Writing, B.A.

Program Learning Outcomes

Students who complete the program in Writing will be able to:

1. Apply creative and advanced skills in various forms and genres of writing, demonstrating critical thinking and quantitative reasoning appropriately.
2. Demonstrate knowledge of the conventions and terminology of creative and advanced writing within literary and non-literary texts.
3. Demonstrate knowledge of major literary-theoretical perspectives and terminology.
4. Develop connections between the literature and language studied and the contemporary world.
5. Engage in writing and editorial processes through campus publications and external internships.
6. Present creative work to formal audiences, demonstrating strategies for audience engagement and oral communication of written work.

Lower-Division Requirements

• WRI 220 - Introduction to Creative Writing (3)
• JRN 250 - Introduction to Journalism (3)
• LIT 250 - Introduction to the Study of Literature (3)

Creative Writing Courses

Upper-Division Requirements

• WRI 315 - Advanced English Composition (3)

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• JRN 345 - Editing (3) OR
• JRN 440 - Magazine Editing and Concepts (3)

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• WRI 420 - Advanced Writing Workshop (3)
• WRI 365 - Writing for Professional Careers (3)
• WRI 470 - Internship in Writing (2)

Total Major: 44-45 Units