Program: Bachelor of Fine Arts, Creative Writing - Southeastern University - Modern Campus Catalog™

May 12, 2025

2022-2023 Southeastern University - Undergraduate Catalog

Bachelor of Fine Arts, Creative Writing - 4-Year Degree Plan

Program Description

The BFA in Creative Writing equips students with the practical and technical skills that form a foundation for creative and professional writing. It prepares students for careers in writing, while inspiring the creativity that is a necessary ingredient to success. Graduates of the BFA program will demonstrate a thorough knowledge of the writing process that can be adapted and applied in any career field. They will master the tools of the craft, as well as develop strategies for entering the workplace, publishing their creative work, and continuing to develop the art of Creative Writing.

Program Objectives

Demonstrate a thorough knowledge of thematic development, description, and employment of literary devices suitable to the genre.
Analyze selected texts to consider how they are structured, and read individual stories, books, or poems, analyzing them from a writer’s point of view, considering tools of the craft.
Analyze the literary market and develop strategies for publication.
Apply revision and self-editing techniques to clarify and strengthen original writing.
Demonstrate a mastery of the reading or recitation of literary texts in public space.
Articulate how their faith influences and is reflected in their writing.

Foundational Core - 55 Credit Hours

Intellectual & Practical Skills - 15 Credit Hours

COMM 1433 - FUNDAMENTALS OF SPEECH Credits: 3
ENGL 1133 - ENGLISH COMPOSITION I Credits: 3
ENGL 1233 - ENGLISH COMPOSITION II Credits: 3

Mathematics: Select Two (2) of the Following - 6 Credit Hours

MATH 1213 - COLLEGE ALGEBRA Credits: 3
MATH 1313 - TOPICS IN MATHEMATICS Credits: 3
MATH 1323 - EXPLORATION IN MATHEMATICS Credits: 3
MATH 1413 - PRECALCULUS Credits: 3
MATH 2023 - INTRODUCTION TO PROBABILITY AND STATISTICS Credits: 3
MATH 2144 - CALCULUS I Credits: 4

Engaging Human Culture & the Natural World - 19 Credit Hours

Natural Science with Lab - Select One (1) Course & Lab from the Following - 4 Credit Hours

BIOL 1233 - BIOLOGY I Credits: 3
BIOL 123L - BIOLOGY I LAB Credits: 1
BIOL 1333 - ESSENTIALS OF HUMAN ANATOMY & PHYSI Credits: 3
BIOL 133L - ESSENT OF ANATOMY & PHYSIOLOGY LAB Credits: 1
CHEM 1213 - INTRO TO CHEMISTRY Credits: 3
CHEM 121L - INTRO TO CHEMISTRY LAB Credits: 1
NSCI 1033 - LIFE SCIENCE Credits: 3
NSCI 103L - LIFE SCIENCE LAB Credits: 1
NSCI 1433 - BOTANY Credits: 3
NSCI 143L - BOTANY LAB Credits: 1
NSCI 2033 - ASTRONOMY AND EARTH SCIENCE Credits: 3
NSCI 2233 - ASTRONOMY Credits: 3
NSCI 223L - ASTRONOMY LAB Credits: 1
NSCI 2433 - INVERTEBRATE & VERTEBRATE DIVERSITY Credits: 3
NSCI 243L - INVERTEBRATE & VERTEBRATE DIV LAB Credits: 1
NSCI 3333 - ECOLOGY Credits: 3
NSCI 333L - ECOLOGY LAB Credits: 1

Behavioral Science: Select One (1) of the Following - 3 Credit Hours

PSYC 1133 - INTRODUCTION TO PSYCHOLOGY Credits: 3
PSYC 1233 - PERSONAL AND SOCIAL ADJUSTMENT Credits: 3

Social Science: Select One (1) of the Following - 3 Credit Hours

BUSI 2103 - MACROECONOMICS Credits: 3
SSCI 2133 - INTRODUCTION TO SOCIOLOGY Credits: 3
SSCI 2233 - MARRIAGE AND FAMILY Credits: 3

Historical Perspective: Select One (1) of the Following - 3 Credit Hours

HIST 1033 - WORLD CIVILIZATION TO 1600 Credits: 3
HIST 1043 - WORLD CIVILIZATION SINCE 1600 Credits: 3
HIST 2013 - AMERICAN HISTORY TO 1877 Credits: 3
HIST 2023 - AMERICAN HISTORY 1877 TO THE PRESENT Credits: 3

Humanities: Select One (1) of the Following - 3 Credit Hours

ARTV 1503 - SURVEY OF WESTERN ART Credits: 3
COMM 2433 - FILM APPRECIATION Credits: 3
HUMS 2033 - THEATER APPRECIATION Credits: 3
HUMS 2233 - INTRODUCTION TO HUMANITIES Credits: 3
MUSC 1003 - MUSIC APPRECIATION Credits: 3
MUSC 1103 - HISTORY OF JAZZ Credits: 3
MUSC 1223 - HIP HOP AND AMERICAN CULTURE Credits: 3

Literature: Select One (1) of the Following - 3 Credit Hours

ENGL 2133 - INTRODUCTION TO LITERATURE Credits: 3
ENGL 2513 - BRITISH LITERATURE I Credits: 3
ENGL 2523 - BRITISH LITERATURE II Credits: 3
ENGL 3633 - AMERICAN LITERATURE Credits: 3
ENGL 3933 - AFRICAN AMERICAN LITERATURE Credits: 3
ENGL 4343 - NATIVE AMERICAN LIT & CULTURE Credits: 3

Spiritual Formation - 12 Credit Hours

BINT 1533 - THE NEW TESTAMENT INTERPRETATION Credits: 3
BIOT 1433 - THE OLD TESTAMENT INTERPRETATION Credits: 3
HUMS 3113 - INEGRATING FAITH IN THE HUMANITIES Credits: 3
THEO 2123 - CHRISTIAN THOUGHT AND PRACTICE Credits: 3

Personal & Social Responsibility - 9 Credit Hours

CORE 1122 - SEU 101: COLLEGE AND COMMUNITY Credits: 2
CORE 1222 - SEU 102: PURPOSE AND PRACTICE Credits: 2
CORE 2231 - SEU 201: INTENTIONAL LEADERSHIP Credits: 1
CORE 2241 - SEU 202: EXPERIENTIAL LEADERSHIP Credits: 1

Introduction to Ethics: Select One (1) of the Following - 3 Credit Hours

COMM 2733 - COMMUNICATION ETHICS Credits: 3
THEO 3123 - INTRODUCTION OF ETHICS Credits: 3

Language Requirement (Beginning Level) - 8 Credit Hours

LANG 1144 - ELEMENTARY SPANISH (A) Credits: 4
LANG 1244 - ELEMENTARY SPANISH (B) Credits: 4

Major Core - 39 Credit Hours

Literature - 9 Credit Hours

Select any ENGL course above the 3000 level for a total of 9 credit hours.

Writing - 15 Credit Hours

Advanced Genere Writing (Poetry, Fiction, Nonfiction) may be taken up to four times (3 Credit Hours x 4 Semesters).

Experiential Learning - 3 Credit Hours

ENGL 2553 - JOURNAL EDITING Credits: 1-3 Variable Credit

Major Core Electives: Select Four (4) of the Following - 12 Credit Hours

COMM 2153 - WRITING FOR THE MASS MEDIA Credits: 3
COMM 2323 - INTRODUCTION TO PUBLIC RELATIONS Credits: 3
COMM 2533 - NARRATIVE STRUCTURE IN FILM Credits: 3
COMM 3323 - SOCIAL MEDIA STRATEGY AND CONTENT Credits: 3
COMM 3353 - NARRATIVE JOURNALISM Credits: 3
COMM 3363 - WRITING FOR PUBL RELATIONS & ADVERT Credits: 3
COMM 3613 - NEWS WRITING AND EDITING Credits: 3
COMM 3723 - SCREENWRITING I Credits: 3
COMM 4183 - INTERNATIONAL VISUAL STORYTELLING Credits: 3
COMM 4743 - SCREENWRITING II Credits: 3
ENGL 3333 - ADVANCED GRAMMAR Credits: 3
ENGL 3433 - ADVANCED EXPOSITORY WRITING Credits: 3
ENGL 4433 - ORAL INTERPRETATION Credits: 3
LANG 4633 - SPECIAL TOPICS IN LANGUAGE & LIT Credits: 3

Free Electives - 18 Credit Hours

Total Program - 120 Credit Hours