Courses

Requirements

Students who major in Literature and Creative writing must complete 12 courses and pursue one of two tracks: Literary Scholarship or Creative Writing.

Literary Scholarship Track
Creative Writing Track

Literary Scholarship Track

Requirements	Course Details
5 required courses	Literary Interpretation Foundations of Literature I: Epic and Drama Foundations of Literature II: Lyric Poetry and the Novel Introduction to Creative Writing Problems and Methods of Literary Studies
5 major elective courses	At least 4 courses from offerings in Literature, 1 of which must be pre-modern 1 Creative Writing elective may be counted toward this requirement At least 1 of these 5 courses must be a 3000-level course Only 1 course may be cross-listed from the Core
2 Capstone	Seminar and Project

Sample Course Schedule

The following is an example of a typical course schedule for NYUAD Literature and Creative Writing majors, Literary Scholarship Track during four years of study.

Literary Scholarship Track (PDF)

Creative Writing Track

Requirements	Course Details
5 required courses	Literary Interpretation Foundations of Literature I: Epic and Drama Foundations of Literature II: Lyric Poetry and the Novel Introduction to Creative Writing Problems and Methods of Literary Study
5 major elective courses	3 from offerings in Creative Writing 2 from offerings in Literature At least 1 of these 5 courses must be a 3000-level course Only 1 course may be cross-listed from the Core
2 Capstone	Seminar and Project

Sample Course Schedule

The following is an example of a typical course schedule for NYUAD Literature and Creative Writing majors, Creative Writing Track during four years of study.

Creative Writing Track (PDF)

Courses

Requirements

Literary Scholarship Track

Sample Course Schedule

Course List