The B.A. major in English with a Concentration in Creative Writing allows students to engage with a community of learning through courses focused on the activity of creative writing. The concentration represents a full spectrum of courses from beginning to advanced. Small classes and workshops ensure close collaboration between the faculty and the student. Workshops are taught by the graduate creative writing faculty, all published, award-winning writers.

Students pursuing a B.A. in English with a Concentration in Creative Writing should use the Academic Bulletin year appropriate for your year of matriculation.

Requirements for English B.A. degrees with a Concentration in Creative Writing can be found by clicking on the relevant Bulletin below:

Find your requirements by choosing the year you entered IU.

Students interested in pursuing an M.F.A. in Creative Writing should consider completing the major’s concentration in creative writing.

For advice in planning a course of study, students should consult their departmental advisor and the department’s website.

Each semester, the department publishes detailed descriptions of courses to be offered the following semester.