Creative Writing Minor

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York College creative writing courses offer students a chance to develop their writing and imaginative skills under the direction of an actively publishing faculty and a series of visiting writers. The classroom of the creative writing workshop provides students with a learning-by-doing setting, in which students are put in control of their education and the direction of their creative development.

Requirements (15 credits)

CRW 272 Introduction to Creative Writing 3 credit hours
CRW 380 Publishing 3 credit hours
LIT course 3 credit hours

Minor Electives I

Students must complete 3 credits of the following:

CRW 372 Poetry Writing 3 credit hours
CRW 373 Creative Nonfiction 3 credit hours
CRW 382 Fiction Writing 3 credit hours

Minor Electives II

Students must complete 3 credits of the following:

CRW 275 Playwriting 3 credit hours
CRW 277 Screenwriting I 3 credit hours
CRW 370 Special Topics in Creative Writing 3 credit hours
CRW 372 Poetry Writing 3 credit hours
CRW 373 Creative Nonfiction 3 credit hours
CRW 377 Screenwriting II 3 credit hours
CRW 382 Fiction Writing 3 credit hours
WRT 230 Student Publications I 3 credit hours
WRT 315 Civic Rhetoric and Writing 3 credit hours
WRT 320 Digital Writing: Theory and Practice 3 credit hours
WRT 321 Document Design: Theory and Practice 3 credit hours
WRT 330 Student Publications II 3 credit hours
WRT 410 Editing and Style 3 credit hours
WRT 430 Student Publications III 3 credit hours
WRT 450 Experiential Learning in Writing 3 credit hours
WRT 451 Experiential Learning in Writing 3 credit hours (if internship is creative writing focused, to be approved by Writing Committee)
WRT 498 Independent Study 1-3 credit hours
WRT 499 Independent Study 1-3 credit hours (this must be on a creative writing subject, to be approved by the Writing Committee)