Concentration in Creative Writing (30 cr)

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The concentration in Creative Writing is designed to provide students with an informed appreciation of the depth and breadth of literature written in English, as well as the opportunity to develop their own interests and skills in creative writing. Students concentrating in Creative Writing take four required courses in literature, and at least four creative writing workshops.

This concentration consists of 3 parts:

A. Four Required Literature Courses (12 cr)

1. ENGL 33800 - Survey of British Literature I: Early Texts To the Eighteenth Century
2. One course chosen from the following in American Literature
ENGL 39500 - Survey of American Literature: Origins to the Civil War (W)
ENGL 39600 - American Prose from Reconstruction to World War I
ENGL 39700 - Pre-20th Century American Poetry
3. One course chosen from the following courses in Multi-Ethnic or Transnational Literatures written in English:
ENGL 31800 - Topics in Literature of Non-European Americans (W)
ENGL 32000 - Multi-Ethnic American Literature (W)
ENGL 32100 - Topics in African American Literature
ENGL 32400 - Topics in Native American Literature
ENGL 32500 - Post-Colonial Literature in English (W)
ENGL 32700 - Topics in Caribbean Literature (W)
4. One course chosen from the following courses in Literary Theory, Linguistics, or Rhetoric
ENGL 30600 - Literary Theory (W)
ENGL 33100 - The Structure of Modern English
ENGL 33200 - History of the English Language (W)

B. Four Required Creative Writing Workshops (12 cr)

All students who are planning to concentrate in creative writing must first take the three-genre
ENGL 30000 - Introduction to Creative Writing
and pass it with a grade of B or higher
After successfully completing English 30000 with a grade of B or higher, students take 3 more creative writing workshops from the following, at least one of which must be a level-II workshop
ENGL 30900 - Workshop in Non-Fiction II
ENGL 31100 - Workshop in Fiction I
ENGL 31300 - Workshop in Fiction II
ENGL 31400 - Workshop in Poetry I
ENGL 31600 - Workshop in Poetry II
ENGL 48400 - Special Studies Seminar (offerings vary and may include: Advanced Workshop in Poetry; Advanced Prose Writing; Narrative Forms: Strategies in Fiction; or The Art of Revision: Poetry and Fiction -See the department web page each semester for current information www.hunter.cuny.edu/english/)

C. Two Electives (6 cr.)

Electives may be chosen from any of the department’s 300-or 400-level courses, including, if the student is eligible, one of the Honors Seminars (ENGL 48400 ). In special cases, full-time faculty may find it appropriate to supervise a student who is interested in taking on an individual creative project for 3 credits; this option is listed in the catalog, and in semester-by-semester class postings, as ENGL 48500 - Individual Tutorial Project . Successful completion of such a course may also, if arranged beforehand, qualify as an Honors course.