<p>D2 is a rising HS Junior who's starting her college search and recently begun visiting schools. She's planning to major in English Lit/Creative Writing. Some of the college guides that she's looked at have indicated that IU-Bloomington has a strong English department and that the related courses are quite challenging. I've been following this sub-forum for a while and, while I realize that the majority of threads seem to focus on the Business school, I was wondering if anybody is familiar with the English major at IU (or knows someone who's an English major: How strong is the program? How challenging are the classes? We're OOS and trying to find another state university with a strong Creative Writing/English course of study. Thank you.</p>
<p>I know that Iowa has a fantastic creative writing program, if you're looking for a state school with a strong creative writing program. It's the best in the country. Here is a link I found to rankings.</p>
<p>University</a> Creative Writing Programs</p>
<p>IU ranks 18th in the nation in English in the NRC rankings, and 17th on the Creative Writing rankings. Both departments are very solid.</p>
<p>Thanks, A2Wolves6, for your response and the link. We are familiar with U. Iowa, as my daughter participated in a summer program there. Their Creative Writing program is stellar, to be sure, although our understanding is that the strength is mainly in the graduate program/ Iowa Writers' Workshop.</p>
<p>My daughter will be hopefully completing her outside field in English so we'll keep you posted.</p>
<p>^Thanks, I would appreciate that. We've noticed IU because, first, we read in a couple of college guides (Fiske and another one) about how IU's English courses are supposed to be challenging and that it's difficult for students to get A's in them. Also, I recall seeing a thread posted on CC a while back about how U. Wisconsin-Madison(which traditionally had a strong English Department) was starting to lose some of their Humanities professors to schools such as IU-Bloomington and U. Pittsburgh(where she's also looking at).</p>
<p>I am a english major at IUPUI and love it check it out!! It is an IU degree,but at a campus in downtown indy with smaller classes,less parties,and friendlier professors plus you can take Purdue classes too. You will get more personal attention here then you will in bloomington. I am a freshmen and all my professors know my name!! If your heart is set on bloomington go ahead ,but if you want a smaller classes,urban setting,and more friendly professors then look at IUPUI!! Good Luck!!</p>