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The creative writing program equips you to become an adaptable writer for diverse careers in business or nonprofit sectors. You'll study classic authors to enhance your ability to analyze contemporary and future trends. The curriculum provides comprehensive training in fiction, poetry, nonfiction, and screenwriting. With class sizes capped at 15 students, you'll benefit from close mentorship, teamwork, and valuable feedback. The program's flexible structure allows you to combine it with another major or minor.
Upon graduation, you'll have gained:
Practical experience through internships in grant writing, corporate communications, publishing, editing, and marketing
Collaborative research projects with professors
Participation in campus-wide and national writing contests
A capstone career exploration project
Chances to contribute to student publications and National Novel Writing Month
Professional connections and growth through English club activities and Sigma Tau Delta honor society