Sharpen your creative writing skills in short stories, nonfiction, poetry, and professional writing with the creative writing minor. You’ll explore coursework in the areas of creative writing, poetry, fiction writing, creative nonfiction, and manuscripts. Choose how the minor will best fit your interests by selecting elective courses in newswriting and reporting; writing, editing, and publishing in multiple media; grammar in context; or technical writing.

The creative writing minor is most often taken with the English major but is open to anyone interested in strengthening their writing skills.