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• Writing Option for Undergraduate English Concentrators
• Minor Program in English and Creative Writing
• Interdisciplinary Opportunities Option for College Students
• The Masters of Arts Program in the Humanities (MAPH) Writing Option

Students who are not English majors may complete a minor in English and Creative Writing. Such a minor requires six courses plus a portfolio of creative work. At least two of the required courses must be Creative Writing (CRWR) courses, with at least one at the intermediate or advanced level. The remaining required courses must be taken in the English department (ENGL) and must include ENGL 10100 (Critical Perspectives). In addition, students must submit a portfolio of their work (e.g., a selection of poems, one or two short stories or chapters from a novel, a substantial part or the whole of a play, two or three nonfiction pieces) to the Associate Chair for Undergraduate Studies in the English department by the end of the sixth week in the quarter in which they plan to graduate.

Students who elect the minor program in English and Creative Writing must meet with the Associate Chair for Undergraduate Studies in the English department before the end of Spring Quarter of their third year to declare their intention to complete the minor. Students choose courses in consultation with the associate chair. The associate chair's approval for the minor program should be submitted to a student's College adviser by the deadline above on a form obtained from the adviser.

NOTE: Students completing this minor will not be given enrollment preference for CRWR courses, and they must follow all relevant admission procedures described at http://creativewriting.uchicago.edu.

Courses in the minor (1) may not be double counted with the student's major(s) or with other minors and (2) may not be counted toward general education requirements. Courses in the minor must be taken for quality grades, and at least half of the requirements for the minor must be met by registering for courses bearing University of Chicago course numbers.

Requirements follow for the minor program:

• 2 CRWR courses (at least one at the intermediate or advanced level)
• 1 ENGL 10100 (Critical Perspectives)
• 3 CRWR or ENGL electives
• a portfolio of the student's work