Minor in Creative Writing

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Studying Creative Writing at Utica College

The minor in creative writing is designed to provide an added area of competency for students. It entails the study of creative writing in multiple genres as well as the literary traditions of:

• short fiction
• the novel
• poetry

In addition to the personal value this minor will have for any student, it will help students preparing for many professions as they develop their communication and rhetorical skills and practice thinking creatively. In workshops, students learn how to critique effectively their own and others’ writing.

Students should consult their major advisers about the appropriateness of this minor for their majors.  

Academic Requirements  

Total credit hours required for minor: 18

Course		Credit Hours
Required Courses
English 307	Beginning Creative Writing	3
English 406    or English 407	Advanced Fiction Workshop Advanced Poetry Workshop	3
English 477    or English 478	Senior Seminar in Creative Writing: Fiction Senior Seminar in Creative Writing: Poetry	3
Choose three of the following courses
English 372	Studies in Short Fiction	3
English 373	The Novel	3
English 374	Forms and Art of Poetry	3
English 396	American Literature: 1945 to the Present	3
English 397	Contemporary American Poetry	3
Total:		18

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