Creative Writing, BALAS

for the degree of Bachelor of Arts in Liberal Arts & Sciences Major in Creative Writing

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department catalog page: English

advising: https://www.english.illinois.edu/undergraduate/advising/

department website: http://www.english.illinois.edu/undergraduate/majors/creative/

department faculty: English Faculty

overview of college admissions & requirements: Liberal Arts & Sciences

college website: https://las.illinois.edu

email: english@illinois.edu

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for the degree of Bachelor of Arts in Liberal Arts & Sciences Major in Creative Writing

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General education: Students must complete the Campus General Education requirements including the campus general education language requirement.

Minimum required major and supporting course work: Minimum required core and supporting course work normally equates to 36 hours.

Twelve hours of 300- and 400-level courses in the major must be taken on this campus, of which at least three hours must be Creative Writing Courses (CW 404 or CW 406).

All Creative Writing courses must be taken in sequence (CW 104 before CW 204, etc.).

Minimum hours required for graduation: 120 hours

Course List

Code	Title	Hours
Literature Foundational Coursework
CW 100	Intro to Creative Writing	3
CW 200	Reading for Writers	3
Expository Writing (Advanced Composition)
CW 243	Inter Expository Writing 1	3
Creative Writing Coursework
Students complete 12 hours of creative writing coursework, including at least one of the following 3-course (9-hour) sequences:		12
CW 106 & CW 206 & CW 406	Introductory Poetry Writing and Intermediate Poetry Writing and Advanced Poetry Writing
or
CW 104 & CW 204 & CW 404	Introductory Narrative Writing and Intermediate Narrative Writing and Advanced Narrative Writing
The remaining three hours of writing coursework can be satisfied by a fourth CW workshop outside of the mandatory sequence or any of the following writing courses: ENGL 401, 402, 403, and 481; BTW 250, 261, and 271; CMN 310, 423, and 432; JOUR 475; and THEA 211
ENGL 418	Shakespeare	3
or ENGL 218	Introduction to Shakespeare
Literature Coursework:
6 hours of English or American literature coursework chosen from approved list.		6
Supporting coursework
History and Culture Coursework: Choose one of the following pairs:		6
CWL 241 & CWL 242	Early Masterpieces of Western Culture and Modern Masterpieces of Western Culture
HIST 141 & HIST 142	Western Civ to 1660 and Western Civ Since 1660
HIST 171 & HIST 172	US History to 1877 and US History Since 1877
HIST 255 & HIST 256	British Isles to 1688 and Britain and World Since 1688
Total Hours		36

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Credit is not given for both RHET 233 and CW 243. Students who have taken RHET 233 prior to declaring the CW major must take CW 208 instead of CW 243 to complete this requirement.  Students who take CW 208 for their Expository Writing requirement cannot count CW 208 toward the required 12 hours of Creative Writing coursework.