Undergraduate

Bachelor of Fine Arts in Creative Writing

Creative Writing majors will engage in the formal and rigorous study of craft through reading, revising and developing the methodical and critical skills that are required to improve your own creative work as well as the work of others. If you apply yourself to the study of writing in your time at RWU, you can expect to establish solid foundations for the essential practices common to all writers and artists.

Incoming freshmen are accepted to the creative writing program on the basis of a portfolio, containing both creative and analytical writing, submitted as part of the application process. Matriculating students may enter the creative writing program by earning a grade of B- or higher in CW 210 and CW 220, on the basis of a portfolio, or by recommendation of one or more full-time creative writing faculty members.

Degree Rquirements
Creative writing majors must satisfy University Core Curriculum requirements and the College speech requirement, COMM 210. In addition, the creative writing major must successfully complete the fourteen (14) courses listed below and sufficient electives to total 120 credits. Majors are encouraged to apply electives toward a minor or second major.

Foundation Courses

Four (4) courses from the English major

Advanced Bridge Courses (Take two)

Advanced Breadth Courses (Take two)

Breadth Course in the Fine Arts (Take one)
(Some of these courses may have pre-requisites; refer to course descriptions for details)

Thesis Courses (Take both)