Creative Writing (B.A.)

Go Tell Your Story

Unleash your creativity with Southern New Hampshire University’s major in creative writing and English.

Prepare for a career in creative writing, publishing, journalism, communications, the law and many other professions, as well as graduate studies in English or creative writing (such as the university’s Master of Fine Arts in fiction and nonfiction writing).

The director, novelist and critic Robert J. Begiebing is supported by our distinguished faculty and nationally renowned visiting writers. Students join the New Hampshire Writer’s Project, the only statewide literary organization for writers of all levels and genres, which is housed on the university’s main campus in Manchester.

Four creative writing workshops are at the heart of the program. Students choose three genre workshops and follow them with the choice of an advanced creative writing workshop. The major also includes a senior thesis in a genre the student chooses, such as fiction, poetry, nonfiction or scriptwriting, for six credits. This project is mentored by two members of the creative writing faculty.

Students must create a portfolio of their best work at SNHU. Students are mentored by core faculty members of their choosing.

Admission to the program requires that the student’s writing samples be evaluated by the faculty.

B.A./B.S. Core
Liberal Arts Core

Creative Writing Major Courses
ENG 350 The English Language
ENG 431 Advanced Creative Writing
LIT 300 Literary Theory
LIT 319 Shakespeare
LIT 485 Senior Thesis in Literature
LIT ELE One 200 level LIT elective
LIT ELE One 400 level LIT elective

Choose Three:
ENG 327 Play Writing Workshop
ENG 328 Poetry Writing Workshop
ENG 329 Fiction Writing Workshop
ENG 330 Nonfiction Writing Workshop

Creative Writing Major Courses
Select three of the following four:
ENG 327 Playwriting Workshop
ENG 328 Poetry Writing Workshop
ENG 329 Fiction Writing Workshop
ENG 330 Nonfiction Writing Workshop
ENG 431 Advanced Creative Writing
ENG 485 Senior Thesis in Creative Writing

Graduation Requirements
SNHU 101 First Year Seminar: Foundations in Critical Thinking
Five free electives