Please reference the Undergraduate Catalog for course requirements specific to English major and minor degrees, and Writing Concentration.
The Writing Concentration curriculum within the English Major encourages students to explore their own writing through English language study in literary, scholarly, and professional traditions. Writing Concentration students earn a B. A. in English with an emphasis in Writing. While the Writing Concentration entails five upper-division Writing courses, it also requires five upper-division Literature courses; this structure underscores the importance of critical reading for effective writing. While most Writing Concentration courses are housed within the English curriculum and taught by English Department faculty, the Writing Concentration also includes writing courses such as Literary Journalism and Playwriting that emerge from other departments. All Writing Concentration offerings involve the production of original work. These courses can include creative writing such as poetry, fiction, and creative nonfiction, as well as a variety of additional genres with rhetorical, theoretical, and pedagogical emphases.