Contact
Margaret Butler, Administrative Specialist
mmbutl01@syr.edu
The Creative Writing Minor in the English Department is designed for students who have an interest in developing their skills as writers and readers of creative nonfiction, fiction, and poetry but need to fulfill the requirements of other majors. Students will take a series of six creative writing classes in order to learn to think as writers do, to understand the aesthetic and moral choices writers confront as they write, and become familiar with contemporary writing practices. Through a mix of workshop, imitation classes and a topics course, students will have ample opportunity for frequent and extensive writing and rewriting under the guidance of the distinguished faculty of the nationally ranked MFA in Creative Writing.
Minor Requirements
The Creative Writing minor requires 18 credit hours of coursework (generally, six courses) distributed in the manner below.
Course List | Code | Title | Credits |
| 3 |
| Introduction to Creative Writing | |
| Introduction to Shakespeare | |
| Introduction to the Novel | |
| Interpretation of Poetry | |
| Interpretation of Nonfiction | |
| World Literature, Beginnings to 1000 | |
| World Literature, 1000 to Present | |
| 3 |
| Introductory Poetry Workshop | |
| Introductory Literary Nonfiction Workshop | |
| Introductory Fiction Workshop | |
| 12 |
| |
| Practicum in Reading and Writing Prose | |
| Practicum in Reading and Writing Fiction | |
| Practicum in Reading and Writing Poetry | |
| |
| Selected Topics (Creative Writing) | |
| 6 |
| |
| Total Credits | 24 |
Advanced Placement or International Baccalaureate credits do NOT count toward the lower division credit requirements Creative Writing minor. In addition, students must attain a grade of C- or better in order to count a course toward their minor credits.
