Creative Writing and Literature Major

Students who intend to major in Creative Writing and Literature should meet with the coordinator of the creative writing program during the second semester of their first year. Students submit a portfolio during the second semester of sophomore year for acceptance into the Creative Writing and Literature major. Guidelines for portfolio submission are distributed by the Creative Writing coordinator and available on request. Please note that all 300-level and 400-level major requirements must be taken at Wheaton. The Creative Writing and Literature Major requires a minimum of 40 credits.

Major Requirements

Eight credits in:

ENG 401 Senior Seminar
Four credit English course

Twelve credits in modern and contemporary ENG Literature courses chosen from:

At least four credits must be taken at the 300-level.

Twenty credits in Creative Writing courses chosen from:

At least eight credits at the 300-level or higher.

Notes

These five courses must include at least one 200- and 300-level sequence (e.g. CW 283 and CW 383 , or CW 284 and CW 384 , or CW 288 and CW 388 ). Students are strongly encouraged to take two of these sequences. Occasionally, and with the permission of the instructor, students who have successfully completed an Advanced Writing Workshop in Poetry (CW 383 ), Fiction (CW 384 ), or Playwriting (CW 388 ) may take the course a subsequent time as a 399.