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The Writing Major & Minor

Program of study for the writing major: Each student, in regular consultation with a department adviser, works out an individual program to complete 36 credit hours, to include the following:

Core (9 credits)

English 61, Writing Seminar

English 60, Literary Study

One course from English 20-80, 99

 

Writing Core (12 credits)

Choose Two:

ENG 86, Reading & Writing Sexuality

ENG 88, Reading & Writing about Class

ENG 90, Reading & Writing Drama

ENG 91,Reading & Writing Poetry

ENG 92, Reading & Writing Short Fiction

ENG 93, Reading & Writing Non-fiction

ENG 94, Business & Administrative Communication

ENG 95, Report & Proposal Writing

ENG 99, Special Topics (with advisor approval)

 

Choose Two:

ENG 102, The Structure of American English

ENG 109,Prose Stylistics

ENG 111, Reading & Writing the Personal Essay

ENG 112, Reading & Writing Autobiography

ENG 113, Reading & Writing Poetry and Fiction

ENG 114, Poetry Workshop

ENG 115, Fiction Workshop

ENG 116, Topics in Creative Writing

ENG 171, Teaching Writing

ENG 174, Special Topics (with advisor approval)

ENG 183, Writing, Literacy, Schooling

ENG 197, Special Topics (with advisor approval)

 

Area of Interest

Twelve hours (4 courses) of advisor-approved courses in a related area of interest. Courses may be from outside English. 9 hours must be at the 100-level. See examples.

 

Capstone (3 hours)

One senior seminar selected from ENG 175-197

 

English 60 and 61 should be taken in the first year or second year. The Department recommends that students take courses numbered 20-99 earlier in their plan of study for the purpose of better preparing themselves for courses at the 100-174 level. Three elective credits toward the major (at the 1-99 level) are given for Advanced Placement. Transfer students must take a minimum of 18 credit hours in the Drake English Department.

 

Program of study for the writing minor: Minimum of 18 credit hours in English, including ENG 61, ENG 60, one from each of the two columns in the writing core. An English faculty advisor is required.