Creative Writing Minor

Requirements 

Course Title Credits
Four Creative Writing Courses 116
Two Literature Electives 28
1

Creative writing courses are those with the attribute code CVW.

2

Literature electives are any course of three or more credits with the ENGL subject code or ENGL attribute code, with the following exceptions: ENGL 1102 Composition II, ENGL 2000 Texts and Contexts, ENGL 3003 Introduction to Professional Writing, and courses with the CVW, PPWF or PPWD attributes.

Requirements for English Majors

English majors who wish to add a creative writing minor should take two creative writing courses as part of their 10-course major. Then, only four additional courses are required to complete the minor: two additional literature electives and two additional creative writing electives. Literature courses are any course of three or more credits with the ENGL subject code or ENGL attribute code, with the following exceptions: ENGL 1102 Composition II, ENGL 2000 Texts and Contexts (or equivalent Texts & Contexts course), ENGL 3003 Introduction to Professional Writing, and courses with the CVW, PPWF, or PPWD attributes. In other words, students completing the English major plus creative writing minor will end up taking 14 courses total, including four creative writing courses:
 
Course Title Credits
Ten required courses for the English major
Includes two creative writing courses taken as electives
Two additional creative writing courses
Two additional literature courses

Learning Goals

Upon completing the Creative Writing Minor at Fordham, students will:

  • Develop the creative and technical skills necessary to conceive, execute, and revise original literary work.
  • Develop critical thinking skills via the close reading of literary and cultural texts to analyze the relationships among language, signification, power, and politics.
  • Be able to write rhetorically powerful texts with original arguments to communicate ideas effectively across different audiences and contexts.

Additional Information

  1. Courses in which a student receives a grade of D or F will not count toward the minor.

  2. Up to one cognate course taken in other departments or programs deemed relevant to the minor may be counted with permission of the associate chair.

  3. Up to one course taken while studying abroad deemed relevant to the minor may be counted. 

  4. For students who transfer from another school to Fordham, the department will consider counting up to one course taken prior to arrival at Fordham toward the minor.

  5. Credits earned for internships do not count for credit toward the minor. Internship credits do count for general credits toward graduation. In order to receive academic credit for an internship, you must have completed 60 academic credits, have a minimum 3.0 GPA, and register for a tutorial with a faculty member who agrees to serve as your academic adviser. Depending on the amount of academic work involved in the tutorial, your faculty mentor will suggest that you register for a one- or two-credit tutorial. Internships are graded on a Pass/Fail basis. 

  6. Advanced Placement credits in English Literature and in English Language count toward a student’s total number of credits in the college but not within the minor. A score of 4 or 5 in AP English Literature will count toward college elective credits. 

  7. Students may count no more than one course from the following to their Creative Writing Minor: FITV 2511 Screenwriting I, JOUR 3723 Interviews and Profiles, JOUR 3727 Writing for Magazines, THEA 3700 Playwriting.

  8. Courses taken on a Pass/Fail basis cannot be counted towards Creative Writing minor requirements.

  9. Only one course can double count between the Creative Writing minor and another minor.

Availability

The minor in creative writing is available at Fordham College at Rose Hill, Fordham College at Lincoln Center, and Fordham's School of Professional and Continuing Studies at Rose Hill, Lincoln Center, and Westchester.