Creative Writing (Minor)
A is available from the English Department for NC State students, except for English majors in the Creative Writing concentration.
Admissions and Certification of Minor
Students can apply for admission to any university minor program in MyPack Portal. Admission will be based on聽the student鈥檚 academic record, and in most cases no longer requires departmental review. The minor must be completed no later than the semester in which the student expects to graduate from their degree program. Students can monitor their progress toward completing the minor by viewing their Minor Degree Audit online, anytime, in MyPack Portal.聽
Questions regarding unmet course requirements on your Minor Degree Audit (indicated by a red 鈥榅鈥�) should be directed to the Minor Coordinator.
Contact Person
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SIS code: 聽16CWM
Plan Requirements
- A minimum of 12 hours (4 courses) in creative writing and/or in writing theory and 3 hours (1 course) in literature.
- Of the five courses, no more than 2 may be at the 200 level. At least one must be at the 400 level or above.
- No more than 2 courses (6 hours) of transfer credit.
- Must have an overall GPA of 2.0 in the minor and may count no course grade lower than a 鈥楥-鈥�.
- No courses for the minor may be taken for S/U credit.
- A maximum of TWO聽(2) courses may double-count between departmental requirements and courses counting toward the minor.
- A maximum of TWO (2) courses may double-count between courses counting toward this minor and additional minors.
Creative Writing or Writing Theory Courses聽 - 12 hours (4 courses)
| Code | Title | Hours |
|---|---|---|
| 贰狈骋听281 | Introduction to Creative Nonfiction | 3 |
| 贰狈骋听287 | Explorations in Creative Writing | 3 |
| 贰狈骋听288 | Fiction Writing | 3 |
| 贰狈骋听289 | Poetry Writing | 3 |
| 贰狈骋听381 | Creative Nonfiction Writing Workshop | 3 |
| 贰狈骋听388 | Intermediate Fiction Writing Workshop | 3 |
| 贰狈骋听389 | Intermediate Poetry Writing Workshop | 3 |
| 贰狈骋听422 | Writing Theory and the Writing Process | 3 |
| 贰狈骋听426 | Analyzing Style | 3 |
| 贰狈骋听488 | Advanced Fiction Writing Workshop | 3 |
| 贰狈骋听489 | Advanced Poetry Writing Workshop | 3 |
| 贰狈骋听430 | Advanced Screenwriting | 3 |
| 贰狈骋听499 | Special Topics in Creative Writing | 3 |
Literature Courses聽 - 3 hours (1 course)
| Code | Title | Hours |
|---|---|---|
| 贰狈骋听206 | Studies In Drama | 3 |
| 贰狈骋听207 | Studies in Poetry | 3 |
| 贰狈骋听208 | Studies In Fiction | 3 |
| 贰狈骋听209 | Introduction to Shakespeare | 3 |
| ENG/WL 219 | Studies in Great Works of Non-Western Literature | 3 |
| ENG/WL 220 | Studies in Great Works of Western Literature | 3 |
| ENG/WL 221 | Literature of the Western World I | 3 |
| ENG/WL 222 | Literature of the Western World II | 3 |
| ENG/WL 223 | Contemporary World Literature I | 3 |
| ENG/WL 224 | Contemporary World Literature II | 3 |
| 贰狈骋听232 | Literature and Medicine | 3 |
| ENG/WL 246 | Literature of the Holocaust | 3 |
| ENG/AFS 248 | Survey of African-American Literature | 3 |
| 贰狈骋听249 | Native American Literature | 3 |
| 贰狈骋听251 | Major British Writers | 3 |
| 贰狈骋听252 | Major American Writers | 3 |
| 贰狈骋听255 | Beyond Britain: Literature from Colonies of the British Empire | 3 |
| 贰狈骋听261 | English Literature I | 3 |
| 贰狈骋听262 | English Literature II | 3 |
| 贰狈骋听265 | American Literature I | 3 |
| 贰狈骋听266 | American Literature II | 3 |
| 贰狈骋听267 | LGBTQI Literature in the U.S. | 3 |
| ENG/WL 275 | Literature and War | 3 |
| 贰狈骋听305 | Women and Literature | 3 |
| 贰狈骋听339 | Literature and Technology | 3 |
| 贰狈骋听340 | Literature, Art, and Society | 3 |
| 贰狈骋听341 | Literature and Science | 3 |
| 贰狈骋听342 | Literature of Space and Place | 3 |
| 贰狈骋听349 | African Literature in English | 3 |
| 贰狈骋听361 | Studies in British Poetry | 3 |
| 贰狈骋听362 | Studies in the British Novel | 3 |
| 贰狈骋听369 | The American Novel of the 19th Century | 3 |
| 贰狈骋听370 | American Fiction, Twentieth Century and Beyond | 3 |
| 贰狈骋听372 | American Poetry, Twentieth Century and Beyond | 3 |
| 贰狈骋听376 | Science Fiction | 3 |
| 贰狈骋听377 | Fantasy | 3 |
| 贰狈骋听380 | Modern Drama | 3 |
| 贰狈骋听390 | Classical Backgrounds of English Literature | 3 |
| 贰狈骋听391 | Special Topics in Modern Drama | 3 |
| ENG/WL 392 | Major World Author | 3 |
| ENG/WL 393 | Studies in Literary Genre | 3 |
| ENG/WL 394 | Studies in World Literature | 3 |
| 贰狈骋听399 | Contemporary Literature | 3 |
| 贰狈骋听402 | Literature for Adolescents | 3 |
| ENG/WL 406 | Modernism | 3 |
| ENG/WL 407 | Postmodernism | 3 |
| 贰狈骋听410 | Studies in Gender and Genre | 3 |
| 贰狈骋听420 | Major American Authors | 3 |
| 贰狈骋听439 | Studies in English Renaissance Literature | 3 |
| ENG/AFS 448 | African-American Literature | 3 |
| 贰狈骋听451 | Chaucer | 3 |
| 贰狈骋听452 | Medieval British Literature | 3 |
| 贰狈骋听453 | Studies in Nineteenth-Century British Literature | 3 |
| 贰狈骋听460 | Major British Author | 3 |
| 贰狈骋听462 | 18th-Century English Literature | 3 |
| 贰狈骋听463 | The Victorian Period | 3 |
| 贰狈骋听464 | British Literature and the Founding of Empire | 3 |
| 贰狈骋听465 | British Literature and the Dissolution of Empire | 3 |
| 贰狈骋听466 | Transatlantic Literatures | 3 |
| 贰狈骋听467 | American Colonial Literature | 3 |
| 贰狈骋听468 | Studies in Nineteenth-Century American Literature | 3 |
| 贰狈骋听470 | American Literature, Twentieth Century and Beyond | 3 |
| 贰狈骋听476 | Southern Literature | 3 |
| 贰狈骋听480 | Modern Drama | 3 |
| 贰狈骋听485 | Shakespeare: Revisions and Resources | 3 |
| 贰狈骋听486 | Shakespeare, The Earlier Plays | 3 |
| 贰狈骋听487 | Shakespeare, The Later Plays | 3 |
| 贰狈骋听490 | Studies in Medieval Literature | 3 |
| 贰狈骋听495 | Studies in Literature | 3 |