Concentration in Writing

Students must earn a "C" or better in each course taken to fulfill a concentration requirement.

writing

The Writing Concentration provides students with practice in the craft of writing, a background in literature in English, and experience in critical and creative reasoning. Areas of emphasis include but are not limited to: fiction, poetry, creative nonfiction, and professional writing. The degree prepares students for careers in business, education, journalism, editing, and government, as well as for graduate and professional schools such as writing, education, medicine, and law.

 

Advisory Board:

 Rachel Luria   |    Dr. Sondra Washington

 

Concentration in Writing

Course Name
Credits
Writing Workshops
12
Interpretation of Literature
6
British Literature (Survey or Period)
3
American Literature (Survey or Period)
3
Writing Electives
9
English Electives (3000-level or above)
6
IDS 4970: Honors Thesis (two semesters)
6
Total Credits
45



Writing Workshops

(4 courses, 12 credits; at least 3 courses must be taken at the Honors College).
Note: Other courses not listed may fulfill this requirement upon approval of the concentration advisory board.

Course Number Course Name
Credits
CRW 3010 Honors Introduction to Creative Writing
3
CRW 3224 Honors Creative Non-Fiction
3
CRW 3122 Honors Retelling Myths and Fairytales: Fiction Writing
3
CRW 4924 Honors Advanced Creative Writing Workshop
3
CRW Honors Writing the Novel*
3
CRW Honors Fantasy and Science Fiction Writing*
3
CRW 4310 Poetry Workshop (Boca)
3
FIL 4106 Script Writing (Boca)
3

 

*course to be offered in future

Interpretation of Literature

(2 courses, 6 credits)

Course Number Course Name
Credits
LIT 2010 Honors Interpretation of Fiction
3
LIT 2030 Honors Interpretation of Poetry
3
LIT 2040 Honors Interpretation of Drama 
3

 

British Literature

(1 course, 3 credits)

Course Number Course Name
Credits
ENL 2012 Honors British Literature to 1798
3
ENL 2022 Honors British Literature Since 1798
3
ENL 4333 Honors Shakespeare
3
LIT 4243 Honors Milton and English Revolution
3



American Literature

(1 course, 3 credits)

Course Number Course Name
Credits
AML 2010 Honors American Literature to 1865
3
AML 2022 Honors American Literature 1865 – 1945
3
AML 2053 Honors American Literature 1945 – Present
3
AML 4640 Honors Native American Literature
3
AML 4930 Honors Special Topics: African-American Literature
3
AML 3111 Honors American Novel to 1900
3
AML 3121 Honors American Novel Since 1900
3



English Electives

(2 courses, 6 credits).
Any 2 upper level English/Literature courses with Prefix LIT, AML, ENG, ENL. Courses cannot, however, satisfy both the English Electives requirement and another concentration requirement.

 

Writing Electives

(3-5 courses, 9 credits; at least 6 of these credits are to be taken at the Honors College).
Note: Other courses not listed may fulfill this requirement upon approval of the concentration advisory board.

Course Number Course Name
Credits
ART 2663 Honors Multimedia Narrative Expressions in the arts
3
CRW 4930 Honors Special Topics in Creative Writing
3
ENG 4905 Honors Directed Independent Study in English***
3
ENC 3362 Honors Environmental Writing and Rhetoric
3
IDS 3932 Honors Writing and Illustrating Comics
3
IDS 3932 Honors Writing the Counterfactual
3
IDS 3932 Honors History and Historical Fiction
3
CHM 4914 Honors Research and Writing in Chemistry
3
PSY 2932 Honors Writing in Psychology and the Behavioral Sciences
1
PSY 4933 Honors Advanced Writing in Psychology and Behavioral Sciences
1
ENC 3213 Professional Writing (Boca)
3
JOU 3101 News and News reporting (Boca)
3
COM 3014 Communication, Gender, Language (Boca)
3
SPC 3233 Classical Rhetoric (Boca)
3
COM 3405 Human Communications Theory (Boca)
3
COM 4703 Storytelling (Boca)
3
LIT 3213 Literary Theory (Boca)
3
LIN 4680 Structure of Modern English (Boca)
3
ENC 2210 Honors Professional and Technical Writing
3
LIN 4930 Honors Introduction to Linguistics
3
HUM 2932 Honors Writing in the Humanities 1
1
HUM 4932 Honors Writing in the Humanities 2
1
ISC 2932 Honors Scientific Writing 1
1
ISC 4932 Honors Scientific Writing 2
1
ISS 2932 Honors Writing in the Social Sciences 1
1

*** Students can take up to a maximum of 3 Directed Independent Study Courses for the concentration

Students are reminded they need 42 upper-level (3000 or 4000-level) credits to graduate.