College of Arts and Humanities

ENGLISH

CREATIVE WRITING (B.A.)

English Department, CNH 301
http://english.ucf.edu
E-mail: english@ucf.edu
Contact: T. Krise, 407-823-2212

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Admission Requirements

Degree Requirements

• Students who change degree programs and select this major must adopt the most current catalog
• Students must earn at least a “C” (2.0) in each required course
• Co-op or internship credit cannot be used in the major without prior approval from the department
• Students should consult with a departmental advisor
• Departmental Residency Requirement consists of at least 15 semester hours of regularly scheduled 3000-4000 level courses taken from the UCF English Department
• Courses designated in 1 (General Education Program) and 2 (Common Program Prerequisites) are usually completed in the first 60 hours

(9 hrs)

Honors in English Degree:
Additional Requirements

• Application and admission through the English Honors Committee and the Honors College
• Fulfill University requirements for Honors in the Major
• Grade of “B” (3.0) or better in 5000 level English elective (3 hrs), Directed Readings (3 hrs), and Thesis hours (3 hrs).
• Successful completion and oral defense of honors thesis

(36 hrs)

1. UCF General Education Program

A. Communication Foundations

1. 6 hrs
   Select ENC 1101 and ENC 1102
2. 3 hrs
   Prefer SPC 1600 Fund of Oral Com

B. Cultural and Historical Foundations

1. 3 hrs
   Select one class from 1.B.1 list
2. 3 hrs
   Prefer LIT 2110 World Literature I
3. 3 hrs
   Prefer LIT 2120 World Literature II

C. Mathematical Foundations

1. 3 hrs
   Prefer MGF 1106 Finite Mathematics
   (may substitute a higher level math)
2. 3 hrs
   Prefer STA 1060C Statistics Using Excel

6 hrs

D. Social Foundations

6 hrs

E. Science Foundations

2. Common Program Prerequisites

1. GEP
   ENC 1101 * Composition I
2. GEP
   ENC 1102 * Composition II

* See Transfer Notes for possible substitutes

(6 hrs)

3. Core Requirements

(12 hrs)

4. Literary History Requirement

Choose four courses from these two groupings

a. Select at least one of these pre-1865 literature courses.

b. Select at least one of these post 1865 literature courses

Note: Each semester, additional courses may satisfy this requirement. Check with advisor for details.

(18 hrs)

5. Restricted Electives

3 hrs

a. Choose one of the following:

6 hrs

b. Choose two of the following:

6 hrs

c. Choose two of the following:

* May take ENC 4360 instead of CRW 4224 but not both

3 hrs

d. Choose one of the following:

6. Departmental Exit Requirements

• Maintain a minimum GPA of 2.0 in upper division required courses
• Computer Competency met by completion of CRW 3013

(0-8 hrs)

7. Foreign Language Requirements

• Admission: Met by graduation requirement
• Graduation: Proficiency equivalent to three semesters of college instruction in a foreign language taught by the Department of Modern Languages and Literatures or Judaic Studies. Standardized examinations for foreign languages may be used to meet the requirement.. With departmental approval, a cultural/multicultural or related course offered by the Department of English may be used to satisfy one semester of the Graduation requirement.

(variable)

8. Electives

Select primarily from upper level courses, with departmental advisor’s approval. May be outside of the department.

9. University Minimum Exit Requirements

• A 2.0 UCF GPA
• 60 semester hours earned after CLEP awarded
• 48 semester hours of upper division credit completed
• 30 of the last 36 hours of course work must be completed in residency at UCF
• A maximum of 45 hours of extension, correspondence, CLEP, Credit by Exam, and Armed Forces credits permitted
• Complete the General Education Program, the Gordon Rule, the CLAST and nine hours of Summer credit (if applicable)

120 hrs

Total Semester Hours Required

• Related Programs: Technical Writing, Literature
• Related Minors: Linguistics, Technical Writing, Writing

Transfer Notes:

• Courses taken at community colleges do not substitute for Upper Division courses
• Courses transferred from private and out-of-state schools must be evaluated for equivalency credit. The student must provide all supporting information.

Acceptable Substitutes for common program prerequisites to the BA in Creative Writing if taken prior to transferring to UCF:

ENC 1101* & 1102*: may use any two lower level courses, taught in the English Department, and each having a 6,000 word requirement. ENC 1101 & 1102, however, are prerequisites for all subsequent English courses and will need to be taken for the major.

Suggested Plan of Study:

One of numerous possible plans of study. See program description for all requirements. Courses with an asterisk (*) may be replaced by alternates in the same requirement. Consult a departmental advisor for alternate, new or more appropriate selections.