Department of English

Registration Guidelines

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

Fall 2024 Nonfiction Writing Program Courses

This is a provisional list of courses. A final list will be available before pre-registration.

*Denotes new course

Introductory (no prerequisites)

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

Intermediate (no prerequisites)

  • ENGL 1030J, Editing Theory and Practice (Hipchen)*
  • ENGL 1050A, Narrative (Hardy)
  • ENGL 1050F, Line Work: Experiments in Short Forms (Stewart)
  • ENGL 1050G, Journalism Practicum (Lake)
  • ENGL 1050J, Multimedia Storytelling (Stewart)
  • ENGL 1050Q, Writing the Family (Hipchen)
  • ENGL 1050V, Writing Wonder, Joy and Awe (Talusan)

Advanced

  • ENGL 1140A, Intellectual Pleasures (Stanley)
  • ENGL 1160P, Writing Climate, Writing Community (Schapira)
  • ENGL 1180R, Travel Writing: Personal and Cultural Narratives
  • ENGL 1180Z, Healthcare Journalism (Lake)
  • ENGL 1190U, Nature Writing (Ward)
  • ENGL 1191B, Prison Notebooks (Jackson)

Spring 2025 Nonfiction Writing Program Courses

This is a provisional list of courses. A final list will be available before pre-registration.

*Denotes new course

Introductory (no prerequisites)

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

Intermediate (no prerequisites)

  • ENGL 1030G, Backstory (Hardy)
  • ENGL 1050B, True Stories (Schapira)
  • ENGL 1050E, Sportswriting (Readey)
  • ENGL 1050Z, Audio/Video Storytelling (Lake)*
  • ENGL 1050A, The Art of the Interview (Lake)*

Advanced

  • ENGL 1181B, Memoirs of Migration (Talusan)*
  • ENGL 1190X, Nonfiction Now (Stewart/Talusan)
  • 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.