literary Citizenship (two semesters required)

• ENG 515 - Literary Citizenship (1/4)

3. Junior Seminar

• ENG 305 - Junior Seminar (1)

4. Three of the following courses in literary history (one must be chosen from courses with an asterisk):

• ENG 230 - Caribbean Literature (1)
• ENG 321 - Dante’s World-Building (1) *
• ENG 323 - Shakespeare, Gender, Power (1) *
• ENG 325 - Renaissance Worlds on Page and Stage (1) *
• ENG 327 - Shakespeare after Shakespeare: Performance and Cultural Criticism (1) *
• ENG 328 - The Global Eighteenth Century (1) *
• ENG 331 - Gothic Monsters (1) *
• ENG 332 - Queering the Restoration (1) *
• ENG 333 - Victorian Literature (1) *
• ENG 334 - Nineteenth Century English Novel (1) *
• ENG 335 - Virginia Woolf (1)
• ENG 336 - Early Twentieth Century Literature (1)
• ENG 345 - Late Nineteenth Century American Literature (1) *
• ENG 351 - The Slave Narrative (1) *
• ENG 361 - Modern Poetry (1)
• ENG 363 - Contemporary Fiction (1)
• ENG 364 - Contemporary Poetry (1)
• ENG 365 - Comparative Literature and Cinema (1)
• ENG 369 - Literature and Social Justice in Chicago (1) *

5. Two additional courses from below, one of which must be ENG 317 or ENG 318

• ENG 218 - The Art and Activism of the Journal as Creative Writing (1)
• ENG 317 - Advanced Poetry Writing (1)
• ENG 318 - Advanced Fiction Writing (1)
• ENG 281/381, ENG 282/382, ENG 283/383 (Distinguished Visiting Writer courses)
• ENG 352 - Novel Writing (NaNoWriMo) (1)
• THE 321 - Playwriting I (1)

6. One more 200 or 300-level ENG course, which can be a literature/culture course from a foreign language department

7. Capstone

• ENG 412 - Senior Project in Creative Writing (1) or another option approved by the department

• Students who opt for a non-credit bearing capstone must take an additional course to fulfill the credit hours requirement.