Finding your own voice—that’s what the creative writing major at Earlham offers. You’ll do substantial work in the creative genre(s) of your choice, including a major guided portfolio project as a senior, and explore how your and others’ writing can make a positive difference in the world.
Since good readers make good writers, you’ll also engage with a wide variety of literary texts from different periods and voices, together with a wide range of theoretical approaches on how and why literature matters. You’ll hone your craft as a writer, experiment with different writing techniques, and learn how to communicate with diverse audiences and engage the literary marketplace and publication process.
To earn a Bachelor of Arts in creative writing, you must complete the following courses, in addition to general education requirements.
Required courses
An additional 3 advanced creative writing courses chosen from the following:
Additional Requirements
- You may count one literature or creative writing course from an off-campus program or one creative writing course in a different language towards the additional courses required for the major, with department approval.
To earn a minor in creative writing, you must complete the following courses:
Required courses: