The Creative Writing Minor

The undergraduate Creative Writing minor at the University of Illinois combines small, foundational workshops (poetry or fiction) with electives in literature, storytelling, rhetoric, and theatre. The result is a lively and flexible program of study that develops students' analytical and creative skills and prepares them for work or graduate study in any number of fields.

Core Course (3 credit hours)

• CW 100: Intro to Creative Writing

Creative Writing Coursework (9 credit hours)

One of the following sequences.

Either

• CW 106: Poetry Workshop I
• CW 206: Poetry Workshop II
• CW 406: Poetry Workshop III

or

• CW 104: Fiction Workshop I
• CW 204: Fiction Workshop II
• CW 404: Fiction Workshop III

Approved Electives (6 credit hours)

• Any two ENGL or CW courses, one of which must be at the 300 or 400 level.