The English major with a concentration in creative writing requires 12 courses through which students integrate a broad foundation in critical analysis, literary study, and theoretical practice with focused training in the craft of creative writing.
Students interested in an English major with a concentration in creative writing are encouraged to take introductory courses (ENG 1200 - Introduction to English Studies, ENG 1800 - Introduction to Professional Writing and Rhetoric) in their first year and to declare a major as sophomores.
In conjunction with declaring an English major with a concentration in creative writing, students must take WRIT 1500 - Introduction to Creative Writing and a sequence of “gateway” courses in critical methods and contemporary theory, ENG 1900- Introduction to Literature and Criticism and ENG 3020 - Literary and Cultural Theory. Juniors and seniors should take 3000-level courses, at least three of which must be literature or theory courses numbered above 3020.
A senior seminar is the capstone course in which students study a topic in depth and develop independent research projects. ENG 3020 and the senior seminar must be taken at Hamline. ENG 1900 and ENG 3020 must be taken at least one semester before the senior seminar and are strongly recommended before taking 3000-level literature courses numbered above 3020.
