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May 04, 2026
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[PRELIMINARY] Course Catalog 2026-2027
Creative Writing Minor
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The minor consists of a minimum of 5 full courses (or the equivalent).
Note: Students must earn minimum grades of B- for all courses that apply toward the minor. Courses in which a grade of P is earned do not count toward the minor.
 View the catalog page for the creative writing department.
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Transfer of Credit Toward the Minor
The creative writing department will accept up to the equivalent of one full course of transfer credit to count toward the creative writing minor requirements. Two types of approval are needed. (1) Approval from the Office of the Registrar that the transfer course meets Oberlin’s transfer-of-credit eligibility standards and (2) approval from the department/program chair that the course(s) may count to the minor. Current students taking post-matriculation credit must secure this approval before registering for course(s). Students who enter Oberlin as transfer students will have their pre-matriculation credit evaluated by the Office of the Registrar for elective credit, and they can later seek approval from the department/program for applying coursework to minor requirements. Detailed Minor Requirements
Creative Writing Minor Course Lists
200-Level Creative Writing Courses
Return to the summary of requirements. - AAST 278 - Workshop: Playwrighting and Performance in the Time of the Black Lives Matter Movement ⇒ cross-listed with THEA 278
- CIME 295 - Cinematic Storytelling Workshop ⇒ cross-listed with CRWR 295
- CMPL 250 - Introduction to Literary Translation: Theory, History, Practice ⇒ cross-listed with CRWR 250
- CRWR 207 - Literary Journalism ⇒ cross-listed with WRCM 207
- CRWR 208 - Queer Futures, Queer Bodies
- CRWR 211 - Black to the Future: Speculative Young Adult Fiction
- CRWR 212 - Word and Image: Poetry in Dialogue with Visual Art
- CRWR 213 - The Prose Poem
- CRWR 215 - Race and Poetic Innovation
- CRWR 218 - The Art of the Monologue: One-Person Plays and Other Solo (Non)Fictions
- CRWR 227 - Beyond the Page: Hybrid Poetics
- CRWR 229 - Dialogue and Dialect
- CRWR 230 - Form and Flexibility
- CRWR 231 - The Practice of Poetry: Rituals, Procedures, Remixes, and Constraints
- CRWR 233 - Character and Craft
- CRWR 236 - Writing Childhood in Fiction
- CRWR 237 - New Media Writing
- CRWR 238 - Plot and Structure
- CRWR 241 - Queer Poetry
- CRWR 242 - Legends, Fables, & Fairy Tales in Children’s Lit
- CRWR 248 - Chronicles of a Crisis Foretold
- CRWR 250 - Introduction to Literary Translation: Theory, History, Practice ⇒ cross-listed with CMPL 250
- CRWR 251 - The Sonnet
- CRWR 252 - Poetry: Travel, Mobility, and Movement
- CRWR 253 - Poetry of Science
- CRWR 254 - Poetry and the Body
- CRWR 259 - Fiction in Verse
- CRWR 268 - Ethnic American Story Cycle
- CRWR 273 - False Documents: Fiction, Fakery, and Other Falsehoods
- CRWR 279 - Weird Tales
- CRWR 286 - Who’s Afraid of Genre Fiction?
- CRWR 291 - The OuLiPo & Constraint
- CRWR 292 - The Art of Flash Fiction
- CRWR 293 - The Art of Revision
- CRWR 295 - Cinematic Storytelling Workshop ⇒ cross-listed with CIME 295
- THEA 278 - Workshop: Playwrighting and Performance in the Time of the Black Lives Matter Movement ⇒ cross-listed with AAST 278
- WRCM 207 - Literary Journalism ⇒ cross-listed with CRWR 207
Literary Reading and Analysis Courses
Return to the summary of requirements. Students should consult with their advisors when selecting literary reading and analysis courses. Growing as a writer depends upon growing as a reader. The literary reading and analysis requirement asks students to deepen their knowledge of the traditions and current practices that shape the genres in which they write; in the most general sense, courses that count toward the literary reading and analysis requirement are those whose concern is the literary study of works of literature. The requirement may be met by courses in literature, narrative, or poetics (generally at the 200-level and above) offered by the departments of Africana studies, cinema and media, comparative literature, English, theater, and language departments such as French and Italian and East Asian studies. Literary reading and analysis credit may, in some cases, be considered for courses outside of these departments but within the arts and humanities (ARHU) division of the college. All such considerations and decisions are at the discretion of the department chair or a designated faculty member. The department maintains a form which may be filled out to nominate a course for consideration as a literary reading and analysis course. Filling out the form does not guarantee that a course will count for literary reading and analysis credit. Declaring the Minor
Declaration of the creative writing minor is only granted once the student has applied and gained admission to the required 300-level creative writing workshop course. This is because the classes are small, priority is given to creative writing majors, and the department cannot guarantee seats for aspiring minors. Once students have registered for the 300-level course, they may submit the interdivisional or Arts and Sciences minor declaration/change form to the creative writing department chair for approval and signature. Applications to the next semester’s 300-level courses are due at noon on the Tuesday after that semester’s break, which is the deadline for all other departmental applications. The department recommends completing the required minor elective course (generally a CRWR 100- or 200-level course) and the required literary reading and analysis course before applying for the 300-level course. |
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