2024-2025 Bradford Campus Catalog
Writing
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Return to: The Division of Communications and the Arts
Contact: Dr. Nancy McCabe
In the writing major, students select courses from a range of genres and forms of creative and/or professional writing, becoming adept in areas as varied as fiction, creative nonfiction, poetry, screenwriting, and journalism. They learn principles and practices of magazine and online editing as well as approaches for writing for print and the web. They also take course in literature or communications to develop critical abilities and sensitivity to language, knowledge of the literary tradition, and directions for future careers.
Graduates of writing programs become writers for magazines and websites, TV and movies; they publish books, work as arts administrators, literary agents, speechwriters, technical writers, attorneys, and teachers. Strong writers are in demand in a variety of professions, and combined with instruction in other areas, prepare for careers in business, art/writing therapy, communications, and many others.
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Required Core Courses in the Major
Students must complete four courses from the following list.
Students must complete five courses from the following list:
Students must complete five of the following:
Track Options
Students must complete either a Creative Writing Track or Journalism Track for the Writing, BA. Both tracks require students to complete three courses.
Creative Writing Track Requirements
Students must complete three literature courses (ENG or CLP).
Journalism Track Requirements
Students must complete three communications courses (COMM).
Total credits in the major: 51
Please be advised
Please be advised that some programs or courses of study require that students complete rotations, fieldwork, internships/externships, and/or teaching assignments at facilities external to the university, while other programs or courses of study may offer voluntary internships or externships at facilities external to the university. Depending on the program or course, such facilities will or may require a criminal background check, an Act 33/34 clearance (if applicable), and perhaps a drug screen to determine participant qualification or eligibility. Additionally, in order to become licensed, many states will inquire as to whether the applicant has been convicted of a misdemeanor, a felony, or a felonious or illegal act associated with alcohol and/or substance abuse.
Suggested Course of Study BA in Writing
Second Year
- Writing core courses - 10 Credits
- Literature course - 3 Credits
- Minor courses - 6 Credits
- General education courses - 12 Credits
Third Year
- Writing core course - 3 Credits
- Writing courses - 7 Credits
- Literature course - 3 Credits
- Minor course - 3 Credits
- General education courses - 15 Credits
Fourth Year
- Writing course - 3 Credits
- Writing elective - 3 Credits
- Capstone - 3 Credits
- Minor courses - 6 Credits
- General education courses and electives - 13 Credits
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