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Creative Writing

Director
Michael Wright
Applied Associate Prof of Creative Writing, Theatre and Film

The Certificate in Creative Writing is designed to provide a more formal and academic study of the art and craft of expression in the areas of poetry, fiction and/or performance writing, as preparation for either graduate school or career.

The Creative Writing Certificate is interdisciplinary in that it emphasized the importance of both formal and cultural diversity towards the development of the individual's vision and voice. Students will explore the art of writing in myriad genres and styles; they will also study the applications (and implications) of creative writing through exposure to historical, cultural, and inter-media possibilities. It is imperative for the student of any art form to explore variations on creativity in other disciplines. Therefore the program will intersect offerings in eight departments within the Kendall College of Arts and Sciences: Anthropology, Art, Communication, english, Film Studies, Languages, Music and Theatre.

Certificate Requirements

Required Courses	Credit Hours
Reading Courses*	6
Emphasis **	15

Total Hours Required	21

*Required from two separate departments. One must also be a 3000 or 4000 level class. Courses may be selected from offerings in English, Film Studies, Languages or Theatre.
**May be taken in courses which either focus on or enhance creative writing, as listed. Students may focus in one form (a maximum of of four courses) but must take one course in another form in addition to their area of focus (i.e., four poetry and one screenwriting--and one course in Anthropology, Art, History, or Feature Writing, etc.).

Reading Courses

Engl 2313 Reading Major American Writers
Engl 2513 Reading Major British Writers I
Engl 2523 Reading Major British Writers II
Engl 3053 Literature and Film
Engl 3243 African American Literature
Engl 3313 19th -Century American Literature
Engl 3333 Contemporary American Literature
Engl 3343 African American Novel
Engl 3353 Contemporary British Literature
Engl 3423 Medieval British Literature
Engl 3433 16th-Century British Literature
Engl 3443 17th-Century British Literature
Engl 3453 Restoration and 18th-Century Literature
Engl 3463 The Romantic Period in British Literature
Engl 3473 The Victorian Period in British Literature
Engl 3483 Early 20th-Century British and Irish Literature
Flm/Engl 2273 Film History
Flm/Engl 2283 Film Theory and Criticism
Thea 2173 Survey of Modern Playwriting
Thea 2323 Survey of Dramatic Literature
Thea 2523 Contemporary Women Playwrights
Thea 3023 Classical Theatre
Thea 3473 Musical Theatre Literature
Thea 4413 Contemporary Theatre and Drama
Cplt 2013 Comparative Mythology
Cplt/Flm 2043 Back to the Present: Part I, American Culture on Film
Cplt 2083 The Plague in Literature and Film
Cplt 2223 German Fairy Tales, Gender, and Contemporary Culture
Cplt 2233 Analytical Approaches to Cervantes' Don Quixote
Cplt 2313 Gangster Films