Creative Writing Minor

Minor Requirements (22-24 units)

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The creative writing minor requires 22-24 units in creative writing and literature.

Department Courses Listed by Course Type

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Writing, Languages and Literatures Courses

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Courses

Writing, Languages, and Literatures

• •  MLL 111 - Speaking of Love: Oral Communication in Multicultural Setting
• •  MLL 112 - Writing Horror: Written Communication in Multicultural Setting
• •  MLL 171 - Elementary Korean I: Language & Humanities
• •  MLL 172 - Elementary Korean II: Language & Arts
• •  MLL 211 - Multicultural Cinema
• •  MLL 216 - Asian Horror Films
• •  MLL 225 - Transcultural Franco-Phone Cinema
• •  MLL 334 - Deaf View Image Art (De’VIA) and Deaf Artists
• •  MLL 372 - Korean Folktale and Culture
• •  MLL 398 - Internship
• •  MLL 472 - Modern Korean Short Stories in English Translation
• •  MLL 490 - Independent Study
• •  MLL 497 - Issues in Modern World Languages and Literatures
• •  MLL 498 - Internship

Writing, Languages, and Literatures: American Literature

• •  ENGL 220 - Immigration and Migration in American Literature
• •  ENGL 319 - Moby Dick and Literatures of the Ocean
• •  ENGL 320 - Major Works of American Literature
• •  ENGL 322 - African-American Literature Before 1945
• •  ENGL 323 - African-American Literature After 1945
• •  ENGL 324 - Women’s Literature and Feminist Theory
• •  ENGL 325 - Asian-American Literature
• •  ENGL 421 - 19th-Century American Literature
• •  ENGL 423 - Ethnic American Women’s Literature After 1900
• •  ENGL 425 - American Novel After 1900
• •  ENGL 444 - Short Story

Writing, Languages, and Literatures: American/Global Literature

• •  ENGL 210 - Banned Books and Contested Narratives
• •  ENGL 328 - Latinx Literature
• •  ENGL 343 - Crime Fiction
• •  ENGL 344 - Literatures of Environmental Justice
• •  ENGL 361 - Science Fiction: Speculative Fiction

Writing, Languages, and Literatures: American Sign Language

• •  MLL 131 - Elementary American Sign Language I: Language and Humanities
• •  MLL 132 - Elementary American Sign Language II: Language and Arts
• •  MLL 231 - American Sign Language III: American Sign Language and Deaf Cultures
• •  MLL 232 - American Sign Language IV: American Deaf Sociocultural Issues
• •  MLL 331 - Advanced American Sign Language I
• •  MLL 332 - Advanced American Sign Language II
• •  MLL 333 - American Deaf Culture
• •  MLL 335 - Classifiers in American Sign Language
• •  MLL 431 - Linguistics in American Sign Language
• •  MLL 432 - Sociolinguistics of Black American Sign Language

Writing, Languages, and Literatures: British Literature

• •  ENGL 309 - Major Works of British Literature
• •  ENGL 411 - Early Shakespeare
• •  ENGL 412 - Late Shakespeare
• •  ENGL 415 - 19th-Century British Literature

Writing, Languages, and Literatures: Chinese

• •  MLL 161 - Elementary Mandarin Chinese I: Language and Humanities
• •  MLL 162 - Elementary Mandarin Chinese II: Language and Arts
• •  MLL 163 - Intensive Elementary Mandarin Chinese
• •  MLL 261 - Intermediate Mandarin Chinese I: Hanzi Logographic Cultures
• •  MLL 262 - Intermediate Mandarin Chinese II: Chinese American Sociocultural Issues
• •  MLL 362 - Chinese Folktales and Culture
• •  MLL 366 - New Chinese Cinema in English Translation
• •  MLL 462 - Modern Chinese Short Stories in English Translation
• •  MLL 465 - Chinese Wisdom and Ink-wash Animation in English Translation

Writing, Languages, and Literatures: Education

• •  ENGL 398 - Internship
• •  ENGL 460 - Seminar in English Education
• •  ENGL 498 - Internship

Writing, Languages, and Literatures: Film

• •  ENGL 240 - Introduction to American Film
• •  ENGL 447 - Film Criticism

Writing, Languages, and Literatures: Foundation

• •  ENGL 100 - College Writing: Stretch I
• •  ENGL 101 - College Writing: Stretch II
• •  ENGL 102 - Accelerated College Writing
• •  ENGL 103 - College Writing: Stretch I (English for Speakers of Other Languages)
• •  ENGL 104 - College Writing: Stretch II (English for Speakers of Other Languages)
• •  ENGL 105 - College Reading for Fluency
• •  ENGL 106 - Academic Vocabulary Development
• •  ENGL 109 - College Writing Lab
• •  ENGL 200 - College Writing II
• •  ENGL 201 - College Writing II (English for Speakers of Other Languages)
• •  ENGL 204 - Writing About Literature
• •  ENGL 490 - Independent Study

Writing, Languages, and Literatures: French

• •  MLL 121 - Elementary French I: Language and Humanities
• •  MLL 122 - Elementary French II: Language and Arts
• •  MLL 221 - Intermediate French I: Francophone Cultures
• •  MLL 222 - Intermediate French II: Francophone American Sociocultural Issues
• •  MLL 311F - Studies in Modern Languages and Literatures Francophones
• •  MLL 323 - Francophone Culture and Civilization through Cinema
• •  MLL 324 - Francophone Literature in Translation
• •  MLL 326W - Sexuality and Feminism in Francophone Literature and Cinema
• •  MLL 421 - French-English Translation
• •  MLL 422W - LGBTQ Francophone Cinema
• •  MLL 425 - Postcolonial Francophone Rap/Hip-Hop
• •  MLL 428 - French for the Professions
• •  MLL 429 - French for Reading Knowledge

Writing, Languages, and Literatures: Global Literature

• •  ENGL 310 - Medieval Literature
• •  ENGL 311 - Dante’s Worlds
• •  ENGL 327 - LGBT Literature and Queer Theory
• •  ENGL 341 - The Gothic
• •  ENGL 342 - Environmental Literature
• •  ENGL 345 - Comics and Graphic Novels
• •  ENGL 430 - Bible as Literature
• •  ENGL 431 - World Mythology
• •  ENGL 436 - Contemporary Global Novel
• •  ENGL 446 - Modern and Contemporary Poetry
• •  ENGL 462 - Children’s Literature before 1900
• •  ENGL 463 - Children’s Literature after 1900

Writing, Languages, and Literatures: Graduate

• •  ENGL 600 - Introduction to Graduate Studies
• •  ENGL 602 - Graduate Workshop in Fiction
• •  ENGL 612 - Restoration and 18th-Century British Literature
• •  ENGL 620 - American Literature to 1900
• •  ENGL 621 - African-American Literature
• •  ENGL 623 - Ethnic American Literature
• •  ENGL 630 - Women’s Literature
• •  ENGL 633 - Environmental Literature
• •  ENGL 651 - Theory and Practice of Teaching Oral Skills to Adults
• •  ENGL 652 - Phonology, Morphology and Lexical Semantics
• •  ENGL 653 - Theory and Practice of Teaching Reading to Adults
• •  ENGL 654 - Supervised Tutoring and Teaching
• •  ENGL 655 - Multilingualism and Second Language Acquisition
• •  ENGL 656 - Pedagogical Grammar
• •  ENGL 657 - Curriculum Design and Assessment in ESOL for Adult Learners
• •  ENGL 660 - Introduction to Composition Studies Theory and Methods
• •  ENGL 690 - Independent Study
• •  ENGL 691 - University Thesis
• •  ENGL 698 - Internship
• •  ENGL 699 - Departmental Thesis

Writing, Languages, and Literatures: Japanese

• •  MLL 151 - Elementary Japanese I: Language and Humanities
• •  MLL 152 - Elementary Japanese II: Language and Arts
• •  MLL 153 - Intensive Elementary Japanese
• •  MLL 251 - Intermediate Japanese I: Kanji Logographic Cultures
• •  MLL 252 - Intermediate Japanese II: Japanese American Sociocultural Issues
• •  MLL 351 - Japan Headline News: A Japanese-English Bilingual Study
• •  MLL 352 - Japanese Folktales and Culture
• •  MLL 358 - Experiencing Japanese Culture in English Translation
• •  MLL 452 - Modern Japanese Short Stories in English Translation
• •  MLL 455 - Japanese Manga and Anime Masterpieces in English Translation

Writing, Languages, and Literatures: Language/Grammar

• •  ENGL 350 - Study of Language
• •  ENGL 351 - Modern English Grammar
• •  ENGL 353 - Linguistic History of the English Language
• •  ENGL 355W - Language, Gender, and Social Change
• •  ENGL 450 - Current Theories in Formal Grammar
• •  ENGL 451 - Language in the U.S.A.
• •  ENGL 497 - Topics in the Study of the English Language

Writing, Languages, and Literatures: Literary Theory

• •  ENGL 340 - Critical Theory of Literature

Writing, Languages, and Literatures: Other

• •  ENGL 346 - Literature and Health Care
• •  ENGL 390 - Occam’s Razor Literary Magazine Intensive
• •  ENGL 441 - Queer Early Modern Literature

Writing, Languages, and Literatures: Rhetoric and Composition

• •  ENGL 251 - Grammar for Writers
• •  ENGL 300W - Writing for Inquiry
• •  ENGL 301W - Writing for Inquiry (English for Speakers of Other Languages)
• •  ENGL 302 - Discursive Writing
• •  ENGL 303W - Advanced Expository Writing
• •  ENGL 304 - Introduction to Technical and Professional Writing
• •  ENGL 499 - Senior Seminar

Writing, Languages, and Literatures: Spanish

• •  SPAN 141 - Elementary Spanish I: Language and Humanities
• •  SPAN 142 - Elementary Spanish II: Language and Arts
• •  SPAN 146 - Beginning Spanish Language and Culture for Healthcare Professionals
• •  SPAN 241 - Intermediate Spanish I: Hispanophone Cultures
• •  SPAN 242 - Intermediate Spanish II: Hispanophone American Sociocultural Issues
• •  SPAN 246 - Intermediate Spanish for Healthcare Professionals
• •  SPAN 341 - Spanish Conversation
• •  SPAN 343 - Spanish Composition and Syntax
• •  SPAN 344 - Spanish Linguistics and Phonetics
• •  SPAN 345 - Spanish Textual Analysis in a Multicultural Context
• •  SPAN 440 - Latin American Pop Culture: Narratives
• •  SPAN 443 - Food Cultures in the Latinx Communities
• •  SPAN 447 - Latin American Global and Cultural Studies
• •  SPAN 448 - Spanish Global and Cultural Studies
• •  SPAN 449 - Selected Topics in Hispanic Studies

Writing, Languages, and Literatures: Spanish-American Literature and Culture

• •  SPAN 441 - Introduction to Spanish American Literature: 1492 to 1900
• •  SPAN 442 - Introduction to Spanish American Literature: 1900 to the Present
• •  SPAN 445 - Cultures of Spanish America

Writing, Languages, and Literatures: Spanish Peninsular Literature and Culture

• •  SPAN 444 - Survey Spanish Literature II: 18th Century to Present
• •  SPAN 446 - Cultures of Spain

Writing, Languages, and Literatures: World Literature

• •  ENGL 203 - Introduction to Dramatic Literature
• •  ENGL 312 - Renaissance Humanism

Writing, Languages, and Literatures: Writing Workshop

• •  ENGL 205 - Beginning Workshop in Fiction
• •  ENGL 206 - Beginning Workshop in Poetry
• •  ENGL 305 - Intermediate Workshop in Fiction
• •  ENGL 307 - Intermediate Workshop in Creative Nonfiction
• •  ENGL 308W - Writing Bad Bodies
• •  ENGL 405 - Advanced Workshop in Fiction
• •  ENGL 406 - Advanced Workshop in Poetry