English (B.A.) - Creative Writing may be completed fully online, although not all elective options or program prerequisites may be offered online. Newly admitted students choosing to complete this program exclusively via UCF online classes may enroll with a reduction in campus-based fees.
Admission Requirements
Degree Requirements
- Students who change degree programs and select this major must adopt the most current catalog
- Students must earn at least a "C" (2.0) in each required course
- Co-op or internship credit cannot be used in the major without prior approval from the department
- Students should consult with a departmental advisor
- Departmental Residency Requirement consists of at least 15 semester hours of regularly scheduled 3000-4000 level courses taken from the UCF English Department
- Courses designated in General Education Program and Common Program Prerequisites are usually completed in the first 60 hours
Online English – Creative Writing, BA
Degree Requirements
Core Requirements: Basic Level
9 Total Credits
- 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
12 Total Credits
- 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)
- AML4630 - Latino/Latina 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
15 Total Credits
- 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
