Bachelor of Arts in Creative Writing excerpted from the San Francisco State
University Bulletin 2021-2022 http://bulletin.sfsu.edu/colleges/liberal-creative-
arts/creative-writing/ba-creative-writing/#degreerequirementstext.
Creative Writing
Bachelor of Arts— 42 units
A. Fundamentals (6 units) Fundamentals
of Creative Writing and Fundamentals of Creative
Reading are prerequisites to all other Creative
Writing courses. C W 302
is also a prerequisite to all
upper-division English literature courses. C W 302
must be taken at SF State. Upon completion of
C W 302, courses from Section E may be taken at
any time. C W 301 and C W 302 may be taken
concurrently.
Course List
Code
Title
Units
C W 301
Fundamentals of Creative Writing
3
C W 302
Fundamentals of Creative Reading
3
B. Craft (3 units) One course in the Craft
Area selected from the following (must be taken after
C W 301 and C W 302
and BEFORE workshop
course).
Course List
Code
Title
Units
C W 511GW
Craft of Poetry - GWAR
3
C W 512GW
Craft of Fiction - GWAR
3
C W 513GW
Craft of Playwriting - GWAR
3
C. Creative Process/Workshop (12
uni
ts)
Course List
Code
Units
C W 506
3
C W 507
3
C W 508
3
C W 514
3
C W 520
3
C W 550
3
C W 602
3
C W 603
3
C W 604
3
Course List
Code
Units
C W/TH A
605
1
3
C W 609
3
C W 640
3
C W 675
3
C W 685
3
C W 699
1-3
D. Variable Topics Course (3 units)
Course List
Code
Title
Units
C W 510
The Creative Process
3
C W 600
Special Topics in Writing
3
E. Revision Course (3 units)
Course List
Code
Title
Units
C W 606
Art of Revision: from Draft to Manuscript
3
F. Capstone Course (3 units)
Course List
Code
Title
Units
C W 601
Work in Progress
3
G. Courses in the Literature Areas
(12 units)
Course List
Code
Title
Units
AA S 322
Chinese American Language and
Literature
3
AA S 332
Japanese American Art and
Literature
3
AA S 352
Filipina/o American Literature, Art,
and Culture
3
AA S 372
Vietnamese American Literature
3
Bachelor of Arts in Creative Writing excerpted from the San Francisco State
University Bulletin 2021-2022 http://bulletin.sfsu.edu/colleges/liberal-creative-
arts/creative-writing/ba-creative-writing/#degreerequirementstext.
Course List
Code
Title
Units
AA S 512
Asian American
Children's/Adolescent Literature
3
AA S 582
Asian American Women's
Literature and the Arts
3
AFRS 400
Black Arts and Humanities
3
AFRS 411
African and African American
Literature
3
AFRS 645
Literature of the Harlem
Renaissance
3
AFRS 646
Frantz Fanon's Psychology of
Violence, Negation, and Liberation
3
AIS 360
Modern American Indian Authors
3
ARAB 400
Islam and Fiction in English
3
CHIN 600
Topics in Chinese Language,
Literature, and Culture in English
3
CHIN 601GW
The Poetic Tradition - GWAR
3
CHIN 602
The Narrative Tradition
3
CHIN
611GW
The Revolutionary Tradition in
Modern Chinese Literature
-
GWAR
3
CLAS 410
Ancient Greek Literature
3
CLAS 415
Ancient Roman Literature
3
C W 465
Modern Greek Poetry in
Comparative Perspective
3
C W 497
Modern Greek Literature
3
CWL 420
Studies in Comparative Literature
3
CWL 421
Celtic Literature
3
CWL 423
Going Medieval: Medieval
Literature and Contemporary
Adaptations
3
CWL 424
Multicultural Middle Ages
3
CWL 432
From Ghost Stories to Short Stories:
Japanese Fiction in Comparative
Contexts
3
CWL 440
"Typical American": Narratives of
Multiculturalism in the Americas
from 1492 to the Present
3
CWL 450
Literary Crossings
3
CWL 465
Modern Greek Poetry in
Comparative Perspective
3
CWL 520
Modern Prose of the Americas
3
ENG 398
Greek American Literature
3
ENG 401
Introduction to Writing Studies
3
ENG 418
Grammar for Writers
3
ENG 420
Introduction to the Study of
Language
3
ENG 422
History of the English Language
3
ENG 429
Stylistics
3
ENG 460
Literature in English to 1800
3
Course List
Code
Title
Units
ENG 461
Literature in English Since 1800
3
ENG 465
Post-Apocalyptic Science Fiction
3
ENG 495
Digital Humanities and Literacies
3
ENG 501
Age of Chaucer
3
ENG 510
The Age of Wit
3
ENG 514
Age of the Romantics
3
ENG 524
Contemporary American Short
Story
3
ENG 525
Studies in American Literature
3
ENG 526
Age of the American Renaissance:
1830-1860
3
ENG 527
American Literature: 1860-1914
3
ENG 528
American Literature: 1914-1960
3
ENG 535
Literature and Ecology
3
ENG 546
20th Century American Jewish
Women Writers
3
ENG 550
The Rise of the Novel
3
ENG 552
Modern British Novel
3
ENG 553
Classic American Novel
3
ENG 554
Modern American Novel
3
ENG 555
The Short Story
3
ENG 558
Early Twentieth Century Poetry in
the United States
3
ENG 559
Middle and Late Twentieth Century
Poetry in the United States
3
ENG 570
Medieval and Renaissance Drama
3
ENG 571
Shakespeare's Rivals
3
ENG 573
American Drama
3
ENG 574
Modern British Drama
3
ENG 580
Individual Authors
3
ENG 581
Jane Austen
3
ENG 583
Shakespeare: Representative Plays
3
ENG 584
Shakespeare: Selected Plays
3
ENG 589
Milton
3
ENG 600
Theory of Literature
3
ENG 601
Literature and Psychology
3
ENG 602
Literature and Society
3
ENG 611
Modern Criticism
3
ENG 612
Serial Narrative
3
ENG 614
Women in Literature: Authors and
Characters
3
ENG 615
Imagery, Metaphor, and Symbol
3
ENG 630
Selected Studies
3
ENG 633
Queer(ing) Narrative Literature
3
ENG 658
South African Literature
3
GER 613
Weimar Literature
3
Bachelor of Arts in Creative Writing excerpted from the San Francisco State
University Bulletin 2021-2022 http://bulletin.sfsu.edu/colleges/liberal-creative-
arts/creative-writing/ba-creative-writing/#degreerequirementstext.
Course List
Code
Title
Units
GER 616
Postwar German Literature: The
Past as Present
3
HUM 390
Images of Eroticism
3
HUM 410
The Modern Revolution
3
HUM 415
Contemporary Culture
3
HUM 425
Thought and Image: Humanities
3
HUM 432
Nietzsche and Postmodernism
3
HUM 470
American Autobiography
3
HUM 550
The Art of Autobiography
3
JS 437
Holocaust and Literature
3
JS 451
Jewish Literature of the Americas
3
JS 480
European Jewish Writers
3
JS 485
Modern Israeli Literature
3
JS 546
20th Century American Jewish
Women Writers
3
LTNS 305
Latina/o Studies Creative Writing
Workshop
3
LTNS 455
Resistance Literature of the
Americas
3
LTNS 560
Contemporary Latina/o Literature
3
LTNS 679
Central American Literature: Roots
to the Present
3
MGS 452
Forster, Durrell, and Cavafy
3
MGS 497
Modern Greek Literature
3
MGS 555
Introduction to Modern Greek
Literary Texts
3
RRS 360
Cultural Dialogues and Ethnic
Literature
3
RRS 450
Contemporary Arabic and Arab
American Literature
3
WGS 541
Women Writers and Social Change
3
WGS 548
Literature by U.S. Women of Color
3
WGS 551
Queer Literatures and Media
3
WGS 564
Women Writers and the Politics of
Decolonization
3
1
May be taken for two semesters of credit.
2
May be taken for three semesters of credit.
Complementary Studies
Bachelor of Arts students must complete at least 12
units of Complementary Studies outside of the
primary prefix for the major. (Note: Students may not
use an alternate prefix that is cross-listed with the
primary prefix for the major.)
Creative Writing majors will satisfy this requirement
from within the major requirements above by taking
12 units of literature classes required in the major,
which are recognized in the major list of any or all of
the following prefixes: ENG, AFRS, CWL, LTNS,
WGS, HUM, AAS, MGS, or AIS.
Students who have earned AA-T or AS-T degrees
and are pursuing a similar B.A. degree at SF State are
required to fulfill the Complementary Studies
requirement as defined by the major department.
Students should consult with a major advisor about
how transfer units and/or SF State units can best be
applied to this requirement in order to ensure degree
completion within 60 units.
B.
Craft Course (1 course, for a total of 3 units.) Satisfies GWAR (Graduation Writing Assessment
Requirement)/Junior composition requirement.)
C.
Creative Process AND/OR Writing Workshop Courses (4 courses, for a total of 12 units)
D.
Variable Topic Course (1 course, 3 un
its)
E.
Revision Course (1 course, 3 units)
F.
C W 601 Work in Progress (1 course, 3 units.)
G.
Literature Courses (4 courses, for a total of 12 units)
ADVISING FORM for the B.A. in CREATIVE WRITING
Once you have filled in one class you have taken per line in this form, you will have completed your B.A.
in Creative Writing requirements. For GE requirements, please visit https://advisinglca.sfsu.edu/.
A.
Fundamentals Courses (2 courses: C W 301 Fundamentals of Creative Writing, and C W 302
Fundamentals of Creative Reading 6 units.)