Creative Writing 1
Creative Writing
Minor
The Creative Writing Program is an interdisciplinary minor program
offered by the Office of Undergraduate and Interdisciplinary Studies
in the Division of Undergraduate Studies in the College of Letters &
Science. The approved courses students take to satisfy the minor course
requirements are offered by over forty departments and programs
on campus. Interested undergraduate students in any major may
earn an interdepartmental minor in creative writing by completing
the requirements listed in the Minor Requirements tab. For further
information, please also see the Creative Writing Minor website (https://
creative.berkeley.edu/) and the program's Frequently Asked Questions
pages (https://creative.berkeley.edu/faq/).
There is no major program in Creative Writing.
Declaring and Completing the Minor
Information regarding declaring the minor and completing the minor,
including deadlines, is available on the Creative Writing Minor website
(https://creative.berkeley.edu/). See Declaring and Completing (https://
creative.berkeley.edu/declaring-and-completing-2/).
Students who are interested in the Creative Writing minor are encouraged
to subscribe to the Creative Writing minor email list serve to receive
important news about the minor, including special approval courses for
the minor that are not published on the website. To subscribe, email
Students who have a strong interest in an area of study outside their
major often decide to complete a minor program. These programs have
set requirements and are noted officially on the transcript, but are not
noted on diplomas.
General Guidelines
1. All minors must be declared no later than one semester before a
student's Expected Graduation Term (EGT). If the semester before
EGT is fall or spring, the deadline is the last day of RRR week. If
the term before EGT is summer, the deadline is the final Friday of
Summer Sessions. To declare a minor, contact the program advisor
for information on requirements, and the declaration process. This
information is also on the Creative Writing Minor website (https://
creative.berkeley.edu/). See Declaring and Completing (https://
creative.berkeley.edu/declaring-and-completing-2/).
2. Five upper division courses are required, consisting of three
approved courses in creative writing and two approved courses in
literature.
3. All courses taken to fulfill the minor requirements must be taken for
graded credit (a letter grade).
4. A minimum of three of the upper division courses taken to fulfill the
minor requirements must be completed at UC Berkeley.
5. A minimum grade point average (GPA) of 2.0 is required for courses
used to fulfill the minor requirements.
6. Courses used to fulfill the minor requirements may be applied
toward the Seven-Course Breadth requirement for Letters & Science
students.
7. No more than one upper division minor course may be used to
simultaneously fulfill requirements for one major program.
8. All minor requirements must be completed prior to the last day of
finals during the semester in which you plan to graduate. If you
cannot finish all courses required for the minor by that time, please
see a College of Letters & Science adviser.
9. All minor requirements must be completed within the unit ceiling. (For
further information regarding the unit ceiling, please see the College
Requirements tab.)
Course Requirements
Upper Division
Select three courses in creative writing (see below) 1
Select two courses in literature (see below)
1 At least two of the three writing courses must be taken at UC Berkeley.
Students may be allowed to include courses that are not on the
following lists with the approval of the creative writing minor faculty
advisor. It is the responsibility of the student to provide the faculty
advisor with documentary evidence to support the claim of course
eligibility. Contact the creative writing minor student academic advisor
at [email protected] for more information.
Creative Writing
AFRICAM 156AC Poetry for the People: Introduction to the Art of
Poetry
4
AFRICAM 158A Poetry for the People: The Writing and Teaching of
Poetry
4
AFRICAM 158B Poetry for the People: Practicum 4
AFRICAM 164 Spoken Word: Oral Tradition & Transformation
from Poetry to Hip Hop, Standup & Beyond
3
ART 182 Creative Writing for Artists 4
ASAMST 173 Creative Writing 4
COLWRIT 130 Introduction to the Craft of Creative Writing 4
COLWRIT 131 Introduction to the Craft of Creative Nonfiction 3
COLWRIT 132 Introduction to the Craft of Short Fiction 3
COLWRIT 133 Introduction to the Craft of Dramatic Writing 3
COLWRIT 140B Seminar-Workshop in Creative Writing 3
COLWRIT 141 Seminar-Workshop on Creative Writing: The Novel 3
COLWRIT 175 Players, Spectators & Fanatics: Writing on the
Cultures of Sports
3
CRWRIT 120 Reading and Writing Poetry 3
CRWRIT 130 Creative Prose 3
EA LANG 115 Knowing Others, and Being Known: The Art of
Writing People
4
EA LANG 125 The Art of Writing: Writing the Limits of Empathy 4
ENGLISH 141 Modes of Writing (Exposition, Fiction, Verse, Etc.) 4
ENGLISH 143A Short Fiction 4
ENGLISH 143B Verse 4
ENGLISH 143C Long Narrative 4
ENGLISH 143E Playwriting 4
ENGLISH 143N Prose Nonfiction 4
ENGLISH 143T Poetry Translation Workshop 4
ENV DES 101A Writing about Environmental Design: Short
Compositions
3-4
