New Creative Writing Minor

We are pleased to announce that at the end of March a new minor in Creative Writing (CW) will be available to undergraduate students.

The new minor in Creative Writing (CW) offers undergraduates across BU the opportunity to explore and experiment with writing in a variety of genres, including Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction, Playwriting, Screenwriting, and Multimedia/Hybrid genres. This minor requires six courses, and students will be able to choose from a roster of courses offered by Creative Writing, CAS English, the BU School of Communication, and the College of Fine Arts. 

Students will be required to complete EN 202, “Introduction to Creative Writing,” or to demonstrate equivalent expertise in one or more literary genres on the basis of study already completed (for example in summer workshops or writing conferences) and on the basis of a writing sample. In addition, three required courses would be workshop-based, and two would be electives (one of them an English Dept. course) chosen from a list of literature and literary criticism/theory/history courses.

The intention of the CW Minor is to allow interested and committed undergraduates to experiment with writing in multiple CW genres, as well as to advance their expertise in a particular genre by completing both beginning/intermediate and advanced workshops in that genre.

Rising sophomores, juniors and seniors will be allowed to apply CW courses they have already completed to the required course count for the CW Minor. 

A full list of classes that can be counted toward the minor will be found on the Creative Writing Program website by the end of March. Those interested in declaring the minor should complete this Google form.