Undergraduate Programs

Major and Minor Requirements (for the class of 2011 and forward)

The preliminary course in reading and writing is 220.105-106 Introduction to Fiction and Poetry Writing. This is a prerequisite for all majors and others who want to take advanced courses in writing.

Requirements for a Writing Seminars B.A. Degree

Eight Writing Seminars courses beyond Introduction to Fiction and Poetry (220.105/106), which shall be distributed as follows:

1) Two courses chosen from

Introduction to Fiction Writing (220.200)
Introduction to Poetry Writing (220.201)
Introduction to Non-Fiction Writing (220.202)
Introduction to Dramatic Writing: Film (220.204)
Introduction to Dramatic Writing: Plays (220.205)
Introduction to Science Writing (220.203)

2) One course (not all offered every semester) chosen from

Intermediate Fiction (220.322) Modernist Stories
Intermediate Fiction (220.323) Describing in Fiction
Intermediate Fiction (220:325) Story and Plot
Intermediate Fiction (220.326)   POV in Short Fiction
Intermediate Fiction (220.327)   Characters
Intermediate Fiction (220.328)   Narrative Voice
Intermediate Fiction (220.329)   Forming the Short Story
Intermediate Fiction (220.335)   Fiction and Fact
Intermediate Fiction (220.338)   Image and Text
Intermediate Fiction (220.343)   Contemporary Asian/Am Fiction
Intermediate Fiction (220.368)   Contemporary American Fiction
Intermediate Fiction (220.373)   Art of the Novel
Intermediate Poetry (220.377)    Forms I
Intermediate Poetry (220.378)    Forms II
Intermediate Poetry (220.380)    Dramatic and Narrative Forms
Intermediate Poetry (220.381)    Poetic Tropes
Intermediate Poetry (220.390)    Modernist Poetry
Intermediate Poetry (220.397)    The Lyric
Intermediate Poetry (220.398)    Survey of Poetry
Intermediate Non-Fiction (220.316) Opinion Writing
Intermediate Non-Fiction (220.353) Crafting a Voice
Intermediate Non-Fiction (220.384) American Autobiography
Intermediate Non-Fiction (220.386) Science as Social Activity
Intermediate Non-Fiction (220.388) Science and Society
Intermediate Dramatic Writing (220.303) Plays
Intermediate Dramatic Writing (220.337) Film

3) One course chosen from

Advanced Fiction Workshop (220.401)
Advanced Non-Fiction Workshop (220.417)
Advanced Poetry Workshop (220.400)

4) One course (not all offered every semester) chosen from

Readings in Fiction (220.402)    Novels of Vision: Woolf & Kawabata
Readings in Fiction (220.404)    Narrative Design
Readings in Fiction (220.406)    Hard-Boiled Fiction and Film Noir
Readings in Fiction (220.407)    The 20th Century
Readings in Fiction (220.409)    Faulkner, Fitzgerald, Hemingway
Readings in Fiction (220.413)    Contemporary American Fiction
Readings in Fiction (220.415)    The Russian Short Story
Readings in Fiction (220.416)    Five From the Fifities
Readings in Poetry (220.405)    14th Century Alliterative Verse
Readings in Poetry (220.408)    Introductory Anglo-Saxon
Readings in Poetry (220.410)    Four Women Poets
Readings in Poetry (220.411)    Sex and Death in Cont. American Poetry
Readings in Poetry (220.412)    Eliot, Crane, Stevens
Readings in Poetry (220.414)    Contemporary Poetry

5) One course chosen from an opposite genre.

Example, students working in fiction writing might take any course in poetry writing, non-fiction writing, or dramatic writing.

6) When the student has satisfied this distribution any writing seminars courses may be counted toward fulfillment of the 8 required courses.

Requirements for an Undergraduate Writing Seminars Minor (through the class of 2013)

A minor in The Writing Seminars is available to selected undergraduate students (up to and including the class of 2013) who apply to the department's director of undergraduate studies. The requirements for a minor are:

Two semesters of Introduction to Fiction and Poetry (220.105 & 106).
One semester of English literature.
One semester of history.
One semester of philosophy.
Demonstrated competence in a foreign language through the intermediate level.
Five semesters (total) beyond IFP in The Writing Seminars.

Major and Minor Requirements (through the class of 2010)

Requirements for a Writing Seminars B.A. Degree

Two semesters of Introduction to Fiction and Poetry (220.105 & 106).
Four semesters of English literature, or other literature with advisor's approval.
Two semesters in the Department of Philosophy (The Writing Seminars strongly recommends that its majors select at least one course from the following: Philosophic Classics, Philosophic Problems, Introduction to Greek Philosophy, or Introduction to History of Modern Philosophy).
Two semesters in the Department of History (Majors are encouraged to take at least one semester of History of Occidental Civilization).
Demonstrated competence in a foreign language through the intermediate level.
Eight advanced semesters in The Writing Seminars.

Requirements for an undergraduate Writing Seminars minor

Two semesters of Introduction to Fiction and Poetry (220.105 & 106).
One semester of study in the Department of English.
One semester of history in the Department of History.
One semester of study in the Department of Philosophy.
Demonstrated competence in a foreign language through the intermediate level.
Five advanced semesters in The Writing Seminars.