Creative Writing Concentration
Hone your personal creative voice and study the art of creatively stringing words together to create meaning, inspire action, and tell a story – from social media to children’s books.
Develop who you are as a writer.
If you don’t go a day without writing—journal entries, blog posts, poetry, impassioned emails, or witty social media updates to friends—the Creative Writing concentration offers a rewarding way for you to develop the practice.
This concentration is designed for students inspired to pursue their own artistic vision. You’ll study the craft and discipline of writing, learn how writers create their unique voices, and explore world literature. You’ll have opportunities to study—and participate in—personal and group performance at Champlain and beyond. With our Creative Writing concentration, you will develop your individual style and add versatile skills to a toolbox that can be used in a variety of career settings. Through courses in this concentration, you can:
- Pursue your artistic vision through developing your unique voice.
- Study contemporary and historical writing from various world regions.
- Build your portfolio so you can show the world what you can do.
Courses in the Creative Writing Concentration
All Creative Media students are required to select a Primary Area of Focus and a Complementary Area of Focus. Shown here is the curriculum for the 24-credit Primary Area of Focus. If you choose Creative Writing as a 12-credit Complementary Area of Focus, requirements will differ from those shown.
8 courses through at least the 300 level are required for Creative Writing Primary Focus Area
Choose at least one of the following:
- WRT 220: Creative Writing 2
- WRT 221: Poetry Workshop 1
- WRT 226: Fiction Workshop 1
- WRT 237: Telling True Stories 1
Primary area electives:
- WRT 180: Introduction to Songwriting
- WRT 200: Fundamentals of Journalism
- WRT 235: Picture Book Writing & Publishing
- WRT 236: Writing About Food
- WRT 280: Reading & Writing/Wilderness
- WRT 324: Poetry Workshop 2
- WRT 325: Fiction Workshop 2
- WRT 327: Seminar in Playwriting
- WRT 337: Telling True Stories 2
- WRT 346: Professional Pathways in Publishing
- FLM 128: Screenwriting I
- FLM 328: Screenwriting II
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Areas of Study
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Creative Arts & Communication
With many majors to choose from, you decide how to bring your ideas to life and communicate them to the world.
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More Inside Creative Writing Concentration
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Overview
Hone your personal creative voice and study the art of creatively stringing words together to create meaning, inspire action, and tell a story – from social media to children’s books.
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Curriculum
Your career in creative media begins now with Champlain’s Upside-Down Curriculum. Discover the difference that doing on day one has on your success.
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Faculty
Earn a meaningful degree that will prepare you for work. Champlain offers a variety of human studies majors that will teach you how to make a difference.