Through small, intensive writing workshops, students minoring in creative writing at Saint Louis University build their abilities to use innovative craft techniques to develop multiple dimensions of textual complexity in creative compositions, including fiction and poetry.
Complementary coursework in literature enhances students' awareness of literary traditions, enabling them to put their own creative compositions into dialogue with significant literary predecessors.
The creative writing minor requires 18 credits from the following areas:
Course List
Code |
Title |
Credits |
| |
| 3 |
| Conflict, Social Justice and Literature | |
| Faith, Doubt and Literature | |
| Nature, Ecology & Literature | |
| Gender, Identity & Literature | |
| Technology, Media & Literature | |
| Film, Culture and Literature | |
| Nation, Identity and Literature | |
| |
| 9 |
| The Writer as Reader | |
| Writing Literacy Narratives | |
| Creative Writing: Poetry | |
| Creative Writing: Fiction | |
| Creative Writing: Drama | |
| Creative Writing: Non-Fiction | |
| Creative Writing: Poetry and Translation | |
| Topics in Creative Writing | |
| The Craft of Poetry | |
| The Craft of Fiction | |
| The Craft of Drama | |
| The Craft of Time in Fiction | |
| Language Studies: Topics | |
| 6 |
Total Credits | 18 |
Continuation Standards
All English courses must be completed with a grade of C or higher in order to count for English minor requirements and for the student to continue in the minor.