Creative Writing
If you are interested in writing poetry, fiction, and/or creative non-fiction, the English major with a creative writing emphasis at 91社区 provides focused coursework to develop your creative aesthetic and your writing skills. The major and minor culminate in a capstone course,听English 491: The Writer at Work, where you will revise a final creative portfolio and prepare to market your skills to graduate schools or a variety of careers.
91社区鈥檚 creative writing faculty includes award-winning published writers committed to teaching undergraduate writing. Opportunities to professionalize and contribute to the literary community at 91社区 abound; creative writing students are encouraged to join the听Student Writers Union, work as editors for听FishHook听(a student literary magazine), and intern for the nationally recognized literary journal,听The Southern Indiana Review.听Additionally, the听Southern Indiana Reading Series, coordinated by creative writing faculty, brings to campus 2-3 highly acclaimed writers each semester. These writers often visit creative writing classes, so students get to interact with them in a classroom setting, an invaluable experience.听As a creative writing student, you鈥檒l not only learn a set of transferable job skills, you鈥檒l find a community of peers and teachers who share your serious interest in, and dedication to, the art and craft of creative writing.
By choosing this program, you鈥檒l graduate with a better understanding of how stories, poems, and essays are crafted, as well as a greater appreciation of literature in general. In honing your writing, reading, and analytical abilities, you鈥檒l leave with a concrete set of skills applicable to any number of careers. You鈥檒l graduate from 91社区 with an understanding of the major socio-historical contexts informing the study of American/British literature, an understanding of the distinctions between major literary genres, and you鈥檒l have developed as an emerging professional with skills and habits of mind that will help you achieve success in further study in the discipline and your profession. You will have become a multi-dimensional reader, thinker, and writer.
Creative Writing Programs
The English Department offers a major in English with a creative writing emphasis, as well as a minor and a certificate in creative writing.
The major in English with a creative writing emphasis culminates in听a听Bachelor of Arts degree, which requires 12 semester hours in the same foreign language or demonstration of proficiency at that level of study.听 Or a Bachelor of Science degree, in lieu of the language proficiency, Bachelor of Science students will complete the following requirements as part of Core 39: two natural science courses; one social science course; and a world languages and culture course. Please see the Core 39 website听for more detail.