Credits Required
Total credits in the minor: 16
Credits at CSUMB: Please see Creative Writing and Social Action advisor, Frances Payne Adler.
Prerequisites
Satisfactory completion of the ENGCOM ULR
Outcomes, Courses, and Assessment
You must achieve all of the Learning Outcomes designated below by successfully completing courses or alternative assessment options as described in the section that follows.
LO 1 Basic Competency in Creative Writing ~ Students demonstrate basic skill in the craft of poetry, fiction, and creative nonfiction.
LO 2 Production and Presentation of an Art Project ~ Students produce a portfolio of social action poems and stories that actively responds to a public issue, and present it to a diverse public audience.
LO 3 Understanding of Social, Cultural, Historical, and Political Contexts ~ Students demonstrate informed and ethical reflection on a significant social issue out of which their social action writing emerges.
Courses and Assessment
Complete one of the following introductory-level courses: HCOM 330: Intro Creative Writing; HCOM 330S: Intro to Creative Writing SL; HCOM 331: Visual Art & Creative Writing; HCOM 339S: Creative Writ for Teachers
After completing one of the introductory courses above, complete three of the following: HCOM 332: Poetry Writing Workshop; HCOM 333: Women's Writing Workshop; HCOM 334: Fiction/Creative NonFiction Wr; HCOM 432: Soc Action Wrtg; 432S; or two of the above courses and any single course from within HCOM or across the majors that allows you to do more research into the subject of your social action writing (Note: You must present a rationale that the course is in some way related to your interest in social action writing.)