WRITING STUDIES - CREATIVE WRITING TRACK COURSE LISTS PRIOR TO AUTUMN 2017

LIST A: FOUNDATIONAL COURSES (10 CREDITS TOTAL)

• TWRT 200 Introduction to Creative Writing
• TLIT 200 Understanding Literature

LIST B: CREATIVE WRITING COURSES (20 CREDITS TOTAL)

• 10 credits at the 300 level in a chosen genre
  • TWRT 270 Poetry Writing (formerly TWRT 370)
  • TWRT 280 Fiction Writing (formerly TWRT 380)
  • TWRT 287 Creative Nonfiction Writing (formerly TWRT 387)
  • TWRT 333 Writing Through Comics
  • TWRT 372 Writing Eco-poetry
  • TWRT 382 Writing Popular Fiction
  • TWRT 389 Nature Writing
• 10 credits at the 400 level (one in the genre of choice, one 400 level in any genre)
  • TWRT 470 Advanced Poetry Writing (repeatable once)
  • TWRT 480 Advanced Fiction Writing (repeatable once)
  • TWRT 482 Writing Historical Fiction
  • TWRT 487 Advanced Creative Nonfiction Writing (repeatable once)
  • TWRT 499 Advanced Topics in Creative Writing (maximum credits - 15)

LIST C: LITERATURE BREADTH (15 CREDITS TOTAL)

5 credits must be from TLIT 390:

• TLIT 390 Varieties of Literary Criticism

At least 5 credits at the 300-400 level in a literature other than American literature:

• TLAX 476 Latin American Women Writers (formerly THISP 476)
• TLIT 343 Shakespeare
• TLIT 371 The World Stage
• TLIT 380 Myth and Literary Sagas in Creative Expression
• TLIT 390 Varieties of Literary Criticism
• TLIT 406 Children and Young Adult's Literature
• TLIT 453 Ancient Greek Tragedy
• TLIT 455 Medieval Quests
• TLIT 481 Postcolonial Fiction
• TLIT 485 Comparitive Mythology
• TLIT 487 African Folklore and Literature
• TWOMN 434 Women's Voices: Transnational Testimonials

The final 5 credits may be from the list above OR any 300-400 level TLIT course.

LIST D: TECHNICAL/PROFESSIONAL COMMUNICATION BREADTH (15 CREDITS TOTAL)

Choose 3 courses from the following list:

• TCOM 348 Non-fiction Writing for Television
• TCOM 387 Writing for Public Relations
• TCOM 484 Opinion Writing for the Mass Media
• TCOM 486 Feature Writing for Print Media
• TFILM 350 Screenwriting
• TIAS 491 Professional Portfolio Design
• TWRT 291 Technical Communication in the Workplace
• TWRT 330 Visual and Written Rhetoric
• TWRT 331 Writing in the Natural Sciences
• TWRT 350 Principles of User-Centered Design
• TWRT 355 Usability Testing and Research
• TWRT 360 Playwriting
• TWRT 365 Literary Editing and Publishing
• TWRT 391 Advanced Technical Communication
• TWRT 388 Writing for Social Change (formerly TWRT 431)
• TWRT 464 Teaching Writing
• TWRT 450 Principles of Accessible Design