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Fall 2025 Undergraduate Catalog

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Fall 2025 Undergraduate Catalog

Sample Course Sequence for the Major in Creative Writing

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FRESHMAN

FALL

First Year Seminar 101 Credits: 1 credit
WRT 101 - Introductory Writing Workshop 3 credits,
CWL 202 - Introduction to Creative Writing: Writing Everything 3 credits
SBC Credits: 3 credits
SBC Credits: 3 credits
SBC Credits: 3 credits

Total: 16 Credits

SPRING

First Year Seminar 102 Credits: 1 credit
WRT 102 - Intermediate Writing Workshop 3 credits,
CWL 190 - Introduction to Contemporary Literature 3 credits
SBC Credits: 3 credits
Elective Credits: 3 credits
Elective Credits: 3 credits

Total: 16 Credits

SOPHOMORE

FALL

CWL 300 - Forms of Creative Nonfiction 3 credits - CWL 325 Forms of Science Writing Credits: 3 credits
CWL 300 Forms of Creative Nonfiction Credits: 3 credits - CWL 325 Forms of Science Writing Credits: 3 credits
CWL 300 Forms of Creative Nonfiction Credits: 3 credits - CWL 325 Forms of Science Writing Credits: 3 credits
SBC Credits: 3 credits
Elective Credits: 3 credits

Total: 15 Credits

SPRING

CWL 300 - Forms of Creative Nonfiction 3 credits - CWL 325 Forms of Science Writing Credits: 3 credits
CWL 300 Forms of Creative Nonfiction Credits: 3 credits - CWL 325 Forms of Science Writing Credits: 3 credits
CWL 330 - Topics in European Literature for Writers 3 credits - CWL 340 Topics in World Literature for Writers Credits: 3 credits
SBC Credits: 3 credits
Elective Credits: 3 credits

Total: 15 Credits

JUNIOR

FALL

CWL 250 - Join the Conversation 3 credits
CWL 300 - Forms of Creative Nonfiction 3 credits - CWL 325 Forms of Science Writing Credits: 3 credits
CWL 330 - Topics in European Literature for Writers 3 credits - CWL 340 Topics in World Literature for Writers Credits: 3 credits
SBC Credits: 3 credits
Elective Credits: 3 credits

Total: 15 Credits

SPRING

CWL 300 - Forms of Creative Nonfiction 3 credits - CWL 325 Forms of Science Writing Credits: 3 credits
300-level Elective Credits: 3 credits (outside of specialization)
SBC Credits: 3 credits
SBC Credits: 3 credits
Elective Credits: 3 credits

Total: 15 Credits

SENIOR

FALL

CWL 390 - The Ethics of the Creative Imagination 4 credits
CWL 450 - Senior Project 3 credits
CWL 487 - Mind the Gap: Independent Reading 4 credits
CWL 499 - Thesis 1-6 credits
300-level Elective Credits: 3 credits (outside of specialization)

Total: 15 Credits

SPRING

300-level Elective Credits: 3 credits (outside of specialization)
CWL 499 - Thesis 1-6 credits
Elective Credits: 3 credits
Elective Credits: 3 credits
Elective Credits: 3 credits

Total: 15 Credits