English - Creative Writing Emphasis, B.S.

UVU’s English program is designed to give students skill, confidence, and versatility in writing, speaking, and interpreting texts. The program provides opportunities for students to consider and practice the applications of effective language use in diverse situations: professional, pragmatic, social, political, and aesthetic. The English program emphasizes knowledge and use of standard English in all written work, yet incorporates an understanding that English is a desirably diverse and variable phenomenon. The courses of study in English are designed to familiarize students with much of the traditional canon of literature. They are also designed to provide students with the critical and ethical skills necessary to interrogate this canon, to incorporate and legitimize their own and others’ “different” voices, not just in the academy, but in any of the many situations in which language influences human activity.

Program Requirements

Core Requirements

Course List

Code	Title	Credit Hours
Total Credit Hours		96
General Education Requirements		35 Credits
ENGL 1010	Introduction to Academic Writing CC	3
or ENGH 1005	Literacies and Composition Across Contexts CC
ENGL 2010	Intermediate Academic Writing CC	3
Complete one of the following:		3
MAT 1030	Quantitative Reasoning QL (3) (recommended for Humanities or Arts majors)
MAT 1035	Quantitative Reasoning with Integrated Algebra QL (6)
STAT 1040	Introduction to Statistics QL (3) (recommended for Social Science majors)
STAT 1045	Introduction to Statistics with Algebra QL (5)
MATH 1050	College Algebra QL (4) (recommended for Business, Education, Science, and Health Professions majors)
MATH 1055	College Algebra with Preliminaries QL (5)
MATH 1090	College Algebra for Business QL (3)
Complete one of the following:		3
HIST 2700 & HIST 2710	US History to 1877 AS and US History since 1877 AS (6)
HIST 1700	American Civilization AS (3)
HIST 1740	US Economic History AS (3)
POLS 1000	American Heritage AS (3)
POLS 1100	American National Government AS (3)
Complete the following:
PHIL 2050	Ethics and Values IH	3
HLTH 1100	Personal Health and Wellness TE	2
or EXSC 1097	Fitness for Life TE
Distribution Courses:
Biology		3
Physical Science		3
Additional Biology or Physical Science		3
Humanities		3
Fine Arts		3
Social/Behavioral Science		3
Discipline Core Requirements		18 Credits
ENGL 2800	Introduction to the English Major	3
ENGL 2850	Literary History I	3
ENGL 2870	Literary History II	3
ENGL 2600	Critical Introduction to Literature HH	3
ENGL 270G	Positionality and Interpretive Methods GI	3
ENGL 3090	Academic Writing for English Majors WE	3
Elective Requirements		43 Credits
Complete any courses 1000 level or higher. Upper division may be necessary for graduation. Please see Adviser.		43

Graduation Requirements

1. Completion of a minimum of 120 semester credits, 40 of which must be 3000 level or higher.
2. Overall grade point average of 2.0 (C) or above. (Departments may require a higher GPA.)
3. Residency hours -- minimum of 30 credit hours through course attendance at UVU, with at least 10 hours earned in the last 45 hours.
4. Completion of GE and specified departmental requirements.
5. No grade below C- in required courses.
6. Successful completion of at least one Global/Intercultural course.

Graduation Plan

This graduation plan is a sample plan and is intended to be a guide. Your specific plan may differ based on your Math and English placement and/or transfer credits applied. You are encouraged to meet with an advisor and set up an individualized graduation plan in Wolverine Track.

Plan of Study Grid

First Year
Semester 1		Credit Hours
ENGL 1010 or ENGH 1005	Introduction to Academic Writing CC or Literacies and Composition Across Contexts CC	3
Quantitative Literacy		3
Fine Arts		3
American Institutions		3
Social/ Behavioral Science		3
	Credit Hours	15
Semester 2
ENGL 2010	Intermediate Academic Writing CC	3
PHIL 205G or PHIL 2050	Ethics and Values IH GI or Ethics and Values IH	3
Physical Science		3
ENGL 2800	Introduction to the English Major	3
ENGL 2850 or ENGL 2870	Literary History I or Literary History II	3
	Credit Hours	15
Second Year
Semester 3
Biology		3
ENGL 270G	Positionality and Interpretive Methods GI	3
ENGL 2250 or ENGL 225H	Introduction to Creative Writing HH or Introduction to Creative Writing Honors HH	3
HLTH 1100 or PES 1097	Personal Health and Wellness TE or	2
General Elective		3
General Elective		1
	Credit Hours	15
Semester 4
ENGL 3420 or ENGL 3430 or ENGL 3440 or ENGL 3450	Intermediate Fiction Writing or Play Writing for Creative Writers or Intermediate Poetry Writing or Intermediate Creative Nonfiction Writing	3
ENGL 2600	Critical Introduction to Literature HH	3
Humanities		3
Third Science		3
General Elective		3
	Credit Hours	15
Third Year
Semester 5
ENGL 3090	Academic Writing for English Majors WE	3
ENGL 3420 or ENGL 3430 or ENGL 3440 or ENGL 3450	Intermediate Fiction Writing or Play Writing for Creative Writers or Intermediate Poetry Writing or Intermediate Creative Nonfiction Writing	3
ENGL 2850 or ENGL 2870	Literary History I or Literary History II	3
General Elective		3
General Elective		3
	Credit Hours	15
Semester 6
General Elective		3
ENGL 347R or ENGL 348R or ENGL 412R	Popular Genre Writing or Creative Writing Craft and Theory or Studies in Literary Genres	3
General Elective		3
General Elective		3
General Elective		3
	Credit Hours	15
Fourth Year
Semester 7
ENGL 412R	Studies in Literary Genres	3
ENGL 4420 or ENGL 4440 or ENGL 4450	Advanced Fiction Writing WE or Advanced Poetry Writing WE or Advanced Creative Nonfiction Writing WE	3
General Elective		3
General Elective		3
General Elective		3
	Credit Hours	15
Semester 8
ENGL 4490	Creative Writing Capstone	3
ENGL 3420 or ENGL 3430 or ENGL 3440 or ENGL 3450	Intermediate Fiction Writing or Play Writing for Creative Writers or Intermediate Poetry Writing or Intermediate Creative Nonfiction Writing	3
General Elective		3
General Elective		3
General Elective		3
	Credit Hours	15
	Total Credit Hours	120

Program Learning Outcomes

1. Acquire increasing mastery of techniques associated with writing fiction, non-fiction, and poetry. Mastery of narrative or poetic techniques will double, on average, over the course of the program.
2. Students will acquire increasing mastery of formal characteristics, rhetoric, mechanics, and formatting. Mastery of formal characteristics will double, on average, over the course of the program.
3. Students will innovate in form or content. Mastery of conventions and willingness to use them strategically will double, on average, over the course of the program.