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Program checklist · B.A.

Creative Writing

Carnegie Mellon University · Pittsburgh, PA

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Program
Award
B.A.
Credential class
ceterms:BachelorDegree
CIP
23.1302
Credits (computed from items)
735
Catalog edition
2026-2027
Checklist type
degree-program
Identifiers
IPEDS UNITID
211440
CourseShelf checklist
CK_211440_3fdada4b
CollegeTransfer.Net
Institution Transfer Profile
Source
CourseShelf publish 59

Requirements to complete

Every course or condition the catalog lists, in the catalog's order.

Creative Writing Core (7 courses)63 units

major core · 16 items
  1. 76-212
    Introduction to TV Writing
    Not resolved to a course
    9
  2. 76-260
    Introduction to Writing Fiction
    Not resolved to a course
    9
  3. 76-261
    Intro to Writing Creative Nonfiction
    Not resolved to a course
    9
  4. 76-265
    Introduction to Writing Poetry
    Not resolved to a course
    9
  5. 76-269
    Introduction to Screenwriting
    Not resolved to a course
    9
  6. 76-362
    Reading in Forms: Nonfiction
    Not resolved to a course
    9
  7. 76-363
    Reading in Forms: Poetry
    Not resolved to a course
    9
  8. 76-364
    Reading in Forms: Fiction
    Not resolved to a course
    9
  9. 76-320
    The Writer's Room: TV WritingPrerequisite: earn an A or B in 76-212 Introduction to TV Writing OR 76-269 Introduction to Screenwriting
    Not resolved to a course
    9
  10. 76-365
    Poetry WorkshopPrerequisite: earn an A or B in 76-265 Introduction to Writing Poetry
    Not resolved to a course
    9
  11. 76-368
    Role Playing Game Writing WorkshopPrerequisite: earn an A or B in 76-260 Introduction to Writing Fiction or 76269 Introduction to Screenwriting
    Not resolved to a course
    12
  12. 76-460
    Beginning Fiction WorkshopPrerequisite: earn an A or B in 76-260 Introduction to Writing Fiction
    Not resolved to a course
    9
  13. 76-462
    Advanced Fiction WorkshopPrerequisite: earn an A or B in 76-460 Beginning Fiction Workshop
    Not resolved to a course
    9
  14. 76-465
    Advanced Poetry WorkshopPrerequisite: earn an A or B in 76-365 Beginning Poetry Workshop
    Not resolved to a course
    9
  15. 76-464
    Creative Nonfiction WorkshopPrerequisite: earn an A or B in 76-260 Introduction to Writing Fiction OR 76-261 Introduction to Writing Creative Nonfiction OR 76-265 Introduction to Writing Poetry
    Not resolved to a course
    9
  16. 76-469
    Screenwriting WorkshopPrerequisite: earn an A or B in 76-269 Introduction to Screenwriting
    Not resolved to a course
    9

English Electives (4 courses)36 units minimum

electives · 66 items
  1. 76-207
    Special Topics in Literature & Culture
    Not resolved to a course
    9
  2. 76-210
    Banned Books
    Not resolved to a course
    9
  3. 76-217
    Literature & Culture of the 20th and 21st Century
    Not resolved to a course
    9
  4. 76-219
    Law & Blame
    Not resolved to a course
    9
  5. 76-220
    Mystery! From Detective Fiction to True Crime
    Not resolved to a course
    9
  6. 76-221
    Books You Should Have Read By Now
    Not resolved to a course
    9
  7. 76-230
    Literature & Culture in the 19th Century
    Not resolved to a course
    9
  8. 76-236
    CMU Prison Education Project:
    Not resolved to a course
    12
  9. 76-239
    Introduction to Film Studies
    Not resolved to a course
    9
  10. 76-241
    Introduction to Gender Studies
    Not resolved to a course
    9
  11. 76-242
    American Woman Writers
    Not resolved to a course
    9
  12. 76-244
    Immigrant Fictions
    Not resolved to a course
    9
  13. 76-245
    Shakespeare: Tragedies & Histories
    Not resolved to a course
    9
  14. 76-247
    Shakespeare: Comedies and Romances
    Not resolved to a course
    9
  15. 76-259
    Film History
    Not resolved to a course
    9
  16. 76-268
    Comic Books & Pop Culture
    Not resolved to a course
    9
  17. 76-278
    Japanese Film and Literature: The Art of Storytelling
    Not resolved to a course
    9
  18. 76-295
    Russian Cinema: From the Bolshevik Revolution to Putin's Russia
    Not resolved to a course
    9
  19. 76-296
    20th Century Russian Masterpieces
    Not resolved to a course
    9
  20. 76-299
    19th Century Russian Masterpieces
    Not resolved to a course
    9
  21. 76-312
    Crime and Justice in American Film
    Not resolved to a course
    9
  22. 76-314
    Data Stories
    Not resolved to a course
    9
  23. 76-317
    Contemporary American Fiction
    Not resolved to a course
    9
  24. 76-326
    Contemporary Global Fiction
    Not resolved to a course
    9
  25. 76-329
    Performing Race in Early Modern Drama
    Not resolved to a course
    9
  26. 76-337
    Intersectional Feminism
    Not resolved to a course
    9
  27. 76-339
    Topics in Film and Media
    Not resolved to a course
    9
  28. 76-341
    The Age of Jane Austen
    Not resolved to a course
    9
  29. 76-342
    Love: A Cultural History
    Not resolved to a course
    9
  30. 76-343
    Rise of the American Novel
    Not resolved to a course
    9
  31. 76-347
    Major Fiction
    Not resolved to a course
    9
  32. 76-348
    Adaptation: Fiction to Film
    Not resolved to a course
    9
  33. 76-350
    Critical Theories about Literature
    Not resolved to a course
    9
  34. 76-353
    Transnational Feminisms: Fiction and Film
    Not resolved to a course
    9
  35. 76-362
    Reading in Forms: Nonfiction
    Not resolved to a course
    9
  36. 76-363
    Reading in Forms: Poetry
    Not resolved to a course
    9
  37. 76-364
    Reading in Forms: Fiction
    Not resolved to a course
    9
  38. 76-367
    Fact Into Film: Translating History into Cinema
    Not resolved to a course
    9
  39. 76-370
    Independent Study in Literary and Cultural Studies(instructor permission required)
    Not resolved to a course
    Var.
  40. 76-376
    Crafting Race in 19th-Century Britain
    Not resolved to a course
    9
  41. 76-382
    Media: Past, Present, and Future
    Not resolved to a course
    9
  42. 76-392
    Special Topics in Literature & Culture
    Not resolved to a course
    9
  43. 76-401
    Hollywood vs. the World
    Not resolved to a course
    9
  44. 76-407
    Topics in Literary & Cultural Studies
    Not resolved to a course
    9
  45. 76-409
    History of German Film
    Not resolved to a course
    9
  46. 76-410
    The Long Eighteenth Century
    Not resolved to a course
    9
  47. 76-414
    Decolonial Imaginaries
    Not resolved to a course
    9
  48. 76-423
    Transnational Feminisms
    Not resolved to a course
    9
  49. 76-424
    Theories of Social Class
    Not resolved to a course
    9
  50. 76-429
    Introduction to Computational Humanities
    Not resolved to a course
    9
  51. 76-431
    Gender Play in Early Modern Drama
    Not resolved to a course
    9
  52. 76-434
    Literature & Social Change in the 19th Century
    Not resolved to a course
    9
  53. 76-439
    Seminar in Film and Media Studies
    Not resolved to a course
    9
  54. 76-442
    Black Lives in Pre-1900 Britain
    Not resolved to a course
    9
  55. 76-445
    Milton
    Not resolved to a course
    9
  56. 76-446
    Revenge Tragedy
    Not resolved to a course
    9
  57. 76-450
    Law, Culture, and the Humanities
    Not resolved to a course
    9
  58. 76-452
    Generations and Culture
    Not resolved to a course
    9
  59. 76-453
    Literature of Empire
    Not resolved to a course
    9
  60. 76-454
    Rise of the Blockbuster
    Not resolved to a course
    9
  61. 76-455
    The Pittsburgh Review of Books (PRoB)
    Not resolved to a course
    9
  62. 76-461
    Refugee Stories: Literature, Art and Film
    Not resolved to a course
    9
  63. 76-467
    Crime Fiction and Film
    Not resolved to a course
    9
  64. 76-468
    Space and Mobilities
    Not resolved to a course
    9
  65. 76-482
    Rise of the Art Film
    Not resolved to a course
    9
  66. 76-495
    Other People's Words: The History, Theory, and Practice of Interviews
    Not resolved to a course
    9
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