Creative Writing Minor

Earn a Minor in Creative Writing

As a creative writing student, you will experience, practice, and improve your creative expression through a range of courses and workshops. In addition, you will:

  • Work closely with published faculty, read and critique a variety of experimental, canonical, and original texts.
  • Participate in intensive workshops to develop and practice your writing craft with a community of writers.
  • Consider wider audiences for your creative work through internships, educational field trips and travel, capstone courses, and community projects.
  • Be encouraged to submit your original creative work to the university’s student literary magazine Talking Leaves.

Explore our course descriptions to get a better feel for whether a minor in creative writing is right for you.

Available Courses

To earn a minor in creative writing, students must take 15 credit hours from the courses below. In order for a course to count toward the completion of the creative writing minor, you must receive a grade of “C” or better.

  • W206 Intro to Creative Writing
  • W207 Intro to Fiction Writing
  • W208 Intro to Poetry Writing
  • W301 Writing Fiction
  • W302 Screenwriting
  • W303 Writing Poetry
  • W305 Writing Creative Nonfiction
  • W401 Advanced Fiction Writing
  • W403 Advance Poetry Writing
  • W411 Directed Writing

How to Add a Creative Writing Minor

The first step toward adding a Creative Writing minor is to speak with your advisor. They can provide the best guidance regarding how it will fit with your current academic program. Your advisor will then submit an application to the registrar's office on your behalf.