<p>Maybe I misunderstood the NYU website, but as far as I can tell, they do NOT have an undergrad Creative Writing Program! Is this correct??</p>
<p>I have a friend who is a creative writing and American/Brit Lit major, so I would have to say that is incorrect.</p>
<p>There is no major in Creative Writing; the program only offers a minor.</p>
<p>They have a dramatic writing program in tisch.</p>
<p>WHAT!!! only a minor!! oh no. guess I'll have to start looking for another school. Damn. I had my heart set on New York. :(</p>
<p>Think about it logically, man. If you're really interested in a career in creative writing, they're going to care about how you write, not what your undergraduate major was. And even though there's only a creative writing minor, if you're really interested in taking a lot of classes in the creative writing area, you could do that with any major.</p>
<p>major in languistics, english, drama, theater, literature, comparative literature, if you major in creative writing you will need to know the above things anyway...then minor in creative writing, you are all set!</p>
<p>yeah trust me, you won't want to just take classes to write all the time. writing is more about knowing information and techniques and literature that can influence your own writing. There is a reason that NYU only offers the minor.</p>
<p>Um...I go to a private arts high school specifically to focus on creative writing. I highly doubt that anyone would approve of me NOT going to a college to focus specifically on the same. Any idea what the BEST schools for writing are??</p>
<p>UMMMMM well in response to that, I would, because writing is about more than knowing how to deal with language. You actually have to know **** about some subjects and the world too--the more you know, the more expansive you can get with creative writing.</p>
<p>In order to be a writer, you need to be EDUCATED. That is the same with being an Artist. Sure there are writers out there and artists out there who have little to know education, but their writing and their art is derivative and even vaccuous because they have not learned the basic foundations of knowledge, which you learn in college. It is very true that the best work produced by any artist stems from rich concepts learned in all areas of disipline. I can garentee that if you go to school and only study creative writing, you will be at a major disadvantage.</p>
<p>In order to be a writer, you need to be EDUCATED. That is the same with being an Artist. Sure there are writers out there are artists out there who have little to no college education, however, in more cases than not, their writing or their art is simply derivative and even vaccuous because they lack CONCEPT, because, they have not learned the basic foundations of knowledge, which you learn in college. It is very true that the best work produced by any artist/writer stems from rich concepts learned in all areas of disipline.<br>
If you look at the educations of the most successful artists and writers throughout the 1900 century and on to current years, the majority recieved a broader liberal arts education. Some examples of artists include, Mark Rothko(Princeton), Motherwell(Harvard), Julie Taymore(Oberlin), Eve Sussman(Bennington), Andy Warhol(Carnegie Mellon), Chris Columbus(NYU), Maya Lin(Yale), Chuck Close(Yale) etc. Writers include, Judy Bloom(NYU), Shirley Jackson(Syracuse), Edgar Allan Poe(University of Virginia), Arthur Miller(UMichigan), Henry James(Harvard), F Scott Fitzgerald(Princeton),Tennessee Williams(University of Iowa), Ralph Emerson(Harvard), the list goes on and on....As you can see, all of these artists and writers recieved broader liberal arts educations at major universities, and another fact you might like, none of them majored in "CREATIVE WRITING", their majors or concentrations, ranged from a variety of disiplines. Some of which include, education, english, law, etc. Based on all of this information I assume, you will start thinking differently if you want to have a carear or if you want to make an impact, as a creative writer, as big as the names i just mentioned. I can also say, with confidence, that if you go to school and only study creative writing and do not take the time, to study history, english, comparative literature, literature, the sciences, the arts etc., you will be at a major disadvantage.</p>
<p>well said.</p>
<p>woah. um...okay then, Mikestrman. thanks for the input. :) well, what CAN you tell me about the undergrad english program??</p>