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Major with Concentration in Creative Writing

Below are the requirements for the concentration in Creative Writing. 

To see descriptions of these courses, check the general course descriptions. Faculty usually provide a more extensive description of the courses when they are offered. To find the current course offerings, look here each semester.

Check with the Creative Writing Program Coordinator at least once each semester to track your progress.

Undergraduate Creative Writing Coordinator

Alan Soldofsky
(408) 924-4439
Alan.Soldofsky@sjsu.edu
Faculty Offices 106

 

PREREQUISITE: 3 Units.

 

    
  ENGL 71: Introduction to Creative Writing (3) - NOTE: English 71 does not count toward 48 units listed below, but it does satisfy GE Area Requirement C2.    
 

 

WRITING REQUIREMENTS:  15 UNITS

 
 

15 Units of Creative Writing

Choice of:
ENGL 105: Advanced Composition (3)
ENGL 130: Fiction Writing (repeatable up to 3X)  (3)
ENGL 131: Poetry Writing (repeatable up to 3X) (3)
ENGL 133: REED Magazine (repeatable 2X) (3)
ENGL 134: Speechwriting (3)
ENGL 135: Creative Nonfiction Writing (repeatable up to 3X) (3)

 
 

LITERATURE REQUIREMENTS: 9 UNITS

 
 

Choice of:
ENGL 149: The Romantic Period
ENGL 150: The Victorian Age
ENGL 151: Twentieth Century Poetry
ENGL 153B: Nineteenth Century British Novel
ENGL 154: British and Irish Fiction Since 1900
ENGL 161: American Literature to 1830 (3)
ENGL 162: American Literature: 1830-1865 (3)
ENGL 163: American Literature: 1865-1910 (3)
ENGL 164: American Literature: 1910- 1945 (3)
ENGL 165: Topics in Ethnic American Literature (3)
ENGL 166: American Literature Since 1945 (3)
ENGL 167: Steinbeck (3)
ENGL 168: The American Novel (3)
ENGL 169: Ethnicity in American Literature (3)
ENGL 176: The Short Story (3) 
ENGL 177: Twentieth Century Fiction

Foreign Language Requirement

0-10 units
One year of foreign langauge study at the college level or equivalency through examination.

 

  

CORE REQUIREMENTS: 24 UNITS

 
 

A.  Core Shared with the General English Major:

ENGL 56A: Survey of English Lit
ENGL 68A: Survey of American Lit
ENGL 68B: Survey of American Lit
ENGL 100W: Writing Workshop (Expository Writing for English Majors)
ENGL 122: Comp Lit, or 123 A, B, C, or D Global Lit 
OR 125A: Homer to Dante 
ENGL 144: Shakespeare 
OR 145: Shakespeare and Performance

B.  Core Course For CW Concentration 

ENGL 139: Living Writers Seminar

C.  Capstone Core Course for CW Concentration 

ENGL 193C: Capstone Seminar in Creative Writing and Self-Reflection 
 

Total Concentration Plus Core Units:

48