Creative Writing
Do you enjoy writing novels, stories, poems, memoirs? Or would you like to but don't know where to start? No matter what your skill-level and experience, La Crosse has a program to help you excel as a creative writer.
UW - La Crosse offers an 18-credit Creative Writing minor. With a large selection of courses, creative writing students can model their education around the writing form of their choice or create a schedule of eclectic courses.
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Professor Cashion
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Dr. Barillas
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Creative Writing Minor Requirements
18 Credits (All colleges)
Students should consult a professional writing minor adviser before enrolling in ENG 402 or 413.
Note: Students can group courses in a variety of ways to create specific tracks within the minor.
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1. 3 credits ___Eng 305 Creative Writing |
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2. 3 credits from the following: ___Eng 301 Foundations for Literary Studies ___Eng 313 Prose Style and Editing ___Eng 320 Literary Journal Production/Publication ___Eng 330 The English Language ___Eng 332 Modern English Grammars ___Eng 337 The Rhetorics of Style ___Eng 338 Comparative Analysis of Styles ___Eng 343 Creative Non-Fiction |
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3. 6 credits from the following: English courses 340 through 495 ___Eng 497 Seminar in Rhetoric and Writing Studies |
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4. 3 credits from: ___Eng 446 Forms of Fiction OR ___Eng 449 Forms of Poetry |
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5. 3 credits from ___Eng 416 Sem. Advanced Fiction Writing OR ___Eng 417 Sem. Advanced Poetry Writing |
See course descriptions for detailed information of these classes
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Ticket: A Third Coast Review is a national literary
journal assembled by the students of English 320:
Literary Journal Publication. The course is offered in
the spring every year, and the magazine is published
each April. Steam Ticket accepts work from anyone
around the globe with pieces ranging from fiction,
non-fiction, poetry, essays, prose-poems, and artwork.
Students of ENG 320 evaluate each submission, decide
which ones to include in the final product, and are
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