Major Requirements

for Undergraduates

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At the heart of the creative writing major are four writing courses, which progress through the introductory, intermediate, and advanced levels.

The introductory course engages students in the writing of both fiction and poetry; students subsequently choose between intermediate courses and advanced workshops devoted to each genre. A three-course sequence in theory and practice creates opportunities for cohesion and integration, and the capstone examines theoretical issues in the writing of fiction or poetry, grounds the discussion in the reading of work which takes up those issues, and then asks students to respond through their own writing.

Requirements

(36 semester hours)

Prerequisite Literature Courses

Both of these:

ENG 123 Introduction to Poetry (3)
ENG 124 Introduction to Fiction (3)

Note: These courses must be taken either before or coincident with 300-level writing courses in the same genre.

British Literature Courses

One course from each of the three groups below:

A. Courses before 1700:

ENG 327 Medieval Literature (3)
ENG 328 The Renaissance (3)
ENG 331 17th Century British Literature (3)
ENG 334 English Literature of the Restoration (3)
ENG 372 Shakespeare's Principal Plays: The Early Period (3)
ENG 373 Shakespeare's Principal Plays: The Later Period (3)

B. Courses between 1700 and 1880:

ENG 335 English Literature of the 18th Century (3)
ENG 339 Writers of the Early Romantic Period (3)
ENG 342 Writers of the Later Romantic Period (3)
ENG 343 Early Victorian Period (3)

C. Courses after 1880:

ENG 344 Later Victorian Period (3)
ENG 345 British Modernism (3)
ENG 346 Modern English and American Drama (3)
ENG 347 Postwar/Postcolonial British Literature (3)

Note: Major Writers courses (ENG 440) and Special Topics courses (ENG 490) may be used to fulfill a British literature requirement when the course meets the historical period requirements.

American Literature Courses

One course from each group below:

A. Courses before 1900:

ENG 336 African American Writing 1746-1877 (3)
ENG 349 Colonial and Early National American Literature (3)
ENG 352 American Lit 1810-1865 (3)
ENG 353 American Lit 1865-1914 (3)

B. Unrestricted Courses

Any 300-level American Literature course (3)
ENG 440 or ENG 490, when topic is American Literature (3)

Genre

One of these:

ENG 231 The Short Story (3)
ENG 259 Modern World Novel (3)
ENG 261 Modern Drama (3)
ENG 281 The English Novel (3)
ENG 282 American Fiction (3)
ENG 283 Modern Poetry (3)

Contemporary Writing

One of these:

ENG 311 Contemporary Fiction (3)
ENG 312 Contemporary Poetry (3)

Issues in Creative Writing

One of these:

ENG 460 Issues in Creative Writing (3)
ENG 495 Capstone in Literature (3)

Creative Writing

This one:

ENG 226 Introduction to Creative Writing (3)

Note: ENG 226 is the prerequisite for the 300-level courses.

Nine additional hours of creative writing at 300- and 400-levels, from these courses:

ENG 320 Creative Writing: Short Story (3)
ENG 321 Creative Writing: Literary Marketplace (3)
ENG 323 Creative Writing: Non-Fiction Workshop (3)
ENG 330 Creative Writing: Poetry (3)
ENG 420 Advanced Undergraduate Fiction Workshop (3)
ENG 422 Creative Writing: Screenwriting (3)
ENG 430 Advanced Undergraduate Poetry Workshop (3)

Note: (1) ENG 320 is the prerequisite for ENG 420; ENG 330 is the prerequisite for ENG 430. Students must take an intermediate and advanced course in the same genre, poetry or fiction. (2) Courses may be taken a second time. Repeat credits will not count toward the major requirement of nine (9) hours of creative writing courses, but will count toward the 128 hours required for a degree.

Note: 3/24/09
This information was taken from the Miami Bulletin. Please check the MUB for possible changes in course availabilty.