APPROVED CREATIVE WRITING COURSES OFFERED DURING SPRING 2025 as of October 25, 2024. – Look up courses in CalCentral.
COLWRIT 133: Introduction to the Craft of Dramatic Writing
ENGLISH 141: Modes of Writing (Exposition, Fiction, Verse, Etc.)
ENGLISH 143A: Short Fiction*
ENGLISH 143B: Verse*
ENGLISH 143E: Playwriting*
ENGLISH 243N: Prose Nonfiction Writing Workshop*
FILM 181: Screenwriting
FRENCH 139: Creative Writing in French
THEATER 139A: Fundamentals of Playwriting
* The deadline to apply for English 143A, 143B, 143E and 243N (a graduate course) is November 1, 2024. The application link is in the class description for each course in the Spring 2025 Schedule of Classes. If you have questions regarding applying, contact the relevant instructor.
TO FIND APPROVED LITERATURE COURSES OFFERED DURING Spring 2025, compare the approved list of literature courses on the Creative Writing Minor website with the Spring 2025 Schedule of Classes.
Found an upper-division, three- or four-unit course you would like reviewed as a creative writing or literature course for the minor? Make sure the course is clearly creative writing (not expository writing) or literature focused. Then, send your documentary evidence, often a course description and syllabus, to demir@berkeley.edu.
Remember all courses you take for the minor must meet the minor requirements too.
Questions regarding a course? Contact the department offering the course or the instructor teaching the course.
Questions regarding the minor program? Contact Laura Demir at demir@berkeley.edu.
