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English Option II: Creative Writing

The Creative Writing Option

The Creative Writing option provides students with the opportunity to develop narrative, verse, or playwriting skills while building a solid background of study in the literatures of Britain and America. For further information, contact:

Dr. Kate Haake
Creative Writing Adviser
Email: kate.haake@csun.edu
Phone: 818-677-3427

Further information can be found in the Guidelines for the Creative Writing Option.

Careers

English studies provide a good academic foundation for radio and television broadcasting, editing, writing, politics, film and library work, journalism, criticism, advertising, public information, public relations, teaching and technical writing. Studies show that English as a pre-professional major is valuable preparation for future careers in law, medicine, business, and federal service.

Requirements for the Bachelor of Arts Degree

In pursuing their major students are encouraged to follow our Sample Four-Year Plan.

Lower Division Required Courses (6 units)

A. Creative Writing (3 units)
ENGL 208 Intro to Creative Writing

B. Literature (3 units)
Select one of the following:
ENGL 258 Major English Writers I
ENGL 259 Major English Writers II
ENGL 275 Major American Writers

Upper Division Required Courses (33 units)

A. Critical Writing (3 units)
ENGL 355 Writing About Literature

B. Literary Theory (3 units)
ENGL 436 Major Critical Theories

C. Literatures of Cultural Diversity (3 units)

Select one of the following:
ENGL 311 African-American Writing
ENGL 314 History of North Am Indian Lit
ENGL 368 Gay Male Writers
ENGL 369 Lesbian Writers
ENGL 371 Issues in Jewish-Am Writing
ENGL 431 Images of Women in Literature
ENGL 433 Women Authors
ENGL 434 19th-Century Women Novelists
ENGL 487 Latino/a Literature

*Consult an advisor for courses in other areas such as Asian Am and Chicano/a lit that may also satisfy this requirement.

D. British Literature Before 1900 (3 units)

Select one of the following:
ENGL 414 Chaucer
ENGL 416 Shakespeare, Selected Plays
ENGL 417 Shakespeare Survey
ENGL 418 English Dramas to 1642
ENGL 419 English Drama 1660-1880
ENGL 420 Milton
ENGL 443 English Lit of the Middle Ages
ENGL 449 The English Renaissance
ENGL 452 17th Century Literature
ENGL 456 The Age of Enlightenment
ENGL 458 The Romantic Age
ENGL 460 The Victorian Age
ENGL 466 Major British Novelists I
ENGL 467 Major British Novelists II

E. American Literature (3 units)

Select one course from the following:
ENGL 473 American Literature 1607-1860
ENGL 474 American Literature 1860-1912
ENGL 477: Major Am Novelists I: 19th C.


 

F. Twentieth Century Literature (3 units)

Select one course from the following:
ENGL 427 Dramas, Ibsen to the Present
ENGL 461 Modern British Literatures
ENGL 462 Contemporary British Lit
ENGL 463A Modern Poetry
ENGL 463B Contemporary Poetry
ENGL 468 Major Brit Novelists III
ENGL 475 American Lit 1912-1945
ENGL 476 Contemporary American Lit
ENGL 478 Major Am Novelists II: 20th C.

G. Creative Writing (9 units)

Select three of the following (course may be repeated one time for credit):
ENGL 308 Narrative Writing
ENGL 309 Verse Writing
ENGL 310 Playwritings
ENGL 408 Advanced Narrative Writing
ENGL 409 Advanced Verse Writing
ENGL 410 Advance Playwriting

H. Creative Writing Theory (3 units)

Select one of the following:
ENGL 464 Theory of Poetry
ENGL 465 Theory of Fiction

I. Senior Seminar (3 units)

Select one of the following:
ENGL 490 Senior Seminar/Narrative Writs
ENGL 491 Senior Seminar/Verse Writing

Upper Division Electives (6 units)

English 300, 305, 316, 364, 428, 429 are not permitted as electives in this option.

Total Units in the Major Option II: (45)

General Education (49 units)

To meet the 52-unit GE requirement, students may double count 3 units from the lower division major requirements (258, 259, 275) for both GE-Humanities and for the major.

Title V (6 units)

Additional Units (20 units)*

*Additional units may vary according to the individual student’s program.

Students majoring in English are encouraged to take a foreign language as part of their college program.

Total Units Required for the Degree: 120

Last Revised: January 2004

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