Nov 21, 2024  
General Catalog 2024-2025 
    
General Catalog 2024-2025

Creative Writing, Certificate of Special Study


The Department of English  

The Certificate of Special Study in Creative Writing is program intended for those persons who wish to study the art of literary writing in addition to earning a degree in English or another area, or without matriculating for a degree. Admission to the program requires the consent of both the creative writing program coordinator and the chair of the department. The certificate program will comprise a minimum of 12 units of upper-division work.

Required Courses:


Students may take 12 units composed of two courses in one genre (courses may be repeated one time) and one in either of the other genres; or students may take one course in each of the three genres. Recommended: at least one course at the upper-division level in an area of contemporary literature. Note: Prerequisites for the certificate may be waived only with permission of the advisor and specific course instructor.