The Department of English offers a minor in Creative Writing open to undergraduates across the UCI campus, giving them the opportunity to receive instruction and practice in the craft of prose fiction and poetry, and to learn the literary tradition of these art forms in English. The minor consists of workshop courses, writing courses, and literature courses, which serve to provide a foundation for students who wish to pursue creative writing professionally, as well as for those who have an amateur interest in the art.

Majors and non-majors should contact the English Department to receive further information about its requirements and schedules.

A. Select three of the following: 1
WRITING 30	The Art of Writing: Poetry
WRITING 31	The Art of Writing: Prose Fiction
WRITING 90	Intermediate Poetry Writing
WRITING 91	Intermediate Fiction Writing
B. Complete two WRITING 101W courses with different topics
C. Select two of the following:
ENGLISH 102A	Topics in Medieval and Renaissance Literature
ENGLISH 102B	Topics in Restoration and 18th-Century Literature
ENGLISH 102C	Topics in Romantic and 19th-Century Literature
ENGLISH 102D	Topics in 20th-Century Literature
ENGLISH 103	Topics in Literature, Theory, and Criticism
ENGLISH 105	Multicultural Topics in Literatures in English
LIT JRN 103	Lectures on Topics in Literary Journalism

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Students can substitute one from ENGLISH 16 or ENGLISH 17 for the lower-division requirement.

Residence Requirement for the Minor: Four upper-division courses must be completed successfully at UCI. By petition, two of the four may be taken through the UC Education Abroad Program, providing course content is approved in advance by the department undergraduate chair.