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Creative Writing Minor at BHSU

Minor Requirements - 18 Semester Hours

  • 3 ENGL 283 Introduction to Creative Writing

  • 3 ENGL 482 Creative Writing II

  • 3 ENGL 483 Advanced Creative Writing

  • Take two from the following:

    • 3 ENGL 475 Creative Writing: Non-Fiction

    • 3 ENGL 476 Creative Writing: Fiction

    • 3 ENGL 478 Creative Writing: Poetry

  • Take one from the following:

    • 3 ENGL 115 American Indian Oral Literature

    • 3 ENGL 210 Introduction to Literature

    • 3 ENGL 211 World Lit I

    • 3 ENGL 212 World Lit II

    • 3 ENGL 214 Intro to American Indian Literature

    • 3 ENGL 221 British Literature I

    • 3 ENGL 222 British Literature II

    • 3 ENGL 241 American Lit I

    • 3 ENGL 242 American Lit II

    • 3 ENGL 248 Women in Literature

    • 3 ENGL 256 Literature of the American West

    • 3 ENGL 320 The Non-Western Novel

    • 3 ENGL 406 Adolescent Literature

    • 3 ENGL 411 Bible as Literature

    • 3 ENGL 431 Shakespeare I

    • 3 ENGL 432 Shakespeare II

    • 3 ENGL 468 Contemporary Fiction

    • 1-4 ENGL 490 Seminar

    • 1-5 ENGL 492 Topics

**Current students, please refer to the DegreeWorks Dashboard in MyBHSU to confirm your minor requirements.**

CAREER OPPORTUNITIES

» Advertising copywriter
» Arts administrator
» Creative director
» Digital copywriter
» Editorial assistant
» Lexicographer
» Magazine journalist
» Newspaper journalist
» Web content manager
» Writer
» Academic librarian
» Film director
» Information officer
» Marketing executive
» Primary school teacher
» Public librarian
» Public relations officer
» Secondary school teacher
» Social media manager

Contact Info

Matthew Bauman
Senior Lecturer, Creative Writing
Matthew.Bauman@BHSU.edu
Phone: 605-642-1272

College of Liberal Arts, English
Black Hills State University
1200 University St.
Spearfish, SD, USA 57799