Undergraduates
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Undergraduate Listserv
For undergraduate students interested in receiving information about Creative Writing Program offerings: minor in creative writing, Kidd Workshops, writing competition, upcoming courses, and annual Reading Series. Don’t miss out — join today!
Undergraduate Advising
The program’s undergraduate curriculum offers introductory, intermediate, and advanced writing courses in fiction, poetry, and nonfiction. Highlights of undergraduate offerings include:
Creative Writing Minor
Study the craft of writing with the program’s award-winning faculty writers. You’ll read exemplary authors, hone your skills with brief writing exercises, and create your own stories and poems. In courses ranging from introductory to advanced level fiction and poetry, you’ll also develop imaginative and critical thinking and interpretive skills, as well as create a portfolio of original work.
Kidd Workshops
Join like-minded peers in a learning community with the shared mission of deepening your intellectual lives and developing yourselves as literary artists over an entire year. Nowhere else on campus do undergraduate students receive the sustained and close attention to their creative writing that the Kidd Workshops offer.
Students should consult their major advisors about integrating creative writing courses into their programs.
Tykeson College and Career Advising
The Tykeson College and Career Advising in Willie and Donald Tykeson Hall is UO’s new advising center, located on 13th Avenue, between Johnson and Chapman Halls. At Tykeson Hall, students can work with professional College and Career Advisors who can help them explore interests, schedule classes, plan for graduation, discuss career interests, and more.
Students can schedule appointments with our Tykeson College and Career Advising team via the EAB Navigate app available in the App Store or Google Play. Visit the Office of Academic Advising’s website for information about appointments and hours of operation.
Undergraduate Awards
Undergraduate Grade Policies for CRWR (PDF)
Check out our Creative Writing workshops and seminars.
Course Offerings for 2023 – 2024
| FALL | WINTER | SPRING | |
| FICTION | |||
| CRWR 240: Intro to Fiction Writing | ■ ■ ■ ■ | ■ ■ ■ | ■ ■ ■ ■ |
| CRWR 244: Introduction to Literary Nonfiction | ■ | ||
| CRWR 340: Intermediate Fiction Writing | ■ | ■ | ■ |
| CRWR 407: Seminar – Fiction | ■ | ■ | |
| CRWR 445: Advanced Fiction Writing | ■ | ■ | ■ |
| POETRY | |||
| CRWR 230: Intro to Poetry | ■ ■ ■ | ■ ■ ■ ■ | ■ ■ ■ |
| CRWR 330: Interm Poetry Writing | ■ | ■ | ■ |
| CRWR 413: Literature for Poets | ■ | ||
| CRWR 407: Seminar – Poetry | ■ | ■ | |
| CRWR 435: Adv Poetry Workshop | ■ | ■ | ■ |
