Creative Writing

The English Department offers a Creative Writing Concentration that allows certain students to intensify and focus their English majors by taking a series of practice-based writing courses along with their literature courses. The creative writing concentrator undertakes a twelve-course English major instead of the usual ten courses. At least three of these courses must be writing workshops in any genre, selected with the help of the student's Concentration advisor.  [The prior two sentences apply to students in the classes of 2011-2013.  For the class of 2014 and beyond, working within the credit-based system, requirements change as follows: The creative writing concentrator undertakes a 36-credit English major instead of the usual 30 credits. At least nine of these credits must be writing workshops in any genre, selected with the help of the student's Concentration advisor.] Concentrators also attend monthly social gatherings to read new work and share news about literary activity on campus. English majors may declare the Creative Writing Concentration up through first semester of junior year, after receiving a grade of A- or better in one of the Department's creative writing workshops. The period for declaring the Concentration runs through the end of add/drop week of each semester. Eligible English majors wishing to declare should see Treseanne Ainsworth in Carney 444, e-mail treseanne.ainsworth.1@bc.edu.