English (BA) – Creative Writing

Degree Requirements

Core Requirements: Basic Level

• Complete all of the following
  • Complete the following:
    • CRW3013 - Creative Writing for English Majors (3)
    • ENG3014 - Theories and Techniques of Literature Study (3)
    • CRW3053 - Theory & Practice of Creative Writing (3)
  • *ENG 3014 - This is a prerequisite for all 4000 level AML, ENG, ENL, or LIT courses

Core Requirements: Advanced Level

• Complete all of the following
  • Literary History Requirement
  • Choose four courses total from these two groupings
  Pre-1865 literature
  • Complete all of the following
    • Select at least one of these pre-1865 literature courses
    • Note: Each semester, additional courses may satisfy these requirements. Check with an advisor for details.
    • Earn at least 3 credits from the following:
      • AML3031 - American Literature I (3)
      • AML3613 - Narratives of Slavery (3)
      • ENL2012 - English Literature I (3)
      • ENL3220 - English Renaissance Poetry and Prose (3)
      • ENL4230 - Eighteenth-Century Studies (3)
      • ENL4240 - English Romantic Writers (3)
      • ENL4311 - Chaucer (3)
      • ENL4333 - Shakespeare Studies (3)
      • ENL4341 - Milton and His Age (3)
      • AML3286 - Early American Women's Words (3)
      • AML3640 - Native American Literature (3)
      • LIT4374 - The Literature of the Hebrew and Christian Bibles (3)
      • ENL3296 - Gothic Literature (3)
  Post-1865 literature
  • Complete all of the following
    • Select at least one of these post-1865 literature courses
    • Each semester, additional courses may satisfy this requirement. Check with an advisor for details.
    • Earn at least 3 credits from the following:
      • AML3041 - American Literature II (3)
      • AML3283 - Contemporary American Women's Fiction (3)
      • AML3614 - Topics in African-American Literature (3)
      • AML3615 - Harlem, Haiti, and Havana (3)
      • AML3643 - Contemporary Native American Prose and Poetry (3)
      • AML4101 - American Novel (3)
      • AML4155 - Modern American Poetry (3)
      • AML4265 - Florida Writers (3)
      • AML4321 - Modern American Literature (3)
      • AML3630 - Latinx Literature (3)
      • ENL2022 - English Literature II (3)
      • ENL4101 - English Novel (3)
      • ENL4253 - The Victorian Age (3)
      • ENL4262 - Nineteenth Century British Prose (3)
      • ENL4273 - Modern British Literature (3)
      • LIT3082 - Continental European Fiction Since 1900 (3)
      • LIT3192 - Caribbean Literature (3)
      • LIT4043 - Modern Drama As Literature (3)
      • LIT4184 - Irish Literature (3)
      • LIT4303 - Post-World War II Fiction (3)
      • LIT3823 - Hispanic Women Writers (3)
    • AML 4261 - Literature of the South Credit Hours: 3
  • Earn at least 6 credits from the following types of courses: Pre-1865 Literature courses or Post-1865 Literature courses

Restricted Electives

• Complete all of the following
  • Please note that students must take 4 but no more than 6 of the courses listed in a. and b. below.
  • A list of approved restricted elective courses is found in the myKnight audit.
  • Complete at least 2 of the following:
    • CRW3120 - Fiction Writing Workshop (3)
    • CRW3211 - Creative Nonfiction Writing (3)
    • CRW3310 - Poetry Writing Workshop (3)
    • CRW3610 - Writing Scripts (3)
  • Complete at least 2 of the following:
    • CRW4122 - Advanced Fiction Writing Workshop (3)
    • CRW4224 - Advanced Nonfiction Workshop (3)
    • CRW4320 - Advanced Poetry Writing Workshop (3)
    • CRW4616 - Advanced Scriptwriting Workshop (3)
  • *May take ENC 4360 - Nature Writing instead of CRW 4224 but not both.
  • Complete at least 1 of the following:
    • CRW3311 - Readings in Poetry for Creative Writing (3)
    • CRW3540 - Literary Magazines (3)
    • CRW4114 - History of Prose Style (3)
    • CRW4724 - The Florida Review (3)
    • CRW4722 - Editing for Creative Writers (3)
  • any other CRW elective or Special Topics course Credit Hours: 3

Grand Total Credits: 36