English (B.A.) - Creative Writing may be completed fully online, although not all elective options or program prerequisites may be offered online. Newly admitted students choosing to complete this program exclusively via UCF online classes may enroll with a reduction in campus-based fees.
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
- 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 General Education Program and Common Program Prerequisites are usually completed in the first 60 hours.
Online English - Creative Writing, BA
Degree Requirements
Core Requirements: Basic Level
9 Total Credits
- Complete all of the following
- Complete the following:
- CRW3013 - Creative Writing for English Majors (3)
- ENG3014 - Theories and Techniques of Literature Study (3)
- CRW3053 - Theory & Practice of Creative Writing (3)
- *ENG 3014 - This is a prerequisite for all 4000 level AML, ENG, ENL, or LIT courses
Core Requirements: Advanced Level
12 Total Credits
- Complete all of the following
- Literary History Requirement
- Choose four courses total from these two groupings
Pre-1865 literature- Complete all of the following
- Select at least one of these pre-1865 literature courses
- Note: Each semester, additional courses may satisfy these requirements. Check with department for details.
- Earn at least 3 credits from the following:
- AML3031 - American Literature I (3)
- AML3613 - Narratives of Slavery (3)
- ENL2012 - English Literature I (3)
- ENL3220 - English Renaissance Poetry and Prose (3)
- ENL4230 - Eighteenth-Century Studies (3)
- ENL4240 - English Romantic Writers (3)
- ENL4311 - Chaucer (3)
- ENL4333 - Shakespeare Studies (3)
- ENL4341 - Milton and His Age (3)
- AML3286 - Early American Women's Words (3)
- AML3640 - Native American Literature (3)
- LIT4374 - The Literature of the Hebrew and Christian Bibles (3)
- ENL3296 - Gothic Literature (3)
Post-1865 literature- Complete all of the following
- Select at least one of these post-1865 literature courses
- Each semester, additional courses may satisfy this requirement. Check with department for details.
- Earn at least 3 credits from the following:
- AML3041 - American Literature II (3)
- AML3261 - Literature of the South (3)
- AML3614 - Topics in African-American Literature (3)
- AML3615 - Harlem, Haiti, and Havana (3)
- AML3643 - Contemporary Native American Prose and Poetry (3)
- AML4101 - American Novel (3)
- AML4155 - Modern American Poetry (3)
- AML4265 - Florida Writers (3)
- AML4321 - Modern American Literature (3)
- AML3630 - Latinx Literature (3)
- ENL2022 - English Literature II (3)
- ENL4101 - English Novel (3)
- ENL4253 - The Victorian Age (3)
- ENL4262 - Nineteenth Century British Prose (3)
- ENL4273 - Modern British Literature (3)
- LIT3082 - Continental European Fiction Since 1900 (3)
- LIT3192 - Caribbean Literature (3)
- LIT4043 - Modern Drama As Literature (3)
- LIT4184 - Irish Literature (3)
- LIT4303 - Post-World War II Fiction (3)
- LIT3823 - Hispanic Women Writers (3)
- Earn at least 6 credits from the following types of courses: Pre-1865 Literature courses or Post-1865 Literature courses
Restricted Electives
15 Total Credits
- Complete all of the following
- Please note that students must take 4 but no more than 6 of the courses listed in a. and b. below.
- A list of approved restricted elective courses is found in the myKnight audit.
- Complete at least 2 of the following:
- CRW3120 - Fiction Writing Workshop I (3)
- CRW3211 - Creative Nonfiction Workshop I (3)
- CRW3310 - Poetry Writing Workshop I (3)
- CRW3610 - Scriptwriting Workshop I (3)
- Complete at least 2 of the following:
- CRW4122 - Fiction Writing Workshop II (3)
- CRW4224 - Creative Nonfiction Workshop II (3)
- CRW4320 - Poetry Writing Workshop II (3)
- CRW4616 - Scriptwriting Workshop II (3)
- *May take ENC 4360 - Nature Writing instead of CRW 4224 but not both.
- Complete at least 1 of the following:
- CRW3311 - Readings in Poetry for Creative Writing (3)
- CRW3540 - Literary Magazines (3)
- CRW4114 - History of Prose Style (3)
- CRW4724 - The Florida Review (3)
- CRW4722 - Editing for Creative Writers (3)
- any other CRW elective or Special Topics course Credit Hours: 3
Grand Total Credits: 36
Capstone Requirements
Electives
- Select primarily from upper level courses, with departmental approval. May be outside of the department.
Foreign Language Requirements
Admissions
- 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 the Department of History (Hebrew). 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.
Additional Requirements
- The English Department offers multiple opportunities to complete the signature experience requirement. Please consult cahsa@ucf.edu for a full listing.
Required Minors
Departmental Exit Requirements
- Maintain and achieve a minimum GPA of 2.0 in all courses used towards the major.
University Minimum Exit Requirements
- A 2.0 UCF GPA
- 42 semester hours of upper division credit completed
- 60 semester hours earned after CLEP awarded
- 30 of the last 39 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, and nine hours of Summer credit.
Total Undergraduate Credit Hours Required: 120
Additional Information
Honors In Major (9 Credit Hours)
- 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 an English graduate or undergraduate course or in a graduate or undergraduate course outside the major that relates to thesis with approval (3 hrs), Directed Readings (3 hrs), and Thesis hours (3 hrs).
- Successful completion and oral defense of Honors thesis.
Related Programs
- English, Technical Communication (B.A.)
- English, Literature (B.A.)
Certificates
- Editing and Publishing Certificate
Related Minors
- English, Linguistics Minor
- English, Technical Communication Minor
- Writing and Rhetoric Minor
- English, Literature Minor
Advising Notes
Transfer Notes
- Lower division courses 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 Transfer Courses
Plan of Study
Freshman Year - Fall (15 Credit Hours)
- ENC 1101 - Composition I Credit Hours: 3
- GEP Credit Hours: 3
- GEP Credit Hours: 3
- GEP Credit Hours: 3
- GEP Credit Hours: 3
Freshman Year - Spring (16 Credit Hours)
- ENC 1102 - Composition II Credit Hours: 3
- GEP Credit Hours: 3
- GEP Credit Hours: 3
- GEP Credit Hours: 3
- Foreign Language Elementary I Credit Hours: 4
Sophomore Year - Fall (16 Credit Hours)
- LIT 2110 or LIT 2120 Credit Hours: 3
- GEP Credit Hours: 3
- GEP Credit Hours: 3
- Foreign Language Elementary II Credit Hours: 4
- Elective Credit Hours: 3
Sophomore Year - Spring (15 Credit Hours)
- CRW 3013 - Creative Writing for English Majors Credit Hours: 3
- CRW 3053 - Theory & Practice of Creative Writing Credit Hours: 3
- Pre-1865 Literary History Elective Credit Hours: 3
- Pre- or Post-1865 Literary History Elective Credit Hours: 3
- Foreign Language Intermediate I or English Diversity or Elective Credit Hours: 3
Junior Year - Fall (15 Credit Hours)
- ENG 3014 - Theories and Techniques of Literature Study Credit Hours: 3
- Post-1865 Literary History Elective Credit Hours: 3
- Writing Workshop Credit Hours: 3
- Elective Credit Hours: 3
- Elective Credit Hours: 3
Junior Year - Spring (15 Credit Hours)
- Pre- or Post-1865 Literary History Elective Credit Hours: 3
- Writing Workshop Credit Hours: 3
- Advanced Writing Workshop Credit Hours: 3
- Elective Credit Hours: 3
- Elective Credit Hours: 3
Senior Year - Fall (15 Credit Hours)
- Advanced Writing Workshop Credit Hours: 3
- Creative Writing Elective Credit Hours: 3
- Upper Level Elective Credit Hours: 3
- Upper Level Elective Credit Hours: 3
- Elective Credit Hours: 3
Senior Year - Spring (13 Credit Hours)
- Upper Level Elective Credit Hours: 3
- Upper Level Elective Credit Hours: 3
- Upper Level Elective Credit Hours: 3
- Upper Level Elective Credit Hours: 3
- Elective Credit Hours: 1
