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Creative Writing (BFA)

Every requirement for the Creative Writing (BFA) at Willamette University, from the catalog, as a checklist.

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60credit hours to graduate
12requirement groups
17courses named

Requirements

Required courses
  • CW 221
  • CW 223
  • CW 224
  • GD 245
  • IM 201
  • IM 301
Interdisciplinary Seminar
about 3 credit hours
  • 3 credits any course · Required seminar; no course code printed in catalog.
Art History (choose 1)
about 3 credit hours
  • 3 credits any course · Choose one of: History of Design Arts, History of Printed Matter, History of Object, Space, and Time, History of Film &
Program Elective (choose 1)
about 3 credit hours
  • 3 credits any course · Choose one of: Production, Fundamentals Interactive Media. No course codes printed.
Program Electives (choose 2)
about 6 credit hours
  • any 2 of CW 323CW 324CW 320ND 301
Additional Elective (choose 1)
about 3 credit hours
  • any 1 of PR 286IL 251IL 264PH 211
Additional Elective (choose 1)
about 3 credit hours
  • 3 credits from PR 286IL 264PH 211IL 252 · Also accepts Fundamentals Interactive Media and Printstallation (no course codes printed).
Editing and Sound Design Elective (choose 1)
about 3 credit hours
  • any 1 of GD 445IL 262PR 286PR 370
Advanced Artist Publications or 400-level Studio Course
about 3 credit hours
  • 3 credits in CW, GD, IL, IM, PH, PR · PR411 Advanced Artist Publications, or any 400-level studio course in AA, CW, DR, GD, IL, IM, PA, PADR, PH, PR, or SC.
Studio Electives
about 9 credit hours
  • 9 credits in CW, GD, IL, IM, PH, PR · Nine additional credits from the listed studio subjects.
Applied Creative Practice
about 3 credit hours
  • 3 credits any course · Listed as a course with no code printed in catalog.
Thesis Project
about 6 credit hours
  • 6 credits any course · Six credits of Thesis Project; no course code printed.

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