Dec 03, 2024

2023-2024 Southeastern University - Undergraduate Catalog

2023-2024 Southeastern University - Undergraduate Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

Bachelor of Fine Arts, Creative Writing

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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.

Total Program Hours- 120 Credit Hours

2023-24 Foundational Core - 34 Credit Hours

SEU Foundations - 3 Credit Hours

CORE 1111 - COMMUNITY AND COLLEGE SUCCESS Credits: 1
CORE 1112 - DIVINE DESIGN AND MISSIONAL VOCATION Credits: 2

Worldview Formation - 9 Credit Hours

BIBL 1113 - THE STORY OF SCRIPTURE Credits: 3
THEO 1213 - LIVED THEOLOGY Credits: 3
CORE 3113 - WORLDVIEW AND COMPLEX PROBLEMS SEMINAR Credits: 3

Habits of Inquiry - 22 Credit Hours

Major Core- 44 Credit Hours

Writing- 3 Credit Hours

ENGL 3013 - CREATIVE WRITING Credits: 3

Writing- Advanced Genre Writing (12 Credit Hours)

(Poetry, Fiction, Nonfiction) up to four times (3 credit hours X 4 semesters)

ENGL 4143 - ADVANCED POETRY WRITING Credits: 3
ENGL 4153 - ADVANCED FICTION WRITING Credits: 3
ENGL 4163 - ADVANCED CREATIVE NONFICTION Credits: 3

Language Requirement- 8 Credit Hours

Beginning Level (Both must be the same language - part 1 & part 2)

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

Literature- 9 Credit Hours

Any ENGL course above the 3000 level - Select Three

ENGL 3213 - MAJOR AUTHOR STUDY Credits: 3
ENGL 3633 - AMERICAN LITERATURE Credits: 3
ENGL 3833 - YOUNG ADULT LITERATURE Credits: 3
ENGL 3843 - LATIN AMERICAN LITERATURE Credits: 3
ENGL 3933 - AFRICAN AMERICAN LITERATURE Credits: 3
ENGL 4133 - INTRODUCTION TO SHAKESPEARE Credits: 3
ENGL 4323 - HISTORY OF THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE Credits: 3
ENGL 4333 - WORLD LITERATURE Credits: 3
ENGL 4343 - NATIVE AMERICAN LIT & CULTURE Credits: 3
ENGL 4533 - CONTEMPORARY LIT Credits: 3
ENGL 4633 - SPECIAL TOPICS IN LANGUAGE & LIT Credits: 3

Major Core Elective- 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 4453 - ADVANCED DIGITAL REPORTING Credits: 3
COMM 4743 - SCREENWRITING II Credits: 3
ENGL 3333 - ADVANCED GRAMMAR Credits: 3
ENGL 3433 - ADVANCED EXPOSITORY WRITING Credits: 3
ENGL 4323 - HISTORY OF THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE Credits: 3
ENGL 4433 - ORAL INTERPRETATION Credits: 3

Divine Design (Major Specific Experiential Learning)- 3 Credit Hours

ENGL 2553 - JOURNAL EDITING Credits: 1-3 Variable Credit
ENGL 3203 - ENGLISH PRACTICUM Credits: 1-3 Variable Credit

Divine Design- 39 Credit Hours

To meet the Divine Design requirement, students may earn credit hours in general elective courses, declared minors/certificates, or enjoy other experiential learning opportunities such as study abroad, internships, or practicums. Other practicum options include PRAC 1001 (1 credit hour), PRAC 1002 (2 credit hours), PRAC 1003 (3 credit hours), PRAC 1004 (4 credit hours), up to 24 credit hours. General Electives are any college-level course that does not satisfy the above program requirements. Students must complete the above program requirements with the remaining credit hours earned in the Divine Design to meet the total program hours.