Minor in Creative and Journalistic Writing

What Will I Learn?

The Minor in Creative and Journalistic Writing introduces you to writing fiction, non-fiction, and news and to the basics of storytelling and creative forms of writing in multimedia environments.

It offers you the opportunity to explore and build skills in various creative writing genres of their choice.

Program Educational Objectives

After graduation, students are expected to:

1. Develop an appreciation of the professional aspects of creative writing, and
2. Gain technical and skill-based competencies of creative writing techniques of fiction, creative non-fiction writing, multimedia, newswriting, and art criticism.

Student Outcomes

At the completion of the program, students will be able to:

1. Write news reports and story briefs in a multimedia environment,
2. Analyze the techniques of various creative writing models in fiction and creative non-fiction, and
3. Write for various print, artistic, and media genres.

Curriculum

The Minor in Creative and Journalistic Writing requires 18 credits, distributed as follows:

• Required Courses (6 credits)
• Minor Electives (12 credits)

Required Courses (6 credits)