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 programs (such as the university’s Master of Fine Arts in fiction and nonfiction writing).

Creative writing courses begin during freshman year, unlike many other writing programs. Publishing opportunities include the student literary journal, The Manatee;  the university’s national journal, Amoskeag; high-profile magazines; and literary contests. Students spend classroom and one-on-one time with publishers, agents and editors, and participate in workshops, readings, book-signings and networking events with national bestselling authors and poets.

Our faculty members include critically acclaimed writers who understand the industry, who are joined by nationally renowned visiting writers.  

Students join the university’s Creative Writing Club and the New Hampshire Writers’ 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 an advanced creative writing workshop in which they will complete a senior thesis in a genre of their choosing, such as fiction, poetry, nonfiction or scriptwriting.

 

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