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MAJOR

Creative Writing

Major

Overview

A program that focuses on the process and techniques of original composition in various literary forms such as the short story, poetry, the novel, and others. Includes instruction in technical and editorial skills, criticism, and the marketing of finished manuscripts.

Careers Related to This Major

English Language and Literature ...

GROWTH

2.1%

MOST COMMON EDUCATION

Doctoral or professional degree

Editors

GROWTH

-7.3%

MOST COMMON EDUCATION

Bachelor's degree

Writers and Authors

GROWTH

-2.3%

MOST COMMON EDUCATION

Bachelor's degree

Poets, Lyricists and Creative Wr...

GROWTH

-2.3%

MOST COMMON EDUCATION

Bachelor's degree

Leaders Who Majored in Creative Writing

Michael Asmus

Associate Producer,

"A Lie to Die For"

Jedidiah Jenkins

Author

Mike Henry

Slam Poet,

Austin Slam Poetry

Gabrielle Lee

Contracts Administrator,

NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory

Beverly Donofrio

Writer

Megan McKinley Thomas

Associate Director of Donor Relations and Engagement,

N Street Village

Eileen Pollack

Professor,

University of Michigan - Helen Zell MFA Program

Jad Abumrad

Host,

RadioLab

Curtis Crisler

Associate Professor of English,

Purdue University Fort Wayne

J.A. Moad II

Pilot/Writer/Professor,

Delta Airlines/War, Literature & the Arts

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General Literature

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Writing, General

Mass Communications

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