BACHELOR OF ARTS: CREATIVE WRITING EMPHASIS

Bachelor of Arts: Creative Writing Emphasis BACHELOR OF ARTS: CREATIVE WRITING EMPHASIS The Bachelor of Arts in English with Creative Writing Emphasis combines intensive writing workshops with courses in literature to foster discovery and mastery in creative writing. Our program is based on the belief that successful writers grow from the study of writing and the study of literature, which enables students to learn the traditions and adapt them to their own art. Students complete a capstone project in their final year. University Requirements General Education The UMKC General Education Core (http://catalog.umkc.edu/undergraduate-academic-regulations-information/general-education-requirements) is the university-wide curriculum that all undergraduate students will complete. The 30-credit hour core curriculum includes three course types designated as Anchor, Discourse and Focus and is detailed in the General Education (http://catalog.umkc.edu/undergraduate-academic-regulations-information/ general-education-requirements) section of the catalog. Constitution Course Every undergraduate student must take a course covering the United States Constitution and the Missouri State Constitution before graduation. Course options are included in the program requirements section below. RooWriter Assessment Candidates for all baccalaureate degrees must complete the online UMKC RooWriter Writing Assessment after they have passed Discourse 200 (or its equivalent) but before they have attained 90 credit hours. Incoming transfer students with more than 90 credit hours must complete the RooWriter by the end of their first semester of enrollment or within one semester after passing Discourse 200 (or its equivalent). Students who have not completed the RooWriter Writing Assessment within two semesters after passing Discourse 200 (or its equivalent) will be blocked from enrollment until they successfully complete the RooWriter. Additional information is available in the Undergraduate Academic Regulations and Information (http:// catalog.umkc.edu/undergraduate-academic-regulations-information/roowriter) section of the catalog. Exit Examinations Information on exit examinations and/or major field exams is available in the Undergraduate Academic Regulations and Information (http:// catalog.umkc.edu/undergraduate-academic-regulations-information/graduation/exitexams) section of the catalog. Student Learning Outcomes Students graduating from this program will: A thorough understanding of poetics or storytelling craft through the production of creative works that are structurally sound, polished, and complete. Effective problem-solving and revision strategies in the composition of poems or stories. A strong, deliberate command of style, grammar, and mechanics. A general knowledge of literary history, especially the literary traditions of their chosen genre. The ability to analyze texts critically and the ability to recognize how a text displays a writer's artistic decisions. A working vocabulary with which to discuss the technical and aesthetic aspects of their craft. Program Requirements Program Specific Recommendations for UMKC General Education Cor (http://catalog.umkc.edu/undergraduateacademic-regulations-information/general-education-requirements)e Coursework Anchor I 3 Anchor II 3 Anchor III 3 DISC 00 Discourse I: Reasoning and Values (Speech and Writing) 3 DISC 200 Discourse II: Culture and Diversity (Writing and Speech) 3 DISC 300 Discourse III: Civic and Community Engagement (Speech and Writing) 3 Focus A (Satisfied in program requirements below) Focus B (Satisfied in program requirements below) Focus C (May be satisfied by Constitution course requirement below) Focus Elective 3

2 Bachelor of Arts: Creative Writing Emphasis Total credits' in this section indicates the number of General Education Core credit hours that are not met by the degree specific requirements outlined below. Total Credits 2 See the UMKC General Education Core (http://catalog.umkc.edu/undergraduate-academic-regulations-information/general-educationrequirements) section of the catalog for available Anchor and Focus course options. Constitution Course Requirement Section 70.0. of the Missouri Revised Statutes, 205, states that all candidates for a degree issued by a college or university in the state of Missouri must have satisfactorily passed an examination on the provisions and principles of the Constitution of the United States and of the state of Missouri, and in American history and American institutions. Courses at UMKC that satisfy this state requirement are: Choose one of the following: 3 CJC 364 The Supreme Court And The Criminal Process HISTORY 0 U.S. History to 877 (Focus C) HISTORY 02 U.S. History Since 877 (Focus C) HISTORY 360R Constitutional History of the United States HONORS 230 Honors American Government (Focus C) POL-SCI 20 American Government (Focus C) Total Credits 3 Course may satisfy both the UMKC General Education Core (Focus C) and Constitution requirements. There are a few other ways this requirement can be satisfied for students transferring to UMKC: Take an equivalent course from the list above at a regionally accredited institution. Earn credit for one of the above courses through AP, IB, or CLEP. Take a course that directly satisfies the Missouri Constitution Requirement at another Missouri institution. Have a previous bachelors degree (or higher) from a regionally accredited institution. Have an Associate of Arts degree from a regionally accredited institution. Complete the 42 Hour Core at a Missouri institution and have it listed on the official transcript. College of Arts & Sciences Degree Requirements Students pursuing the bachelor of arts and bachelor of science degrees must complete a major. Students pursuing the bachelor of liberal arts degree must complete a minor. Additional details are available in the Student Services (http://catalog.umkc.edu/colleges-schools/arts-sciences/studentservices) section of the catalog. ALEKS Math Placement Arts and Humanities Division of CAS 6 Science and Math Division of CAS 6 Social and Behavioral Sciences Division of CAS 6 Writing Intensive Course (300-level or above; Satisfied in program requirements below) Foreign Language (3rd Semester Level) 9 MATH 0 College Algebra (or any 200-level or above Math/Stat course) 2 3 or MATH 6 or MATH 20 Mathematics For Liberal Arts Precalculus Laboratory Science Experience Total Credits 3 2 ENGLISH 0, ENGLISH 225, COMM-ST 0, and foreign language courses at 2 or below do not fulfill this requirement. This requirement may be fulfilled by courses from either the UMKC General Education Core or the College of Arts and Sciences Degree Requirements.

Bachelor of Arts: Creative Writing Emphasis 3 Major Requirements Students must successfully complete the major requirements below with at least 8 of the 36 required hours taken in the department at UMKC with 2 of those hours at the 300-level or above. Genre 3 ENGLISH 23 ENGLISH 24 ENGLISH 25 ENGLISH 26 Literature Introduction To Drama Introduction To Fiction Introduction To Poetry The Craft of Creative Writing ENGLISH 323 Shakespeare 3 Select one of the following sequences: 6 ENGLISH 3 & ENGLISH 32 ENGLISH 37 & ENGLISH 327 ENGLISH 33 & ENGLISH 333 American Literature I and American Literature II British Literature I and British Literature II African American Literature I and African American Literature II Language 3 ENGLISH 30 ENGLISH 320 ENGLISH 330 Introduction To Linguistics/Language Science Structure Of English History Of The English Language Rhetoric 3 ENGLISH 305WI ENGLISH 307WI ENGLISH 308 ENGLISH 309WI ENGLISH 342WI ENGLISH 445 Theory And Practice Of Composition Language, Literacy, Power Rhetorics of New Media Rhetorics of Public Memory Women And Rhetoric History And Principles Of Rhetoric Elective 3 ENGLISH 300CD Cluster Course: American Social Film:Silver Screen&American Dream ENGLISH 300CE Cluster Course: Radical Changes Since 945 ENGLISH 300CQ ENGLISH 300CW ENGLISH 300CY ENGLISH 3 ENGLISH 37 ENGLISH 38 ENGLISH 32 ENGLISH 325 ENGLISH 326 ENGLISH 327 ENGLISH 33 ENGLISH 332WI ENGLISH 333 ENGLISH 336 ENGLISH 342WI ENGLISH 340AWI Cluster Course: Race in American Film Cluster Course: Critical Issues in Women's & Gender Studies Cluster Course: Ancient World/Cinema American Literature I British Literature I Bible As Literature American Literature II Arthurian Legends Modern And Contemporary Irish Literature British Literature II African American Literature I African American Novel African American Literature II Contemporary American Literature Women And Rhetoric Classical Literature in Translation

4 Bachelor of Arts: Creative Writing Emphasis ENGLISH 344WI ENGLISH 345WI ENGLISH 350 ENGLISH 35 ENGLISH 35A Women & Literary Culture: Genre Focus Women And Literary Culture: Historical Focus The 8th Century Novel Special Readings Special Readings: Detective Fiction ENGLISH 355 The Novel Before 900 ENGLISH 356 ENGLISH 360 ENGLISH 365 ENGLISH 365WI ENGLISH 367 ENGLISH 378 ENGLISH 404 ENGLISH 408 ENGLISH 40 ENGLISH 42 ENGLISH 43 ENGLISH 44 ENGLISH 45 ENGLISH 46 ENGLISH 47 ENGLISH 48 ENGLISH 422 ENGLISH 423 ENGLISH 425 ENGLISH 426 ENGLISH 427 ENGLISH 428 ENGLISH 43 ENGLISH 433 ENGLISH 434 ENGLISH 439 ENGLISH 440 ENGLISH 44 ENGLISH 447 ENGLISH 450 ENGLISH 45 ENGLISH 452 Studies in Poetry The Modern Novel Contemporary Novel Contemporary Novel Introduction to Latina/o Literature Asian American Literature Old English Harlem Renaissance Black Women Writers Chaucer Renaissance Literature I Milton Restoration And Early 8th-Century British Literature The Romantic Period Modern Poetry 9th-Century American Literature Medieval Literature Renaissance Literature II 8th-Century British Literature II The Victorian Period Contemporary Poetry 20th-Century American Literature 8th-Century British Literature Histories Of Writing, Reading, And Publishing Postcolonial Literature Shakespeare and Film American Culture Girls And Print Culture Theory and Criticism in English Studies Special Readings Shakespeare Comedies And Histories Early English Drama ENGLISH 453 Modern Drama, 880-945 ENGLISH 455 Studies In The Novel 740-900 ENGLISH 460 ENGLISH 46 ENGLISH 462 ENGLISH 463 ENGLISH 464 ENGLISH 465 ENGLISH 470 Special Offerings Shakespeare Tragedies And Romances Restoration And 8th-Century Drama Contemporary Drama II Medieval Methods & Paleography Studies In The Modern Novel Introduction To Descriptive Linguistics Select one of the following Writing Sequences: 6 ENGLISH 32 & ENGLISH 432WI ENGLISH 32 & ENGLISH 437WI Creative Writing I Fiction and Advanced Creative Writing Prose Creative Writing I Fiction and Prose Forms

Bachelor of Arts: Creative Writing Emphasis 5 ENGLISH 35 & ENGLISH 436WI ENGLISH 35 & ENGLISH 435WI ENGLISH 36WI & ENGLISH 475 Creative Writing Poetry and Poetic Forms Creative Writing Poetry and Advanced Creative Writing Poetry Literary Nonfiction and Creative Nonfiction Select two Additional Writing Courses not included in Writing Sequence, above, from the following: 6 ENGLISH 32 ENGLISH 35 ENGLISH 36WI ENGLISH 432WI ENGLISH 435WI ENGLISH 436WI ENGLISH 437WI ENGLISH 438 ENGLISH 448 ENGLISH 449A ENGLISH 449B Creative Writing I Fiction Creative Writing Poetry Literary Nonfiction Advanced Creative Writing Prose Advanced Creative Writing Poetry Poetic Forms Prose Forms The "New Letters" Writing Conference External Internship Publication Practicum Publication Practicum ENGLISH 475 Creative Nonfiction The following may also qualify as additional writing courses: ENGLISH 33WI ENGLISH 339 ENGLISH 429B ENGLISH 442 ENGLISH 443 COMM-ST 339 COMM-ST 35WI Capstone Experience 2 Reporting Introduction to Screenwriting Advanced Screenwriting Playwriting I Playwriting II Introduction to Film Theory Fundamentals Of Writing For The Media 3 ENGLISH 432WI ENGLISH 435WI ENGLISH 436WI ENGLISH 475 Advanced Creative Writing Prose Advanced Creative Writing Poetry Poetic Forms Creative Nonfiction ENGLISH 437WI Prose Forms ENGLISH 499 Senior Tutorial 3 Total Credits 36 2 3 Requires permission of the Director of Creative Writing or the Director of Undergraduate Studies. Please see the Director of Undergraduate Studies to apply for the Capstone course. All students must complete a Capstone contract, signed by the instructor and submitted to the Director of Undergraduate Studies before the end of the third week of the semester in which the Capstone course is being taken. Students must complete a poetry or prose sequence with distinguished work before applying to a tenure-line faculty member and the Director of Creative Writing or the Director of Undergraduate Studies for permission to enroll in ENGLISH 499. General Electives Students must take elective credit hours to meet the minimum credit hour requirement for their degree, including at least 36 credit hours of coursework at the 300-level or above. The minimum required by the university is 20 credit hours, of which at least 30 credit hours must be taken at UMKC, but some degree programs require more. General Electives 29 Minimum GPA: 2.0 Total Credit Hours: 20

6 Bachelor of Arts: Creative Writing Emphasis Tools for Planning and Fulfilling Academic Requirements UMKC's Major Maps (https://cf.umkc.edu/majormaps) are detailed, semester by semester plans that lead a student to complete all degree requirements within four years. Plans include benchmarks and critical courses by term that assist a student s evaluation of progress and major fit. In order to ensure that the appropriate courses are taken, students are encouraged to consult with the undergraduate advisor for this major. UMKC s Degree Audit System (https://www.umkc.edu/registrar/majors-degrees/planmydegree.asp) provides an individual evaluation of all degree requirements (General Education Core, Degree Specific, Major Specific, etc.) for student s officially recorded (Office of Registration and Records) and what if plans of study. This evaluation is used to certify all graduation requirements.