Choose two of the following:

• ENGL 2261 - Creative Nonfiction Writing Credits: 3
• ENGL 2262 - Poetry Writing Credits: 3
• ENGL 2263 - Fiction Writing Credits: 3

Choose one of the following:

• ENGL 2251 - Creative Writing for Stage and Screen Credits: 3
• ENGL 2271 - Creative Writing for Children and Young Adults Credits: 3

Program Goals

By completing this certificate, students will achieve the following learning goals:

1. Demonstrate critical knowledge of a wide range of creative writing and a variety of diverse cultural viewpoints;
2. Demonstrate expertise in critical analysis of professional works of lit­erature as writers (reading as writers);
3. Demonstrate knowledge of genres and aesthetics by learning to write well in many forms. This includes a basic command of grammar;
4. Demonstrate intellectual discipline by narrowing one’s creative focus and energies to produce the most effective work while meeting dead­lines and managing time effectively; and
5. Demonstrate habits of creativity in the forms of creative problem-solving, experimentation, inventiveness, and revision.

Completion Requirements

• A minimum of 12 semester credits must be completed at ARCC.
• A minimum grade of C must be earned in all program and additional requirements.
• All course requirements must be complete before a certificate will be awarded.
• To complete your program, please submit the appropriate application found here.
• The requirements of this program are subject to change without notice.