Creative Writing at Carolina: Curriculum
The Creative Writing Program offers four different levels of workshops --
introductory, intermediate, advanced, and senior honors -- which can lead
to graduation with Honors in Creative Writing and/or a minor in creative
writing. The courses are:
- Fiction: English 23W (Introduction to Fiction Writing) or 29W
(Freshman honors in Fiction Writing); 34 (Intermediate Fiction Writing);
35 (Advanced Fiction Writing); and 99A and 99B (a year-long two-semester
senior worksho, which counts as two classes, and can lead to graduation
with Honors or with Highest Honors in Creative Writing).
- Poetry: English 25W (Introduction to Poetry Writing) or 29W
(Freshman Honors in Poetry Writing); 34P (Intermediate Poetry Writing);
35P (Advanced Poetry Writing); and 99A and 99B (a year-long two-semester
senior workshop, which counts as two courses, and can lead to graduation
with Honors or with Highest Honors in Creative Writing).
- Study in Stylistics (English 47W) is an occasional course
which may be taken at any time without permission.
- Creative Non-fiction: English 35N includes things like
memoir.
- Writing for Children (English 39).
The student chooses either the fiction or poetry sequence. Though 23W and
25W, the introductory classes, are open to any student at the University,
advancement to successive courses in the sequence is by recommendation of
the student's previous instructor(s). If possible, the student is
assigned to a different instructor for each course. Students are not
required to be English majors or Creative Writing minors to enroll in
these courses.
To receive a minor in Creative Writing, a student must take fifteen hours
in the fiction or poetry sequence, as described above. To receive a
degree with Honors or Highest Honors in Creative Writing, students are not
required to major in English, though many aspiring writers do.
Though the Creative Writing Program is centered in the Department of
English, its students can take advantage of parallel courses -- such as
playwriting, screenwriting, and feature writing -- offered in other
departments.