Creative Writing Minor
Coordinator: Greg Wrenn
Email: wrenngj@jmu.edu
Phone: 540-568-3761
Creative Writing Minor Website
Program Description
The cross disciplinary minor in creative writing is designed to encourage students to develop their writing talents across a number of literary forms and communication contexts.
Course offerings in poetry, fiction, creative nonfiction, scriptwriting, screen- and playwriting give students the opportunity to shape the minor to suit a variety of artistic interests and professional objectives. With the choice of at least one course from a group involving advanced topics, narrative and poetic forms, media criticism and film analysis, students will gain informed perspectives on current issues affecting readers, viewers, writers and their creative works. These courses support the core workshop courses and are vital to competence in the field. Students electing this minor may acquire more information from the creative writing advisor of the Department of English, the School of Media Arts and Design or the School of Theatre and Dance.