Below are the core requirements to achieve a minor 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.

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

Be sure to apply for the Creative Writing Awards and Scholarships available each Spring. Join the English Department Google group for announcements (email English Department for details).

 

Important Form(s)

Minor in Creative Writing (Word doc)

 

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Course Requirements

Requirements in the Creative Writing Concentration			18 units
	ENGL 71 ENGL 130 ENGL 131 ENGL 133 ENGL 135	Creative Writing Fiction Writing Poetry Writing Reed Magazine Creative Nonfiction Writing	15 units
	Complete one of the following courses:		3 units
	ENGL 149 ENGL 150 ENGL 151 ENGL 153B ENGL 161 ENGL 162 ENGL 163 ENGL 164 ENGL 165 ENGL 166 ENGL 167 ENGL 168 ENGL 169 ENGL 176 ENGL 177	The Romantic Period The Victorian Age Twentieth Century Poetry Nineteenth Century British Novel American Literature to 1830 American Literature: 1830-1865 American Literature: 1865-1910 American Literature: 1910- 1945 Topics in Ethnic American Literature American Literature Since 1945 Steinbeck The American Novel Ethnicity in American Literature The Short Story Twentieth Century Fiction

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