Creative Writing, Minor

The requirements for a minor must be completed concurrently with the major degree requirements.

No minor may be added by completing courses after receiving the bachelor’s degree.

At least six (6) credit hours must be earned in courses acceptable for residence credit by standards set forth by the Dodge College of Arts and Sciences, excluding transfer, correspondence, and examination (AP, CLEP, Advanced Standing) credit. Courses for the minor may not be taken Pass/ No Pass.

No single course may be used by a student to satisfy a major requirement and a minor requirement. A course may be used, however, to satisfy both a major support requirement and a minor requirement. 

Required Courses

Requests to substitute a minor requirement must be approved in writing by the Department of English.

Students must successfully complete at least 15 hours of coursework, including at least nine hours at the upper-division level.

Course List

Code	Title	Credit Hours
Introductory Course
ENGL 2123	Creative Writing	3
Writing Workshop
Choose one of the following:		3
ENGL 3123	Fiction Writing
ENGL 3133	Poetry Writing
ENGL 3743	Creative Nonfiction Writing
Advanced Writing Workshop
Choose one of the following (must be in the same genre as the 3000-level workshop above):		3
ENGL 4923	Advanced Fiction Writing
ENGL 4933	Advanced Poetry Writing
ENGL 4943	Advanced Creative Nonfiction Writing
ENGL 4953	Special Topics in Advanced Creative Writing
Creative Writing Electives
Choose two courses (6 hours):		6
(students may supplement their chosen genre with a 3000- and/or 4000-level writing workshop from another genre)
ENGL 3063	Autobiographical Writing
ENGL 3073	Writing about Place
ENGL 3113	Nature/Environment/Science Writing
ENGL 3123	Fiction Writing
ENGL 3133	Poetry Writing
ENGL 3223	Oklahoma Writers/Writing Oklahoma
ENGL 3743	Creative Nonfiction Writing
ENGL 4923	Advanced Fiction Writing
ENGL 4933	Advanced Poetry Writing
ENGL 4943	Advanced Creative Nonfiction Writing
ENGL 4953	Special Topics in Advanced Creative Writing
Total Credit Hours		15

• Minors in the Dodge College of Arts & Sciences are available to all undergraduate students at OU. If the minor is officially declared, successfully completed, and noted on the graduation application, the student’s transcript will so indicate at the time the bachelor’s degree is posted.