2023-24 Edition

Creative Writing, Minor

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 Department in order to receive further information about its requirements and schedules.

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

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.