Providence College is now happy to offer a new major in Creative Writing, which is an alternative to our established major in English.  This Creative Writing major provides students interested in developing their skills in writing fiction or poetry with the opportunity to extend their study beyond introductory courses. Besides maintaining the literary rigors of the English major, the Creative Writing major has a capstone course where students can focus on their desired genre and work closely with other students and our established poets and fiction writers. This major is useful to students who are interested in post-graduate studies or in careers as varied as film and advertising. Students will also have the opportunity to work on and submit their work to Providence College's literary magazine, The Alembic, and they will attend readings from some the best contemporary poets and fiction writers.
      
Required courses:

      ENG 175  Introduction to Literature
      Four courses in literature before 1800
      Two courses in literature after 1800
      ENG 380  Creative Writing Fiction OR ENG 381 Creative Writing Poetry           
      ENG 442  The Prose Poem
      ENG 488 Capstone seminar in fiction OR ENG 489 Capstone seminar in  
      poetry

Creative Writing faculty:

Professors
Peter M. Johnson, Ph.D. (fiction and prose poem)
Jane Lunin Perel, M.F.A. (poetry)

Associate Professor
Chard deNiord, M.F.A. (poetry) 

Assistant Professor
E.C. Osondu, M.F.A. (fiction)