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Nov 21, 2024
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2024-2025 Undergraduate Catalog
English, B.A., Creative Writing
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About the Program
The English Department’s Concentration in Creative Writing bridges the traditions of literary studies with the innovations needed in today’s creative market place. Students take a strong core of literature to meet their individual interests and career goals. Part of the program is a tiered system of Creative Writing Workshops–two at the entry level that will include poetry, fiction, and nonfiction as well as two at the intermediate level in poetry,fiction, nonfiction, or scriptwriting that the student will choose. Students can also select from a variety of workshop courses such as Children’s Literature, Young Adult Writing, Script and Playwriting, Memoir, and Advanced Poetry and Fiction courses in which they work with faculty members who are professional, published writers. All English majors do either a Career Internship (with opportunities to work with local presses, publishing companies, and creative arts organizations) or Student Teaching for Certification. Both are well supported by Arcadia’s close proximity to Philadelphia.
Requirements
(60 credits as listed below, with Undergraduate Curriculum requirements and electives to total a minimum of 120 credits)
Four Core Courses (16 credits)
Five 200 level courses (20 credits)
One 200-level course in “Topics in Identity and Social Justice,” which must be chosen from this list:
Two 200-level Creative Writing Workshop Courses
Five 300-level Required Courses (20 credits)
Two 300-level Creative Writing Workshop Courses
One 300 level Literature Elective from the list below or EN399: Senior Literature Seminar
- EN323 Modern American Literature
- EN327 The Discovery of Adulthood in British and American Fiction
- EN328 William Faulkner
- EN330 Cinema of the African Diaspora
- EN332 Literature and the Law
- EN335 Special Topics in American Literature
- EN336 Asian Literature
- EN341 The (Neo) Slave and Emancipation Narrative
- EN344 Special Studies Seminar
- EN347 Tales of the City: Urbanism in Global Literature
- EN349 The Short Novel
- EN350 Major Authors Seminar
- EN351 Jane Austen
- EN353 Mark Twain
- EN355 Southern Fiction
- EN359 Literature after War
- EN360 Contemporary American Autobiography
- EN361 Seminar: Modern Drama
- EN362 A Few Great Novels
- EN365 The Contemporary Moment
- EN366 Kerouac and His Sources
- EN384 Graphic Fiction Adaptations from Literature and Life
- EN387 Women, Writing, and Rhetoric
Two 300-level Courses in “Topics in European Literature” or “Topics in U.S. Literature” or “200-level or 300-level Topics in Global Literature”
300-level course in “Topics in European Literature”
- EN320 Classical and Medieval European Literature
- EN327 The Discovery of Adulthood in British and American Fiction
- EN321 European Renaissance and Enlightenment Literature
- EN342 Ireland in Twentieth Century Film and Literature
- EN344 Special Studies Seminar (depending on the topic)
- EN346 Russian Fiction
- EN350 Major Authors Seminar (depending on the topic)
- EN351 Jane Austen
- EN359 Literature after War (depending on the topic)
- EN361 Seminar: Modern Drama (depending on the topic)
- EN362 A Few Great Novels (depending on the topic)
- EN363 Modernism & Postmodernism
- EN364 Seminar: The Lyric
- EN381 Modern British Literature and Culture
300-level course in “Topics in U.S. Literature”
- EN323 Modern American Literature
- EN327 The Discovery of Adulthood in British and American Fiction
- EN328 William Faulkner
- EN344 Special Studies Seminar (depending on the topic)
- EN335 Special Topics in American Literature
- EN350 Major Authors Seminar (depending on the topic)
- EN353 Mark Twain
- EN355 Southern Fiction
- EN359 Literature after War (depending on the topic)
- EN360 Contemporary American Autobiography
- EN361 Seminar: Modern Drama (depending on the topic)
- EN362 A Few Great Novels (depending on the topic)
- EN366 Kerouac and His Sources
200-level 300-level course in “Topics in Global Literature”
200-level Courses
- EN220 Selected Authors (depending on the topic)
- EN219 Literary Themes and Forms (depending on the topic)
- EN234 Travel Writing
- EN237 Literature of Revolution (depending on the topic)
300-Level Courses
- EN336 Asian Literature
- EN344 Special Studies Seminar (depending on the topic)
- EN347 Tales of the City: Urbanism in Global Literature
- EN350 Major Authors Seminar (depending on the topic)
- EN359 Literature after War (depending on the topic)
- EN362 A Few Great Novels (depending on the topic)
Accepted Modern Languages and Cultures Courses
- IT314 Introduction to Italian Literature
- FR310 French Women Writers and Other Troublemakers
- FR314 Readings in French
- FR385 French Literary Movements
- SP314 Contemporary Spanish Literature
- SP315 Contemporary Latin American Literature
- SP324 Survey of Spanish Literature
- SP325 Survey of Latin American Literature
- SP327 Iconic Women of Spain
- US234 Representations of the Spanish Civil War
- US236 Christian, Jewish, Muslim Spain: From Eden to Exile
- US261 Representations of the Holocaust
Recommended:
Courses in modern language and literature, history, religion, philosophy, art, and music as well as electives appropriate to specific professional objectives such as a career in business, law, radio or television.
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