Major in English and Concentration in Writing
Requirements for a Major in English, Concentration in Writing: 15 credits in writing courses (exclusive of EN 101 and EN 102) in addition to the 15 credits in Shakespeare (EN 360); surveys (EN 210 or EN 211; EN 220 and EN 221), and EN 255 required of all majors. The remaining 6 credits must be literature electives at the 300-level or above.
The 15 credits in writing will be selected from the following:
EN 250 Creative Thinking and Critical Writing
EN 251 Advanced Expository Writing
EN 252 Technical Writing
EN 253 Business Communications
EN 256 Creative Writing: Fiction
EN 258 Creative Writing: Nonfiction
EN 260 Creative Writing: Poetry I
EN 262 Creative Writing: Poetry II
EN 266 Journalism: Practice and Techniques
EN 267 Journalism: Advanced Newswriting
EN 268 Journalism: Feature Writing
EN 269 Journalism: Interpretive Reporting
EN 270 Journalism: Editing
EN 271 Journalism: Workshop
EN 272 News Reporting and Writing I
EN 281 Web Authoring and Publication
EN 351 News Reporting and Writing II
EN 352 Practicum in Journalism
EN 353 Narrative Journalism
EN 354 Opinion Writing
EN 411 Theory and Teaching of Writing
EN 415 Technology and the Teaching of Writing.
CM 366 Scriptwriting
A 3-6 credit internship in writing, whether in English (EN410 or EN 475) or other languages (FR 475 or SP 475)