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

ENG2130	Introduction to Creative Writing	4 sh
ENG4971	Senior Seminar: Creative Writing	4 sh

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

ENG3150	Intermediate Creative Writing: Nonfiction	4 sh
ENG3160	Intermediate Creative Writing: Poetry	4 sh
ENG3170	Intermediate Creative Writing: Fiction	4 sh

Choose two English courses from the following: 8 sh

ENG3660	Contemporary Writers	4 sh
ENG4130	Advanced Creative Writing	4 sh
ENG4160	Teaching 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

PWR2130	Publishing and Editing I	4 sh
PWR2120	Multimedia and Visual Rhetorics I	4 sh
ENG2140	Creative Writing: Poetry Reading/Writing	4 sh
PWR2110	Professional Writing and Rhetoric	4 sh
PWR2100	Professional Writing and Technology Studio	4 sh
ENG2090	Writing Studies Survey	4 sh
PWR2170	Writing as Inquiry	4 sh
PWR3110	Understanding Rhetoric	4 sh
PWR3130	Publishing and Editing II	4 sh
PWR3120	Multimedia and Visual Rhetorics II	4 sh
PWR3190	Special Topics in Professional Writing and Rhetoric	4 sh
ENG3150	Intermediate Creative Writing: Nonfiction	4 sh
ENG3160	Intermediate Creative Writing: Poetry	4 sh
ENG3170	Intermediate Creative Writing: Fiction	4 sh
ENG3090	Writing Center Workshop	4 sh
PWR3210	Writing Grants	4 sh
PWR3220	Writing Science	4 sh
PWR3230	Writing Civic Action	4 sh
ENG3910	Media Storm	4 sh
ENG4130	Advanced Creative Writing	4 sh
ENG4160	Teaching 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

ENG2900	Literary Studies: Theories and Methods	4 sh
ENG2210	British Literature Before 1800	4 sh
ENG2220	British Literature After 1800	4 sh
ENG2230	American Literature Before 1865	4 sh
ENG2240	American Literature After 1865	4 sh
ENG2320	Literature of East Asia	4 sh
ENG2330	The Beat Generation	4 sh
ENG2360	African-American Musical and Literary Traditions	4 sh
ENG2340	Caribbean Literature	4 sh
ENG2250	African-American Literature Before 1945	4 sh
ENG2260	African-American Literature Since 1945	4 sh
ENG2350	Asian-American Literature	4 sh
ENG2580	Modern Drama	4 sh
ENG2590	Literature of the Holocaust	4 sh
ENG2600	Literature and the Law	4 sh
ENG3200	Classical Literature	4 sh
ENG3210	Renaissance Literature	4 sh
ENG3300	The Harlem Renaissance	4 sh
ENG3310	Appalachian Literature	4 sh
ENG3800	Advanced World Literature	4 sh
ENG3320	Literature of the South	4 sh
ENG3920	Women in Literature: Feminist Approaches	4 sh
ENG3340	Native American Literature	4 sh
ENG3810	Latin American Literature and Culture	4 sh
ENG3301	Paris and the Expatriates	4 sh
ENG3820	Postcolonial Asian Literature and Globalization	4 sh
ENG3830	African Experience in Literature	4 sh
ENG3330	American Environmental Writers	4 sh
ENG3420	Shakespeare	4 sh
ENG3510	The Novel	4 sh
ENG3520	Drama	4 sh
ENG3530	Poetry	4 sh
ENG3540	The Short Story	4 sh
ENG3560	Nonfiction	4 sh
ENG3590	African-American Novels	4 sh
ENG3900	Teaching Literature: Canons, Cultures and Classrooms	4 sh
ENG3840	Middle Eastern Literature	4 sh
ENG3580	Young Adult Literature	4 sh
ENG4970	Senior Seminar: Literature	4 sh

ENG language courses

ENG2040	Language in Society	4 sh
ENG2050	Grammar	4 sh
ENG3010	Introduction to Linguistics	4 sh
ENG3020	History of the English Language	4 sh
ENG3050	American English	4 sh
ENG3060	Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages (TESOL): Theory and Practice	4 sh

ENG or PWR writing courses outside the CWR concentration:

PWR2130	Publishing and Editing I	4 sh
PWR2120	Multimedia and Visual Rhetorics I	4 sh
PWR2110	Professional Writing and Rhetoric	4 sh
PWR2100	Professional Writing and Technology Studio	4 sh
ENG2090	Writing Studies Survey	4 sh
PWR2170	Writing as Inquiry	4 sh
PWR3110	Understanding Rhetoric	4 sh
PWR3130	Publishing and Editing II	4 sh
PWR3120	Multimedia and Visual Rhetorics II	4 sh
PWR3190	Special Topics in Professional Writing and Rhetoric	4 sh
ENG3090	Writing Center Workshop	4 sh
PWR3210	Writing Grants	4 sh
PWR3220	Writing Science	4 sh
PWR3230	Writing Civic Action	4 sh
ENG3910	Media 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