Requirements
This major may be declared upon the completion of three creative writing workshops (English courses ending in 9) and a course focused on close reading.
Courses only fulfill the requirement under which they are listed. See the full course listing. For other restrictions, please see the section "Special Notes Relating to Undergraduates" in the Bulletin.
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Required
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Close Reading Course: ENG 10b, ENG 11a, or ENG 11b
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Four Creative Writing workshops
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One Pre-1800 course
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One Multicultural/World Anglophone course
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Two elective courses (at least one must be offered by English Department Faculty)
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One course in a studio or performing art. Please be in touch with your advisor and complete a substitution request to have the course approved.
- There is no double counting between course categories listed above (i.e., Chaucer's "Global and Refugee Canterbury Tales" cannot count for both the pre-1800 and World Anglophone requirements). Foundational Literacies can be double counted for course categories listed above.
Beginning with the fall 2019 class, Creative Writing and English majors will need to fulfill the following Foundational Literacies within the major through the requirements listed above.
Double Major Requirements
This major may be declared upon the completion of three creative writing workshops (English courses ending in 9) and a course focused on close reading. Fourteen semester courses are required; fifteen if pursuing honors in literature or the poetry or fiction thesis option.
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Required
- Close Reading Course: ENG 10b, ENG 11a or ENG 11b
- Two courses Pre-1800
- Two courses Post-1800
- One course in Literary Theory
- One course in Media/Film
- One Multicultural/World Anglophone course
- One elective course
- One course in a studio or performing art
- There is no double counting between course categories listed above (i.e., The Novel in India cannot count for both the World Anglophone and post-1800 requirements). Foundational Literacies amd 100-level courses can be double counted for course categories listed above.
- At least two of the above courses must be 100-level courses (excluding courses ending in 9).
- Four Creative Writing workshops
For the full list of other restrictions, please see the section "Special Notes Relating to Undergraduates" in the Bulletin.
- A maximum of three courses taken outside the department may be counted toward the majors.This restriction includes cross-listed courses taken at Brandeis and courses taken while on study abroad; it does not apply to transfer credits (see "Special Notes Realing to Undergraduates"). Cross-listed courses taught by English Department faculty are considered within the department and are not included in this restriction.
- COMP and UWS courses do not count toward the major or minor requirements in English and Creative Writing.
Beginning with the fall 2019 class, Creative Writing and English majors will need to fulfill the following Foundational Literacies within the major through the requirements listed above.
Minor Requirements
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Five semester courses are required for the Creative Writing minor, including the following:
- Three creative writing workshops (English courses ending in 9) which can focus on any genre. See course category breakdown for list of creative writing workshops. Such courses facilitate writing under direction in a creative and critical community and are offered exclusively on a credit/no credit basis.
- Two ENG electives.
- The approval of one cross-listed, study abroad, or transfer course towards the minor requirements is subject to the approval of the department's undergraduate advising head.
- Advanced Placement credit does not count toward the minor.
- A student wishing to double-minor in English and Creative Writing may double-count two courses, leading to a total number of 8 courses required for the two minors combined.