Creative Writing
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The Creative Writing major is designed to develop serious writers--students who think of themselves primarily as writers, and students for whom writing will be an important avocation.

Workshop students learn the crafts of fiction, non-fiction, poetry, journalism, the play and the screenplay, and develop individual voices. They also learn to articulate and defend reasoned critical opinions.

Initially, students take Introduction to Creative Writing and 100 or 200 level literature courses. Students then build upon this foundation by: 1) taking intermediate and advanced courses in fiction and poetry and courses in playwriting, screenwriting, journalism, etc., and 2) developing a cluster of literature courses in a particular area. One cluster offered in PEL is American fiction. Students complete the major by writing a Senior Thesis.

Some courses in the Creative Writing major are given only at the St. Petersburg location.

A minor in Creative Writing is also available.