Minor in Creative Writing

Creative Writing Minor student work will demonstrate:

• Disciplinary Knowledge and Skills
  An understanding of genre and an exploration of writing in multiple forms.
• Proficiency in Industry-Standard Skills, Technologies, and Processes
  Ability to identify and employ writing techniques and habits of revision, workshop, and close reading that allow critical thought and expression.

Creative Writing Minor student work will demonstrate:

• Innovation
  Ability to combine writing with studio work in one's major and/or push boundaries between each field.

• Experimentation and Play
  with language and narrative. 

• Challenge to the Status Quo
  Willingness to challenge dominant worldviews and be flexible with ideas.

Creative Writing Minor student work will demonstrate:

• Self-Awareness
  Cultivation of self-awareness through reflective writing, reading, revision, and peer feedback.
• Capacity to Communicate (Orally, Written, and/or Visually) about their Practice
  Ability to clearly articulate the relationship between creative writing and their major and how these studies will help them achieve personal and professional goals. 
• Analysis of Both Ethical and Aesthetic Impacts of Art and Design
  Understanding of meaning, justice, and community in literature and in personal writing practice.

Creative Writing Minor student work will demonstrate:

• Ability to Work Well, Collaborate, and Build Relationships across Differences in Identity, Perspective, Aesthetics and Disciplines
  Ability to collaborate with writers and thinkers, exchanging ideas across differences in identity, perspective, aesthetic, and discipline. 

• Integration of Skills and Concepts:
  Recognize the political and social elements of a text and demonstrate multiple critical approaches.
  Experiment with the relationship between text and image and identify intersections between writing and one's chosen major.

Creative Writing Minor student work will demonstrate:

• Ability to define aspirations, future goals and their role within the creative economy.
  Defined aspirations, future goals and one’s role as both a writer and maker within the creative economy.
• Awareness of audience and ability to cultivate relationships with others in their chosen fields.
  Developed awareness of audience and ability to nurture relationships in creative writing communities. 
• Compelling presentation and exhibition skills, through Annual Exhibition, Capstone, and portfolios.
  Successful completion of the Creative Writing Capstone project that resonates with intended audiences.

• Proficiency in budgeting, time and project management.
  Ability to budget time to write and develop creative projects. 
• Career readiness.
  Ability to advocate for your work, submitting projects for publication, exhibition, performance, or any opportunity to share with a community of readers and writers.