Requirements for the Major in Creative Writing - Playwriting Track

The major requires successful completion of the following:

Course List

Code	Title	Semester Hours
Course Requirements
ENGL 101	Literature and Composition	4
Select three of the following:		12
ENGL 330	The Life and Literature of Tennessee Williams
ENGL 350	Medieval Drama and its Legacy
ENGL 357	Shakespeare I
ENGL 358	Shakespeare II
ENGL 390	Power Plays: Modern and Contemporary Drama
Select three of the following:		12
THTR 112	Elements of Performance
THTR 114	Elements of Design
THTR 131	Fundamentals of Acting
THTR 221	Global Theatre I: Antiquity to Early Modern Theatre and Performance
THTR 337	Writing for Solo Performance
THTR 351	Fundamentals of Directing
WRIT 207	Beginning Playwriting Workshop	4
WRIT 215	Forms of Drama	4
WRIT 307	Intermediate Playwriting Workshop	4
WRIT 407	Advanced Playwriting Workshop	4
Total Semester Hours		44

Course List

Code	Title	Semester Hours
Additional Requirements
A comprehensive exercise is required 1

1

The comprehensive exercise for Creative Writing majors in the Playwriting track includes the following: the creation of a play, working with a faculty advisor; a formal essay placing that play within a larger understanding of contemporary creative writing, focusing on both form and content; and a reading of the play with actors.

Honors

A student who maintains a 3.33 grade point average in creative writing and theatre courses and earns a grade of B+ or above on the comprehensive exercise is eligible to pursue an honors project. The honors project consists of a critical thesis on some element of creative writing, looking at established works of literature through the lens of craft.