Writing (BA)

Program Requirements

The Writing Major

The Writing major consists of 10 courses given by, or approved by, the program.

LTWR 199 is an introduction to the Literature & Writing majors and is open to all students thinking about majoring in Literature or Writing. All potential majors are urged to take it no later than the beginning of their sophomore year. While LTWR 199 and LTWR 210 constitute a sequence in the Writing major and must be taken in that order, this sequence does not necessarily have to be completed in consecutive semesters.

LTWR 199 is the prerequisite to all 300-level classes offered by the program. Some 300-level classes may have additional prerequisites.

The Literature & Writing Program does not permit double-counting. Although some of our courses fill multiple requirements, each course can only be used to fill one requirement for a particular student’s major or minor.

Core Courses (8 credits)

Two core courses are required for the Writing major:

LTWR 199	Approaches to Literature	4
LTWR 210	How To Be a Writer	4

Required Courses (16 credits)

Four of the following writing courses are necessary. Two of the four will be taken at the 200 or 300-level:

LTWR 101	Personal Narrative	4
LTWR 102	Flash Nonfiction	4
LTWR 103	Public Humanities Writing	4
LTWR 107	Creative Writing: Fiction	4
LTWR 108	Contemplative Writing for Self-Knowledge	4
LTWR 109	Creative Writing: Poetry	4
LTWR 201	Environmentalist Writing	4
LTWR 202	Reclaiming Home	4
LTWR 205	Non-Fiction Workshop	4
LTWR 207	Fiction Workshop	4
LTWR 209	Poetry Workshop	4
LTWR 310	Advanced Creative Writing Workshop	4
LTWR 350	Independent Study	4
LTWR 390	Advanced Seminar in Literature and Writing	4

LTWR 350 requires the consent of the instructor.

Context Course: Literature and Social Change (4 credits)

Complete one context course that emphasizes Literature and Social Change.

LTWR 124	Narrative & Medicine	4
LTWR 170/AST 170	Introduction to 21st Century Global Literature	4
LTWR 176/AST 176	African American Fiction	4
LTWR 178	Intersectional Identities in US Literature	4
LTWR 179	Human Rights and Global Literature	4
LTWR 184	Performance and Politics on the Global Stage	4
LTWR 193/WGSS 193	Gender and Power in Literature	4
LTWR 212/WGSS 212	Queer Literature and Film	4
LTWR 213	Poetry of Displacement	4
LTWR 223	New Literary Topics	4
LTWR 229	Resist! Political Resistance in Literature and Film	4
LTWR 230	Postcolonial Film	4
LTWR 235	Identity and Race in 19th Century American Literature	4
LTWR 241/AST 241/WGSS 241	Contemporary Black Women Writers	4
LTWR 266	Piratical Stories	4
LTWR 308	The Global Novel	4
LTWR 316	Native American Literature	4
LTWR 323	Special Topics in Literature	4
LTWR 327	Psychoanalysis, Race and Sexuality	4
LTWR 354	Studies in Film: Melodrama	4
LTWR 398/WGSS 398	Feminist Media Studies	4

Context Course: Literary Tradition (4 credits)

Complete one context course that emphasizes Literary Tradition.

LTWR 110	Invitation to Literature	4
LTWR 111	Greek Mythology and Religion	4
LTWR 112	Poetry and Passion in the Bible	4
LTWR 121	Love, Death, and Fantasy in Shakespeare's Plays	4
LTWR 126	Magic, Fantasy, and the Origins of Literature	4
LTWR 138	Invitation to Poetry	4
LTWR 161	The Making of America: U.S. Literature before 1900	4
LTWR 214	The Invented Self in 20th and 21st Century U.S. Fiction	4
LTWR 223	New Literary Topics	4
LTWR 254	The Rise of the Novel: English Literature Before 1900	4
LTWR 265	Modern(ist) Women	4
LTWR 304	The Romantic Rebel	4
LTWR 320	American Women Poets	4
LTWR 323	Special Topics in Literature	4

Electives (8 credits)

The remaining two courses are taken as electives.