English A.B. - Creative Writing Concentration

Chair:  Associate Professor Proudfit

A Bachelor of Arts degree with a major in English and a concentration in Creative Writing requires the completion of the Elon Core Curriculum as well as the Major Requirements listed below.

Major Requirements

Required Courses: 8 sh

ENG 2130Introduction to Creative Writing

4 sh

ENG 4971Senior Seminar: Creative Writing

4 sh

ENG 0070Senior Comprehensive Evaluation

0 sh

Choose two intermediate creative writing courses from the following: 8 sh

ENG 3150Intermediate Creative Writing: Nonfiction

4 sh

ENG 3160Intermediate Creative Writing: Poetry

4 sh

ENG 3170Intermediate Creative Writing: Fiction

4 sh

Choose two English courses from the following: 8 sh

ENG 3660Contemporary Writers

4 sh

ENG 4130Advanced Creative Writing

4 sh

ENG 4160Teaching Creative Writing in the Community

4 sh

ENG 2000-4000-LEVEL ENGLISH ELECTIVE

4 sh

*ENG 4130 and ENG 4160 may be taken more than once for credit but may be applied to the English major only once.

Choose one ENG literature course: 4 sh

Choose one ENG or PWR writing course elective from the following: 4 sh

PWR 2130PUBLISHING AND EDITING I

4 sh

PWR 2120MULTIMEDIA AND VISUAL RHETORICS I

4 sh

ENG 2140Creative Writing: Poetry Reading/Writing

4 sh

PWR 2110PROFESSIONAL WRITING AND RHETORIC

4 sh

PWR 2100PROFESSIONAL WRITING AND TECHNOLOGY STUDIO

4 sh

ENG 2090Writing Studies Survey

4 sh

PWR 2170WRITING AS INQUIRY

4 sh

PWR 3110UNDERSTANDING RHETORIC

4 sh

PWR 3130PUBLISHING AND EDITING II

4 sh

PWR 3120MULTIMEDIA AND VISUAL RHETORICS II

4 sh

PWR 3190SPECIAL TOPICS IN PROFESSIONAL WRITING AND RHETORIC

4 sh

ENG 3150Intermediate Creative Writing: Nonfiction

4 sh

ENG 3160Intermediate Creative Writing: Poetry

4 sh

ENG 3170Intermediate Creative Writing: Fiction

4 sh

ENG 3090Writing Center Workshop

4 sh

PWR 3210WRITING GRANTS

4 sh

PWR 3220WRITING SCIENCE

4 sh

PWR 3230WRITING CIVIC ACTION

4 sh

ENG 3910Media Storm

4 sh

ENG 4130Advanced Creative Writing

4 sh

ENG 4160Teaching Creative Writing in the Community

4 sh

Requirements outside the creative writing concentration 12 sh

  • Choose one ENG literature course 4 sh
  • Choose one ENG language course 4sh
  • Choose one additional ENG literature course, ENG language course, or ENG writing course outside the CWR concentration (ENG/PWR double majors may choose an additional PWR writing course to fulfill this requirement) 4sh

ENG literature courses

ENG 2900Literary Studies: Theories and Methods

4 sh

ENG 2210British Literature Before 1800

4 sh

ENG 2220British Literature After 1800

4 sh

ENG 2230American Literature Before 1865

4 sh

ENG 2240American Literature After 1865

4 sh

ENG 2320Literature of East Asia

4 sh

ENG 2330The Beat Generation

4 sh

ENG 2360African-American Musical and Literary Traditions

4 sh

ENG 2340Caribbean Literature

4 sh

ENG 2250African-American Literature Before 1945

4 sh

ENG 2260African-American Literature Since 1945

4 sh

ENG 2350Asian-American Literature

4 sh

ENG 2580Modern Drama

4 sh

ENG 2590Literature of the Holocaust

4 sh

ENG 2600Literature and the Law

4 sh

ENG 3200Classical Literature

4 sh

ENG 3210Renaissance Literature

4 sh

ENG 3300The Harlem Renaissance

4 sh

ENG 3310Appalachian Literature

4 sh

ENG 3800Advanced World Literature

4 sh

ENG 3320Literature of the South

4 sh

ENG 3920Women in Literature: Feminist Approaches

4 sh

ENG 3340Native American Literature

4 sh

ENG 3810Latin American Literature and Culture

4 sh

ENG 3301Paris and the Expatriates

4 sh

ENG 3820Postcolonial Asian Literature and Globalization

4 sh

ENG 3830African Experience in Literature

4 sh

ENG 3330American Environmental Writers

4 sh

ENG 3420Shakespeare

4 sh

ENG 3510The Novel

4 sh

ENG 3520Drama

4 sh

ENG 3530Poetry

4 sh

ENG 3540The Short Story

4 sh

ENG 3560Nonfiction

4 sh

ENG 3590African-American Novels

4 sh

ENG 3900Teaching Literature: Canons, Cultures and Classrooms

4 sh

ENG 3840Middle Eastern Literature

4 sh

ENG 3580Young Adult Literature

4 sh

ENG 4970Senior Seminar: Literature

4 sh

ENG language courses

ENG 2040Language in Society

4 sh

ENG 2050Grammar

4 sh

ENG 3010Introduction to Linguistics

4 sh

ENG 3020History of the English Language

4 sh

ENG 3050American English

4 sh

ENG 3060Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages (TESOL): Theory and Practice

4 sh

ENG or PWR writing courses outside the CWR concentration:

PWR 2130PUBLISHING AND EDITING I

4 sh

PWR 2120MULTIMEDIA AND VISUAL RHETORICS I

4 sh

PWR 2110PROFESSIONAL WRITING AND RHETORIC

4 sh

PWR 2100PROFESSIONAL WRITING AND TECHNOLOGY STUDIO

4 sh

ENG 2090Writing Studies Survey

4 sh

PWR 2170WRITING AS INQUIRY

4 sh

PWR 3110UNDERSTANDING RHETORIC

4 sh

PWR 3130PUBLISHING AND EDITING II

4 sh

PWR 3120MULTIMEDIA AND VISUAL RHETORICS II

4 sh

PWR 3190SPECIAL TOPICS IN PROFESSIONAL WRITING AND RHETORIC

4 sh

ENG 3090Writing Center Workshop

4 sh

PWR 3210WRITING GRANTS

4 sh

PWR 3220WRITING SCIENCE

4 sh

PWR 3230WRITING CIVIC ACTION

4 sh

ENG 3910Media Storm

4 sh

Double Concentrations and Double Majors

Students are encouraged to pursue a double concentration to study the interconnectedness of writing and reading literature (literature/creative writing) or a double major in English to combine liberal arts and pre-professional training (ENG/PWR). Completing a dual concentration or double major in English requires a capstone experience in each area. For more information, see your English or PWR major advisor or the English department chair.

Total Credit Hours: 44

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