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As a writing major, you'll learn about many different kinds of writing: fiction, poetry, creative nonfiction, journalism. And, you'll get lots of chances to write, which will make you a better writer. Submit your writing and you may get published in our literary magazine, Baily's Beads, which has been recognized several times by the prestigious Columbia (University) Scholastic Press Association as one of the best college literary magazines in the United States. Or, you can work on our award-winning newspaper, The Source.

You'll also get to rub elbows with professional writers. People like leading short story writer George Saunders, Pulitzer-prize finalist Lee Martin, and bestselling novelist Sena Jeter Naslund. And, you'll have an opportunity to help local schoolchildren become better writers and readers.

When you graduate, you'll have many kinds of jobs to choose from because employers are always looking for people who write well. Our graduates work as technical writers, writing teachers, newspaper reporters and editors, songwriters and freelance writers. Others have published articles and books. Or, you can take what you have learned and go to graduate school.

Degree Requirements

Course Requirements in the Major

WRITNG 0111 - LITERARY EDITING AND MAGAZINE PRODUCTION 1

Take four courses from the following list:

COMM 0106 - NEWS WRITING

WRITNG 0106 - INTRODUCTION TO FICTION WRITING

WRITNG 0107 - BEGINNING POETRY WRITING

COMM 0108 - NEWSPAPER STAFF (THE SOURCE)

WRITNG 0108 - INTRO TO CREATIVE NONFICTION

WRITNG 0220 - FEATURE WRITING

Requirements in Literature

One course from each of the following groupings, including at least one course at the 1300 level or above

Survey Courses

ENG 0105 - MASTERPIECES OF WORLD LITERATURE

ENG 0201 - AMERICAN LIT BEFORE CIVIL WAR

ENG 0202 - AMERICAN LIT SINCE THE CIVIL WAR

ENG 0203 - BRITISH LITERATURE BEFORE 1800

ENG 0204 - BRITISH LITERATURE SINCE 1800

ENG 0205 - INTRODUCTION TO SHAKESPEARE

ENG 0214 - INTRO TO LITERATURE BY WOMEN

ENG 0218 - INTRO TO LITERATURE & ENVIRON

EDUC 0255 - READINGS IN CHILDREN'S LITERATURE

ENG 1306 - TWENTIETH-CENTURY IRISH LIT

ENG 1315 - BRITISH LITERATURE OF THE ROMANTIC ERA

CLP 0208 - FRENCH LITERATURE IN TRANSLATION

CLP 0216 - MODERN AFRICAN LITERATURE: THE NOVEL

CLP 0220 - CARIBBEAN LITERATURES AND CULTURES

CLP 1310 - POSTCOLONIAL LITERATURE

CLP 1320 - AFRICAN LIT AND SPIRITUALITY

20th-Century Courses

ENG 1306 - TWENTIETH-CENTURY IRISH LIT

ENG 1308 - 20TH-CENTURY AMERICAN LIT

ENG 1450 - TOPICS IN LITERATURE (when 20th century)

CLP 0204 - 20th-Century Prose Narrative

CLP 0206 - HISPANIC LITERATURE (IN ENGLISH)

CLP 0216 - MODERN AFRICAN LITERATURE: THE NOVEL

CLP 1301 - The Modernist Tradition

CLP 1310 - POSTCOLONIAL LITERATURE

CLP 1320 - AFRICAN LIT AND SPIRITUALITY

EDUC 0275 - ADOLESCENT LITERATURE

Genre Courses

ENG 0103 - INTRODUCTION TO POETRY

ENG 0106 - INTRODUCTION TO SHORT STORY

ENG 0207 - AMERICAN POETRY

ENG 1301 - Contemporary American Poetry

CLP 0207 - SHORT FICTION IN SPANISH

CLP 0216 - MODERN AFRICAN LITERATURE: THE NOVEL

THEA 0203 - PLAY ANALYSIS

THEA 1310 - SHAKESPEAREAN PERFORMANCES

Other Required Courses

One Arts and Letters General Education course in Theatre, Music, or Visual Art 3

WRITNG 1451 - CAPSTONE: WRITING

Second language proficiency through and including the intermediate level (or the equivalent) - 0-9 Credits

Total credits in the major: 39