Creative Writing Concentration

For Undergraduate English Majors

As an English major, you design your own concentration — a program of study based on your areas of interest, organized around a controlling theme or topic — with the help of your advisor. Below are some recommendations for students interested in this area.

Recommended Courses

Recommended Experiences

Recommended Reading

Career Opportunities

  • Editor (magazines, book publishers, literary and trade journals, professional publications, web)
  • Writer/copywriter (magazine, newspaper, advertising, business)
  • Commercial, independent, and university publishing (editing, marketing, literary agent, sales)
  • Teaching (following a graduate degree)
  • Management/directing of nonprofit organizations (which might include your own magazine, literary centers, a lecture series, etc.)