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Morris Campus
Creative Writing Minor for non-English majorsDivision of Humanities - Adm
Division of Humanities
Objectives:
The Creative Writing program combines the study of literature and the practice of writing with the goal of providing students with a strong basis for continuing development of their creative skills.
Program Delivery
This program is available:
Minor Requirements
Up to 4 credits of coursework with a grade of D or D+ may be used to meet the minor requirements.
Courses may not be taken S-N, unless offered S-N only. A minimum GPA of 2.00 is required in the minor to graduate. The GPA includes all, and only, University of Minnesota coursework. Grades of "F" are included in GPA calculation until they are replaced.
Required Courses
We strongly recommend that students take Engl 2121 in the classroom and not online.
ENGL 1404 - Topics in Writing: Introduction to Creative Writing
[ART/P]
(2.0 cr)
ENGL 1509W - Literary Studies
[HUM]
(4.0 cr)
Writing Courses
At least one of these courses must be a 3000-level course.
Take 2 or more course(s) from the following:
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ENGL 1403W - Sports Literature and Writing
[ART/P]
(4.0 cr)
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ENGL 2106 - Topics in Writing: The Environmental Imagination: Reading and Writing about the Natural World
[ENVT]
(4.0 cr)
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ENGL 3012 - Advanced Fiction Writing
[ART/P]
(4.0 cr)
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ENGL 3015 - Advanced Poetry
[ART/P]
(4.0 cr)
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ENGL 3016 {Inactive}
[ART/P]
(4.0 cr)
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ENGL 3032 - Creative Nonfiction Writing
[ART/P]
(4.0 cr)
Literature Course - 2000-level
Take 1 or more course(s) from the following:
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ENGL 1028 - Introduction to Popular Literature: Science Fiction
[HUM]
(4.0 cr)
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ENGL 2031 - Gender in Literature and Culture
[HDIV]
(4.0 cr)
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ENGL 2033 - The Bible and Literature
[HUM]
(4.0 cr)
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ENGL 2041 - Introduction to African American Literature
[HDIV]
(4.0 cr)
·
ENGL 2059W - Introduction to Shakespeare
[HUM]
(4.0 cr)
·
ENGL 1029 {Inactive}
[HUM]
(4.0 cr)
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ENGL 1205 - Survey of British Literature to the 18th Century
[HUM]
(4.0 cr)
·
ENGL 1206 - Survey of British Literature from the 18th Century Forward
[HUM]
(4.0 cr)
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ENGL 1211 - Survey of American Literature to the Civil War
[HUM]
(4.0 cr)
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ENGL 1212 - Survey of American Literature from the Civil War Forward
[HUM]
(4.0 cr)
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ENGL 2411 - Representations of American Indians in Popular and Academic Culture
[HDIV]
(4.0 cr)
·
Literature Course - 3000-level
Students who have completed the prerequisites may use one of the following courses to meet the literature course requirement.
Take 0 or more course(s) from the following:
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ENGL 3142 {Inactive}
(4.0 cr)
·
ENGL 3153 - Gothic Literature
(4.0 cr)
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ENGL 3154 - 19th-Century British Fiction
(4.0 cr)
·
ENGL 3155 - 20th-Century British Fiction
(4.0 cr)
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ENGL 3156 - Modern Irish Literature
(4.0 cr)
·
ENGL 3157 - English Renaissance Drama
(4.0 cr)
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ENGL 3159 - Shakespeare: Studies in the Bard
(4.0 cr)
·
ENGL 3161 {Inactive}
(4.0 cr)
·
ENGL 3165 - Seventeenth-Century Revolutions
(4.0 cr)
·
ENGL 3166 - Postcolonial Literature
(4.0 cr)
·
ENGL 3168 - Victorian Literature and Culture
(4.0 cr)
·
ENGL 3171 - The Literature of Creative Nonfiction
(4.0 cr)
·
ENGL 3173 - Contemporary British Literature
(4.0 cr)
·
ENGL 2034 {Inactive}
[IP]
(4.0 cr)
·
ENGL 2253 {Inactive}
[HUM]
(4.0 cr)
·
ENGL 3261 - Modern British and American Poetry
(4.0 cr)
·
ENGL 3262 - 20th- and 21st-Century American Poetry: From Modern to Contemporary
[HDIV]
(4.0 cr)
·
ENGL 3301 - U.S. Multicultural Literature
[HDIV]
(4.0 cr)
·
ENGL 3311 - American Indian Literature
[HDIV]
(4.0 cr)
·
ENGL 3331 - African American Literature
[HDIV]
(4.0 cr)
·
ENGL 3332 - African American Women Writers
[HDIV]
(4.0 cr)
·
ENGL 3444 {Inactive}
[IP]
(4.0 cr)
·
ENGL 3522 - Harlem Renaissance
[HDIV]
(4.0 cr)
Public Reading Participation
Participation in public reading of creative work during graduation year.
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