Bachelor of Fine Arts
Degree for Creative Writing Major
Each
student must complete the degree requirements
listed below, preferably in the freshman and
sophomore years, and must satisfy the requirements
for a major in creative writing and a minor
in an area of specialization. Major courses
may not be taken "S/U." Courses counted
in the major may not also be counted in the
minor. A portfolio and interviews are required
to continue into the 300- and 400-level workshop
classes. Creative writing majors are required
to produce a senior thesis and give a senior
reading of the thesis work.
Group
I—English composition
Students are required to complete
ENG 112 or to demonstrate by examination
that they have proficiency in written
expression equivalent to that attained
by the student who completes that
course. (A 3-hour penalty is imposed
if ENG 112 is not completed within
the first 60 hours. A 4-hour penalty
is imposed if ENG 112 is completed
after 90 hours.)
Group
II—Foreign languages
Each student is required to demonstrate
a proficiency in a language by one
of the options listed below:
-
Graduating
from a high school where all instruction
was conducted in a language other than
English;
-
Demonstrate
proficiency in the language on the 202
course level;
-
Having
completed four years of one language
in high school (student must have completed
the fourth full year, for example, Spanish
IV, and received credit for these courses);
-
Having
completed one of the departmental options
listed below (14 hours minimum in same
language area or fewer by advanced placement).
Note:
Foreign language courses numbered 101, 102,
201, 202, 212 apply only to Group II and will
not fulfill Group V.
German,
Russian, East Asian Languages (Chinese,
Japanese)
-
Completion
of GERM
101 and 102 plus a minimum of six
additional hours from: GERM
117, 118, 201, 202, 217, 218, 231,
331 and/or GERM
260, 315, 316, 360, 415;
-
Completion
of CHIN
101, 102, 201, 202;
-
Completion
of JAPN
101, 102, 201, 202;
-
Completion
of RUSN
101 and 102 plus a minimum of six
additional hours from RUSN
201, 202, 215, 216, 313, 317, 331
and/or 312, 415.
Romance
and Classical Studies (French, Italian,
Latin, Spanish)
-
-
Option
II: (one of the following)
-
LAT
101, 102 and two of LAT
201; CLCV
241, 242, 245;
-
A
student may transfer at any point from
Option I to Option II, but not vice versa.
Course 202 is required for admission to
300-level courses. Credit toward a
degree is not granted for foreign language
courses which duplicate more than two
units of high school study.
Group
III—Mathematics, computation and
natural sciences
Each student must complete at least two
courses from the BG Perspective program,
including at least one course approved
for laboratory credit as listed in the
College
of Arts and Sciences Handbook.
Group
IV—Social sciences: economics, ethnic
studies, geography, history, political
science, psychology, sociology, telecommunications
Each student must complete one course
in addition to the BG Perspective program
in one or more of these subjects. A list
of approved ethnic studies courses is
printed in the College
of Arts and Sciences Handbook.
Group
V—Humanities: art, art history, English,
music composition and history, philosophy,
popular culture, telecommunications, theatre
Each student must complete three courses
in addition to the BG Perspective requirements.
Of the five total required, courses must
be chosen from at least four of the above
disciplines. Foreign language courses
numbered 101, 102, 201, 202, 212 apply
to Group II, not Group V. One course taken
in the student's major may be counted
in this group. A list of courses approved
for the Group V requirement is printed
in the College
of Arts and Sciences Handbook.
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