Requirements for the Sequence-Based Minor in Creative Writing
7 Courses, as follows
(No writing course may be taken pass/fail or audited)
Two Introductory Courses*
- 206 Reading & Writing Poetry**
AND
- 207 Reading & Writing Fiction (pre-requisite: 206)
OR
- 208 Reading & Writing Creative Nonfiction (pre-requisite: 206)
Year-long Creative Writing Sequence
(1 of the following 3 credit courses)
- 393 Theory & Practice of Poetry
- 394 Theory & Practice of Fiction
- 395 Theory & Practice of Creative Nonfiction
Two 300-level literature classes***
(from English Department offerings ONLY):
- 1 on material written prior to 1798
- 1 on material written after 1798
Notes:
* The School for Continuing Studies also offer courses under English 206, 207, and 208. These courses do not count toward the Sequence-Based Minor in Creative Writing.
** Freshmen may not enroll in this class until their first spring quarter. Seniors may not enroll until add/drop week.
*** Students who have completed both sections of either American Literary Traditions (270-1,2) or British Literary Traditions (210-1,2) can use these two courses to count as ONE of these six literature courses.
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The English Major in Writing Celebrates 30 Years on campus
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Jo Ann Beard, Frank Bidart, and George Saunders were Writers in Residence for the English Major in Writing’s 3rd Annual Spring Writers’ Festival
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Creative Writing students gather at the 3rd Annual Spring Writer’s Festival
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English Department faculty attend one of the talks organized as part of the annual One Book, One Northwestern program
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Writing students Cathy Gao (left) and Alleliah Nuguid (right) meet writer Elizabeth Benedict (center) at the Skidmore Summer Writers’ Institute.
Photo provided by Cathy Gao.
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Northwestern writing students Matt Pacult, Cathy Gao, and Alleliah Nuguid meet poet Frank Bidart at the Skidmore Summer Writers’ Institute.
Photo provided by Cathy Gao.
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Professors Mary Kinzie and John Keene celebrate 30 Years of creative writing at Northwestern
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Professors Wendy Wall (Avalon Foundation Professor, left) and Reginald Gibbons (Frances Hooper Chair in the Arts and Humanities, right) at their inauguration, with Professor Christopher Herbert (Chester D. Tripp Professor of Humanities, center)
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English Department faculty and students gathering before the Department's Fall Collation
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Professor Rebecca Johnson speaks at the English Department's Fall Collation
