Self-audit for the Concentration in Writing

Students enter the writing concentration only by permission.  Interested students must submit a portfolio of their work to the Director of Creative Writing by the end of their junior year.  Those accepted into the Concentration must file a new Major Declaration form with the Registrar or their transcripts will not reflect the concentration

Name ___________________________ Adviser __________________________

1. 3193 Literary Criticism and Theory

2. The English Colloquia (or substitutions. N.B. For one Colloquium, two substitutions are necessary; for both Colloquia, three substitutions. For a list of admissible substitutions, see the department course listings. One Colloquium substitutions also fulfills one of the pre-1900 requirements.)

3159 Colloquium I: The Renaissance

or two courses in Renaissance literature (only one of which may be in Shakespeare)

1. ___________________________________________________
2. ___________________________________________________

3160 Colloquium II: The Enlightenment

or two courses, at least one of which must be in Restoration (1660-1700) or 18th-century literature

1. ___________________________________________________

The other may be in literature either of the Renaissance or of the Restoration or 18th century

2. ___________________________________________________

3. Two courses in English or American literature written before 1900

1. ___________________________________________________
2. ___________________________________________________

4. One course in English, American, or Global literature from 3141 through 3190 (excluding the Colloquia)

1. ___________________________________________________

5. Two writing courses: one introductory (3105-3113) and one advanced (3114-3118). Consult the Director of Creative Writing about the applicability of Columbia courses.

1. ___________________________________________________
2. ___________________________________________________

6. A third elective, either a) in literature (English or another language) or b) in creative writing

1. ___________________________________________________

7. A Senior Project:

Special Project in Writing (ENG BC 3996), in conjunction with the third writing elective above

Or

Independent Study (ENG BC 3999)

8. A Senior Seminar (3997x, 3998y)

1. ___________________________________________________

updated 2/21/08