Creative Writing, Bachelor of Fine Arts

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To apply to the Bachelor of Fine Arts program in Creative Writing, students must have completed 24 Credits of University Studies courses. We recommended that these classes be taken during a student’s freshman or first year at Southern Oregon University.

Students must maintain a 2.75 GPA in the major, and a 2.75 cumulative GPA in all other courses.

Lower Division (20 credits)

CW 220 - Introduction to Creative Writing 4 credits
CW 230 - Texts and Traditions 4 credits
CW 281 - Introductory Fiction Writing 4 credits
CW 282 - Introductory Poetry Writing 4 credits
CW 298 - Introductory Studio Practice 2 credits (4 credits - 2 credits per term for 2 terms)

Upper Division (56 credits)

CW 320 - Emergent Forms 4 credits
CW 380 - Non-Fiction Writing 4 credits
CW 381 - Intermediate Fiction Writing 4 credits
CW 382 - Intermediate Poetry Writing 4 credits
CW 398 - Intermediate Studio Practice 2 credits (6 credits - 2 credits per term for 3 terms)
CW 420 - Beyond the Workshop 4 credits
CW 481 - Advanced Fiction Writing: Short Story 4 credits
CW 482 - Advanced Poetry Writing 4 credits
CW 498 - Capstone Studio Practice 2 credits (6 credits - 2 credits per term for 3 terms)
Upper Division Creative Writing Electives (8 credits)
Choose 8 credits from CW 385, 386, 399, 484, 499
Upper Division Electives (8 credits)
Choose 8 credits from the approved upper division electives below:
CW 385 - Principles of Dramatic Writing 4 credits
CW 386 - Songwriting 4 credits
CW 399 - Special Studies 1 to 8 credits
CW 484 - Novel Writing 4 credits
CW 499 - Special Studies 1 to 8 credits
ART 349 - Comic and Picture Book Methods 1-4 credits
DCIN 331 - Screenwriting 1: The Short Script 4 credits
EMDA 320 - Writing Nonlinear 4 credits
TA 371 - Playwriting 4 credits