uga creative writing minor

Creative writers make art. The study and practice of creative writing teaches you to read and write like a writer . In this program, you’ll learn the strategies and techniques that professional writers use to create stories, novels, poems, screenplays, and other media and creative forms . You will gain both a broad and deep understanding of creative writing craft for different genres. You’ll share your work in progress with your peers and to get coached by professors who are published, working writers during workshops. You’ll also learn how to submit your work for publication and contests-and how the skills you learn in your courses transfer to a range of professional settings and opportunities. Coursework toward the Creative Writing minor may be taken on-campus or online.

Creative Writing Minor

Course requirements: 3 credit hours.

• ENGL 3130 - Creative Writing (3 Credit Hours)

Genre Workshop Requirements: 6 Credit Hours

Select 6 credit hours from the following:

• ENGL 4130 - Creative Nonfiction Writing Workshop (3 Credit Hours)
• ENGL 4231 - Screenwriting Workshop (3 Credit Hours)
• ENGL 4430 - Poetry Writing Workshop (3 Credit Hours)
• ENGL 4530 - Fiction Writing Workshop (3 Credit Hours)
• ENGL 5239 - Advanced Screenwriting Workshop (3 Credit Hours)
• ENGL 5431 - Advanced Poetry Writing Workshop (3 Credit Hours)
• ENGL 5531 - Advanced Creative Nonfiction Writing Workshop (3 Credit Hours)
• ENGL 5561 - Advanced Fiction Writing Workshop (3 Credit Hours)

Creative Electives: 6 Credit Hours

• ENGL 2133 - Applied Creative Writing (3 Credit Hours)
• ENGL 3290 - Creativity Methods for Writers (3 Credit Hours)
• ENGL 3310 - Digital Storytelling (3 Credit Hours)
• ENGL 3433 - Comic Books, Culture, and Composition (3 Credit Hours)
• ENGL 3490 - Writing the Southern Experience (3 Credit Hours)
• ENGL 3532 - Flash Prose Writing Workshop (3 Credit Hours)

Total Credit Hours: 15

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Minor in Creative Writing

Research shows that strong writers go further in the workplace. They climb because they communicate with precision and punch. The simple fact is: fewer and fewer college graduates use words well. And employers are crying out for good writers. There's never been a better time to learn how to use your words. We welcome you to sign up for Creative Writing classes at UWG and see how far your words can take you.

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The courses required for the minor are:  ENGL 2060: (Introduction to Creative Writing)  or  XIDS 2100 : (The Creative Process), 3 hours; two different genre specific sections of  ENGL 3200 : (Intermediate Creative Writing), 6 hours; and two sections of  ENGL 4210  (Advanced Creative Writing), in any genre, 6 hours. Classes counting toward the completion of the minor in creative writing must be passed with a grade of "C" or better. Courses applied toward the creative writing minor cannot count toward the English major.

Program Location

Carrollton Campus

Method of Delivery

The majority of the classes required for the Creative Writing minor meet in the classroom.

Accreditation

The University of West Georgia is accredited by The Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges (SACSCOC).

Credit and transfer

Total semester hours required: 15

This program may be earned entirely face-to-face. However, depending on the courses chosen, a student may choose to take some partially or fully online courses.

UWG is often ranked as one of the most affordable accredited universities of its kind, regardless of the method of delivery chosen.

• Total tuition costs and fees may vary, depending on the instructional method of the courses in which the student chooses to enroll.
• The more courses a student takes in a single term, the more they will typically save in fees and total cost.
• Face-to-face or partially online courses are charged at the general tuition rate and all mandatory campus fees, based on the student's residency (non-residents are charged at a higher rate).
• Fully or entirely online course tuition rates and fees my vary depending on the program. Students enrolled in exclusively online courses do not pay non-Resident rates.
• Together this means that GA residents pay about the same if they take all face-to-face or partially online courses as they do if they take only fully online courses exclusively; while non-residents save money by taking fully online courses.
• One word of caution: If a student takes a combination of face-to-face and online courses in a single term, he/she will pay both all mandatory campus fees and the higher eTuition rate.
• For cost information, as well as payment deadlines, see the Student Accounts and Billing Services website

There are a variety of financial assistance options for students, including scholarships and work study programs. Visit the Office of Financial Aid's website for more information.

Requires 15 credit hours from the following. Intermediate and advanced classes concentrate on specific genres of fiction, poetry, creative nonfiction, screenwriting, and playwriting.

• ENGL 2060: Intro to Creative Writing or  XIDS 2100: The Creative Process
• ENGL 3200: Intermediate Creative Writing (in a specific genre of your choice)
• ENGL 4210: Advanced Creative Writing (in a specific genre of your choice)

Major Required

Engl-2060 - introduction to creative writing.

This course serves and an introduction to the art of creative writing - from learning the elements involved in literary production, to gaining the critical skills necessary in assessing works by established authors, to crafting some of your own literary artifacts. Students will study the process of creative writing from a wide range of historical and cultural examples, and learn to model their artistic endeavors on the works of publishing practitioners. They will also investigate the convergence of creative personal experience and creativity and the reception of literary arts in the public domain.

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ENGL-3200 - Intermediate Creative Writing

An introduction to the genre-specific workshop in either fiction, poetry, creative nonfiction, screenwriting, or play writing. May be repeated up to 6 hours as topics vary. No more than 2 courses may be counted toward the major in English. Pre-requisites: ENGL 2060 or XIDS 2100 (The Creative Process).

ENGL-4210 - Advanced Creative Writing

An intensive writing experience in one of the following genres: fiction, poetry, creative nonfiction, screenwriting, or playwriting. May be repeated for credit as topic varies.

Katie Chaple, Ph.D.

Senior lecturer.

Chad Davidson, Ph.D.

Executive director of global engagements and cultural programming.

Gregory Fraser, Ph.D.

Professor of english.

Melanie Jordan, Ph.D

Margaret Mitchell, Ph.D.

Alison Umminger, Ph.D.

Guidelines for admittance.

Each UWG online degree program has specific requirements that you must meet in order to enroll.

Complete online application. A one-time application fee of $40 is required.

Official transcripts from all schools attended. Official transcripts are sent from a regionally or nationally accredited institution.

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• Fall semester: June 1 (undergrads)
• Spring semester: November 15 (undergrads)
• Summer semester: May 15 (undergrads) See program specific calendars here

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• Students will understand defining characteristics of one or more of the genres of creative writing: poetry, fiction, screen and playwriting, and creative nonfiction.
• Students will closely examine the processes by which creative writers produce literary artifacts in a wide range of cultures and historical circumstances.
• Students will demonstrate familiarity with a representative selection of creative-writing strategies.
• Students will apply critical understanding of theories of creativity and imaginative writing.

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Creative Writing at Georgia Southern

In creative writing classes, you learn the craft of poetry, fiction, creative nonfiction and screenwriting. Our faculty hold terminal degrees in creative writing, have published full-length collections, chapbooks, essays and articles, and are active in the national spotlight.

Our class sizes are some of the smallest on campus, so your workshop peers and teachers really get to know your writing and offer feedback. Graduates go on to pursue MFAs in Creative Writing, write professionally for corporations, publish their work , and win awards .

The open mic reading series Burning Swamp gives you a monthly chance to read your work aloud. Creative Writing club builds friendships. And because Georgia Southern is part of the nationally renowned Georgia Poetry Circuit , you’ll have the chance to meet world-famous poets in the cozy setting of a classroom.

Questions? Curious what courses we offer next semester? Want to declare a minor in creative writing? Email Professor Christina Olson [ [email protected] ].

What’s Going On in Creative Writing @ Georgia Southern

Our Faculty

Our introductory classes are also taught by a rotating selection of permanent faculty that includes Benjamin Drevlow , Christopher Cartwright, William Belford, Claire Nelson, and Janet Dale.

Last updated: 9/13/2024

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Area of Emphasis in Creative Writing

Three required classes.

ENGL 3800: Introduction to Creative Writing

Two sections of ENGL 4800: Advanced Creative Writing

One Contemporary Literature or Genre class from the list below:

ENGL 4760: Contemporary American Literature

ENGL 4770: Twentieth-Century American Poetry

ENGL 4790 Topics in American Literature

ENGL 4860: Multicultural Topics in American Literature

ENGL 4660: Twentieth-Century British Poetry

ENGL 4670: Twentieth-Century British Novel

ENGL 4680: Modern Irish Literature

ENGL 4690: Topics in Twentieth-Century British Literature

ENGL 4821: Poetics

ENGL 4864: History and Theory of the Novel

ENGL 4865: Topics in the Novel before 1900

ENGL 4866: Topics in the Novel after 1900

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We greatly appreciate your generosity. Your gift enables us to offer our students and faculty opportunities for research, travel, and any number of educational events that augment the classroom experience.   Support the efforts of the Department of English by visiting our giving section.  Give Now  

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First-Year Writing

The First-Year Writing Program at UGA introduces 4,500-5,000 students a year to college-level academic writing. English 1101 is concerned with argumentative discourse, English 1102 with constructing academic arguments through literature. We also offer a wide range of special topics courses, online writing classes, and composition courses. 

The capstone project for both courses is an electronic portfolio of student work. ePortfolios allow students to showcase their best work, to reflect upon their own writing practices, and to present their writing in a persuasive manner to a range of readers.

The UGA First Year Writing Program was a member of Cohort 2 of the Inter/National Coalition of Electronic Portfolio Research and in 2007 submitted a  final report  to that body. In 2010-2013, the FYW Program participated in Cohort 6 of the Inter/National Coalition of Electronic Portfolio Research; the research topic was Assessment.

Also, the program has a history of award-winning accolades such as the USG Regents Teaching Excellence Award for Departments and Programs 2012).

At the annual 4C (Conference on College Composition and Communication) meeting, Robby Nadler, Kristen Miller (Head of the Division of Biology), and Christy Desmet received the Council on Basic Writing's Award for Innovation INNY Award) for UGA's Science Writing Project. Only one award is given each year nationally. A collaboration between the UGA Writing Center, Division of Biology, First-Year Writing, and the Writing Intensive Program, the Project involved a study of how advanced humanities writers respond to biology lab reports in order to isolate science writing knowledge gaps (2018).

For questions about First-Year Writing at UGA, email [email protected].

Technical support.

The First-Year Writing Program uses technology to help students develop their written communication. Among these tools is eLearning for Writers (eLW). Students in need of help with eLW or other related issues are encouraged to visit the FYW Digital Learning Labs in room 118 of Park Hall or email [email protected].

Director of FYW

Associate Director of FYW

Dr. Joshua King [email protected]

Assistant Director of FYW

Dr. Sara Steger [email protected]

Park Hall 104

Dr. Josh Cohen

[email protected]

Park Hall 306

Office Manager, FYW

Clare Reid Baeckeroot

[email protected]

Support English at UGA

We greatly appreciate your generosity. Your gift enables us to offer our students and faculty opportunities for research, travel, and any number of educational events that augment the classroom experience.   Support the efforts of the Department of English by visiting our giving section.  Give Now  

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