Requirements for the Writing Minor (20 credits)
Students may complete a minor in writing with an emphasis either in nonfiction or in creative writing. Independent study in writing is ordinarily undertaken only after a student has completed the writing workshops in the student's chosen genre.
I. Satisfaction of the college writing requirement
II. Four courses (16 credits) chosen from the courses listed below, three courses (12 credits) in the area of emphasis (creative or nonfiction) and one course (4 credits) in the other; one workshop may be repeated in order to fulfill these requirements.
ENGL 103/Nonfiction Writing (4)
ENGL 104/Nonfiction Writing: Articles (4)
ENGL 107/Creative Writing Workshop: Short Fiction (4)
ENGL 108/Creative Writing Workshop: Poetry (4)
III. One course (4 credits) from the following:
ENGL 38/LING 105/History and Structure of the English Language (2-4)
ENGL 39/History of Rhetoric (2-4)
ENGL 59/ Introduction to Journalism (4)
INST 150/Independent Study (1-4)
INTR 50/Academic Internship (project must be approved for writing minor) (2-4)
THEA 55/Introduction to Playwriting (4)
THEA 155/Advanced Playwriting (4)
Summer session and other courses as appropriate (departmental approval required)
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Writing Courses
The College Writing Requirement: Each student must demonstrate competence in academic writing by the end of the sophomore year through satisfactory completion of either ENGL 1/ Writing or ENGL 2/Research Writing (see course descriptions for more information).
Students can also satisfy the writing requirement by one of the following methods: 1) receiving a score of 4 or 5 on the AP English language examination; 2) substitution of a writing course transferred from another college or university and approved by the English department.
At the discretion of their advisers, students who scored 620 or above on the old SAT I (taken before March 2005) verbal examination may satisfy the writing requirement by taking ENGL 2/Research Writing. (See the online catalog for updated information on the new SAT I examination.)
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