Program Map

Creative Writing - Certificate of Proficiency

Award Type: Certificate of Proficiency
Effective Date: Fall 2023
Learning and Career Pathway
  • Communication, Language & Media

This program map from the 2024-2025 catalog year represents one possible pathway to complete this program. Your pathway may vary depending on your transfer plans and also previous college credit, including AP Test scores, concurrent enrollment courses and high school articulated courses.

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  1. Review this program map to get an overview of the required courses
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Description:

The study of Creative Writing is the study of the craft of artistic written expression. In the Creative Writing program you will develop your craft as a writer and storyteller, working in fiction, poetry, and/or creative nonfiction. Engaging in the writing process and the workshop experience, you will develop your own voice as a writer and your ability to express complex experiences, emotions, and ideas in creative writing.

What can I do with this Major?

A certificate in Creative Writing can take you many places and into many careers. It can prepare you for continued work and study in creative writing, English, and other creative and humanities fields. As a writer and creative, your skills will be useful in many different jobs and areas. The ability to think creatively, to write clearly and powerfully, to provide critical and constructive feedback, and to think deeply about human experience are critical skills.

Critical Course Prerequisite for Other Courses Prerequisite Required Required for Major GE General Education

Semester 1
 
9 units
Required Core Course #1
 
3.0
Take one course from the list of required core courses below
Required Core Course #2
 
3.0
Take one course from the list of required core courses below
List A Course #1
 
3.0
Take one course from List A below
Semester 2
 
6 units
Required Core Course #3
 
3.0
Take one course from the list of required core courses below
List A Course #2
 
3.0
Take one course from List A below
Required Core
 

Required Core: Select three courses from the following for a total of 9 units:

18 units
ENGL 11A
Introduction to Creative Writing (Active)
3.0
ENGL 12A
Beginning Fiction Writing (Active)
3.0
ENGL 13A
Beginning Craft of Writing - Poetry (Active)
3.0
ENGL 11B
Intermediate Creative Writing (Active)
3.0
ENGL 12B
Intermediate Fiction Writing (Active)
3.0
ENGL 13B
Intermediate Craft of Writing - Poetry (Active)
3.0
List A
 

List A: Select two courses from the following list for a total of 6 units:

36 units
ENGL 21
The Evolution of the Black Writer (Active)
3.0
ENGL 20
Studies in Shakespeare (Active)
3.0
ENGL 22
Mexican American/Latinx Literature of the U.S. (Active)
3.0
ENGL 25
Asian-American Literature (Active)
3.0
ENGL 28
Classic and Contemporary Youth Literature (Active)
3.0
ENGL 31
Introduction to Queer Literature (Active)
3.0
ENGL 32
U.S. Women's Literature (Active)
3.0
ENGL 35
Modern and Contemporary U.S. Literature (Active)
3.0
ENGL 41
World Literature (17th Century to the Present) (Active)
3.0
ENGL 45
Studies in Fiction (Active)
3.0
ENGL 48
The Literature of the Holocaust (Active)
3.0
THTR 16A
Introduction to Dramatic Writing (Historical)
3.0
Total Units: 15.0
This program map is not a guarantee of course availability or financial aid applicability.