TCNJ’s Creative Writing Minor is an innovative program that emphasizes the connections between reading, writing, and real-world experience in the literary community. Our creative writing students engage the works of published authors, write and revise their own work, critique and support one another’s work, and interact with the contemporary literary world inside and outside of class.

Students interested in pursuing the minor should take CWR 206 Introduction to Creative Writing as early as possible; it is the prerequisite for the upper level workshop courses in the minor. Interested students should meet with the Coordinator of Creative Writing for advisement and to plan their course of study.

REQUIREMENTS

Five courses are required for the Minor, and five courses are offered in regular rotation:

• CWR 206 Introduction to Creative Writing
  • This course is the prerequisite for CWR 304 Poetry Writing, CWR 306 Fiction Writing, and CWR 370 Special Topics in Creative Writing
  • Offered Fall and Spring
• LIT 301/CWR 301 Writing Communities
  • Offered every Fall
• CWR 304 Poetry Writing
  • Offered every Spring
• CWR 306 Fiction Writing
  • Offered every Fall
• CWR 370 Special Topics in Creative Writing
  • Offered every Spring

Note: CWR 304, 306, 370, and 406 are repeatable for credit, meaning a student can take these classes more than once and receive a grade each time. This may be especially relevant for CWR 370 Special Topics in Creative Writing since the kind of writing students do in this class changes every year.

 

Note: A minor may overlap with a major or another minor by only one course.

 

For more information, contact Catie Rosemurgy.