Creative Writing Minor

Introduction

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Students who are not majoring in English, and who have an interest in writing poetry or fiction, may enroll in the creative writing minor. The creative writing minor gives students the opportunity to complement their area of major study with experience writing and reading poetry or fiction.

These degree requirements are subject to periodic revision by the academic department, and the College reserves the right to make exceptions and substitutions as judged necessary in individual cases. Therefore, the College strongly urges students to consult regularly with their major advisor and their CLAS advisor to confirm the best plans of study before finalizing them.

Program Delivery

This is an on-campus program.

Declaring This Minor

Please see your CLAS advisor.

General Requirements

To earn a degree, students must satisfy all requirements in each of the areas below, in addition to their individual major requirements.

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Program Requirements

Students must complete a minimum of 15 ENGL credit hours.
Students must complete a minimum of 6 upper-division (3000-level and above) ENGL credit hours.
Students must earn a minimum grade of C-(1.7) in all minor courses taken at CU Denver and must achieve a minimum cumulative minor GPA of 2.0. All graded attempts in required and elective courses are calculated in the minor GPA. Students cannot complete minor or ancillary course requirements as pass/fail.
Students must complete a minimum of 9 ENGL credit hours with CU Denver faculty.

Take all of the following required courses:
ENGL 2156 - Introduction to Creative Writing
ENGL 2450 - Introduction to Literature
Take one of the following courses:
ENGL 3020 - Poetry Workshop
ENGL 3050 - Fiction Workshop
Take one of the following courses:
ENGL 4025 - Advanced Poetry Workshop
ENGL 4055 - Advanced Fiction Workshop
ENGL 3020 or 3050 - Writing Workshop (not previously taken)
Students who have taken ENGL 3020, take one of the following Poetry courses:
ENGL 4160 - Poetics
ENGL 4166 - History of American Poetry
ENGL 4320 - History of Poetry in English
ENGL 4801 - Special Topics in Creative Writing: Poetry
Students who have taken ENGL 3050, take one of the following Fiction courses:
ENGL 4200 - Survey of the English Novel to 1900
ENGL 4230 - The American Novel
ENGL 4236 - The American Short Story
ENGL 4802 - Special Topics in Creative Writing: Fiction

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