Department of English

Registration Guidelines

The Nonfiction Writing program like other concentrations has guidelines that must be followed to complete the track.

Fall 2023 Nonfiction Writing Program Courses

Introductory (no prerequisites)

  • ENGL0900 Critical Reading and Writing I: The Academic Essay
  • ENGL0930 Introduction to Creative Nonfiction

Intermediate (no prerequisites)

  • ENGL 1050G, Journalism Practicum (Lake)
  • ENGL 1050U, Writing Graphic Memoir (Hipchen)
  • ENGL 1050W, Memoir and Autofiction in the Asian American Diaspora (Talusan)

Advanced

  • ENGL 1140B, The Public Intellectual (Stanley)
  • ENGL 1140D, Writing Diversity (Jackson)
  • ENGL 1180H, Satire and Humor Writing (Readey)
  • ENGL 1180I, Writing Medical Narrative (Schapira)
  • ENGL 1180P, Further Adventures in Creative Nonfiction (Hardy)
  • ENGL 1180Z, Healthcare Journalism (Lake)
  • ENGL 1190U, Nature Writing (Ward)
  • ENGL 1190X, Nonfiction Now (Rush, Stewart)
  • ENGL 1190Y, Editing as Revision (Hipchen)

Spring 2024 Nonfiction Writing Program Courses

Introductory (no prerequisites)

  • ENGL 0900 Critical Reading and Writing I: The Academic Essay
  • ENGL 0930 Introduction to Creative Nonfiction

Intermediate (no prerequisites)

  • ENGL 1030F, The Artist in the Archives (Stewart)
  • ENGL 1030H, Black Popular Culture and Social Movements (Jackson)
  • ENGL 1050A, Narrative (Hardy)
  • ENGL 1050F, Line Work: Experiments in Short-Form Writing (Stewart)
  • ENGL 1050H, Writing Journalism
  • ENGL 1050O, Writing the Asian American Experience (Talusan)
  • ENGL 1050Q, Writing the Family (Hipchen)
  • ENGL 1050T, Writing with Literature (Hipchen/Egan)
  • ENGL 1050V, Writing Wonder, Joy and Awe (Talusan)

Advanced

  • ENGL 1140A, Intellectual Pleasures: Reading/Writing the Literary Text (Stanley)
  • ENGL 1160P, Writing Climate, Writing Community (Schapira)
  • ENGL 1180Y, City Journalism (Lake)
  • ENGL 1190Z, The Art of Craft (Ward)

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

The Nonfiction Writing Honors Program is intended for students who have been highly successful in their English concentration work.