Creative Writing Certificate Requirements

These courses are required for a Creative Writing certificate.

Certificate in Creative Writing

Required Courses (6 Credits):

Course List
Code	Title	Credits
ENGL 226	Introduction to Creative Writing	3
ENGL 271	Reading and Writing about Texts	3
Choose two of the following (6 credits):
ENGL 306	Creative Writing: Fiction	3
ENGL 308	The Art of Writing Nonfiction	3
ENGL 413	The Art of Writing: Poetry	3
ENGL 414	The Art of Writing: Fiction	3

Notes:

English 271 can double-count toward the English major or minor and the CW Certificate (the remaining 3 courses will not count for the major or minor if being applied to the CW Certificate).
Students who pursue both the Writing and Editing Certificate and The Creative Writing Certificate, may apply the credits of one course (either English 226, English 308, or English 408) to count for both certificates.

The requirements on this page are pulled from UND’s academic catalog and may not reflect future terms. Updates are published annually in April.

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