The Writing Minor

Updated August 2012
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The writing minor is intended for and structured to serve writers from the spectrum of majors at Spelman College and in the Atlanta University Center. The minor is built on the belief that students in all disciplines benefit from improving their command of the written word as they enter various professional areas or graduate studies.

The writing minor offers courses in two concentrations: Creative Writing and Multi-Media, Research and Professional Writing. A student wishing to mix courses from the different concentrations must consult her academic advisor as well as the instructor of the course.

Requirements

The minor requires five courses (20 course hours), with attention to prerequisites.

Prerequisite Requirements

For Creative Writing Concentration
English 290 (Introduction to Creative Writing)

For Multi-Media, Research and Professional Writing Concentration
English 286 (Research Methods in Writing) OR English 287 (Argumentation)

Electives

Creative Writing Electives:

ENG 295 Poetry Writing Workshop I
ENG 390 Editing for the Literary Journal (can count for either sequence)
ENG 391 Creative Nonfiction (can count for either sequence)
ENG 395 Poetry Writing Workshop II
ENG 396 Fiction Writing Workshop (Fall offering)
ENG 397 Screenwriting I (Fiction)
ENG 398 Playwriting I (cross-listed: DRA 309, DRA 311)
ENG 407 Screenwriting II (Fiction)
ENG 451 Independent Study (can count for either sequence)

Multi-Media, Research and Professional Writing Electives:

ENG 288 Arts Journalism (cross-listed: MUS 288)
ENG 364 Writing About Film
ENG 381 Journalism Workshop (requires Junior classification or instructor’s permission)
ENG 384a Rhetorics of Advertising (requires Junior classification or instructor’s permission)
ENG 387 Ethnographic Writing
ENG 453 Writing in Professional Contexts