Creative Writing Degree Offering
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Application
Applicants must:
- Be in their sophomore or junior year
- Submit a cover letter and writing sample by completing this Application form between October 1 and November 1.
- Cover Letter (1,000 words maximum): Explain how your personal background and life experiences (social, cultural, familial, educational) or other opportunities or challenges have motivated your decision to pursue an English Major with a Creative Writing Concentration. In addition, tell us about your academic and research background, your career goals, and how the English Major with a Creative Writing Concentration will help you meet your educational objectives.
- Writing Sample (1,500 words maximum): You may send prose, poetry or any mixture of genres. Please use 12 pt. font. Prose pieces must be double-spaced. Submissions that do not comply with these rules will not be considered.
Notification on application status will go out by email to all applicants by December 15.
Access Course Requirements
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The Creative Writing minor allows English majors to take additional creative writing courses as part of their course of study. Non-English majors can also declare the Creative Writing minor.
To declare a Creative Writing Minor, complete the online Creative Writing Minor Declaration form.
Applications for the Creative Writing Minor are accepted throughout the school year.