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.

Applicants for the Creative Writing program must submit an original short story and/or three poems. In addition, applicants must submit a 600-900 word statement that discusses how one particular book has influenced them as a writer.

Degree Rquirements

Creative writing majors must satisfy University general education 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)