Creative Writing and Publishing (B.A.)
Creative Writing and Publishing majors complete a minimum of 120 credits to earn a bachelor’s degree, including 41–44 credits of core courses and 39 credits (13 courses) in their major.
| Code | Title | Credits |
|---|---|---|
| Foundation Courses | ||
| CWP-250 | Introduction to Creative Writing | 3 |
| CWP-224 | Elements of Craft | 3 |
| ENG-489 | Critical Writing and Research | 3 |
| ENG-490 | Senior Seminar Capstone | 3 |
| Required Courses | ||
| COM-357 | Editing and Publishing | 3 |
| CWP-395 | Special Topics in Creative Writing | 3 |
| CWP-451 | Advanced Creative Writing | 3 |
| Elective Courses | ||
| Select nine credits from the following: | 9 | |
| Podcasting | ||
| Book Publishing in the United States | ||
| Travel Writing | ||
| Writing for Public Relations | ||
| Internship | ||
| Social Media Strategies | ||
| Women's Magazines and the Construction of Gender | ||
| Feature Writing | ||
| Internship | ||
| Screenwriting | ||
| Special Topics in Creative Writing | ||
| Independent Study | ||
| Advanced Composition | ||
| Literary Nonfiction | ||
| Digital Cinematography-Narrative Film Production | ||
| Animated Films | ||
| Horror and Gender | ||
| Adobe Indesign | ||
| Digital Drawing: Art & Business | ||
| WordPress | ||
| Web Design | ||
| Introduction to Illustration: Pictures for People | ||
| Introduction to Graphic Design | ||
| Introduction to Illustration: Visual Narrative | ||
| Introduction to Digital Photography | ||
| Introduction to Film Photography | ||
| Illustrating Worlds: Cyborgs, Aliens, and Elves | ||
| Sequential Art: Comics and Graphic Novels | ||
| Illumination: Illustrated Books | ||
| Principles of Marketing | ||
| Literature Courses | ||
| Select three of the following: | 9 | |
| Introduction to Literature | ||
| Contemporary Global Literature | ||
| Myth and Symbol | ||
| Elements of Modernism in Twentieth-Century American Literature | ||
| Literature and Medicine | ||
| African American Literature | ||
| Food and Literature | ||
| The Romantic Revolution | ||
| Victorian Literature | ||
| British Modernism and the End of Empire | ||
| Witches in American Literature | ||
| Film and Literature | ||
| Introduction to Literary Theory and Criticism | ||
| Advanced Composition | ||
| America in the Graphic Novel | ||
| Fairy Tales and Fantastic Literature | ||
| Speculative Literature | ||
| The American Literary Renaissance | ||
| Realism and Naturalism in Nineteenth- Century American Literature | ||
| The Harlem Renaissance | ||
| Literary Nonfiction | ||
| British Literature from Beowulf to Everyman | ||
| Restoration and Eighteenth- Century British Literature | ||
| Young Adult Literature | ||
| The Inklings: C.S. Lewis, J.R.R. Tolkien and their Circle | ||
| Literary Landscape of Newport | ||
| The Catholic Imagination in Modern Literature | ||
| Modern Irish Writers | ||
| Literature of Place | ||
| Afrofuturism in Literature and Culture | ||
| Studies in World Literature | ||
| Post-Colonial Literature | ||
| Literature From the Middle East | ||
| The World of Jane Austen | ||
| Women Novelists | ||
| Special Topics in Literature | ||
| British and American Novels After 9/11 | ||
| Seminar in Major Authors | ||
| Total Credits | 39 | |
Degree Plan for Creative Writing and Publishing (B.A.)
| First Year | ||
|---|---|---|
| Fall | Credits | |
| STU-101 | First Year Studio | 1 |
| WRT-105 | College Writing and Research Intensive 1 | 3 |
| CWP-250 | Introduction to Creative Writing | 3 |
| RTS-105 or PHL-105 |
Faith, Mercy, Justice in the 21st Century 2 or Finding Your Moral Compass |
3 |
| Core Course | 3 | |
| Core Course | 3 | |
| Credits | 16 | |
| Spring | ||
| CWP-224 | Elements of Craft | 3 |
| PHL-105 or RTS-105 |
Finding Your Moral Compass 2 or Faith, Mercy, Justice in the 21st Century |
3 |
| Core Course | 3 | |
| Core Course | 3 | |
| Core Course | 3 | |
| Credits | 15 | |
| Second Year | ||
| Fall | ||
| STU-201 | Sophomore Studio 3 | 1 |
| CWP-395 | Special Topics in Creative Writing | 3 |
| Creative Writing & Publishing Elective | 3 | |
| Core Course | 3 | |
| Core Course | 3 | |
| Elective | 3 | |
| Credits | 16 | |
| Spring | ||
| CWP-395 | Special Topics in Creative Writing | 3 |
| Literature Elective | 3 | |
| Core Course | 3 | |
| Core Course | 3 | |
| Elective | 3 | |
| Credits | 15 | |
| Third Year | ||
| Fall | ||
| Creative Writing & Publishing Elective | 3 | |
| Literature Elective | 3 | |
| Elective | 3 | |
| Elective | 3 | |
| Elective | 3 | |
| Credits | 15 | |
| Spring | ||
| COM-357 | Editing and Publishing | 3 |
| Creative Writing & Publishing Elective | 3 | |
| Literature Elective | 3 | |
| Elective | 3 | |
| Elective | 3 | |
| Credits | 15 | |
| Fourth Year | ||
| Fall | ||
| CWP-451 | Advanced Creative Writing | 3 |
| ENG-489 | Critical Writing and Research | 3 |
| Elective | 3 | |
| Elective | 3 | |
| Elective | 3 | |
| Credits | 15 | |
| Spring | ||
| ENG-490 | Senior Seminar Capstone | 3 |
| Elective 4 | 3 | |
| Elective | 3 | |
| Elective | 3 | |
| Elective | 3 | |
| Credits | 15 | |
| Total Credits | 122 | |
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The first-year writing requirement may be fulfilled by completing WRT-105 in either the fall or spring semester. Alternately, a student may opt for the two-course sequence, completing WRT-102 in the fall and WRT-103 in the spring.
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One each semester.
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This weekend workshop may be taken in either the fall or spring semester of sophomore year.
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Students pursuing the M.F.A. in Creative Writing through Salve's combined degree program are required to take graduate courses in winter and spring of senior year. Consult the graduate catalog and graduate advisor.