I was looking at the Writing Seminars department website about the requirements for the major and saw two headings within it - Requirements for the Major in Writing Seminars and Advanced Work Within the Major. Taking all of the classes mentioned in the two headings would mean having to take 20 classes (as well as being proficient in a foreign language), 8 of which aren’t even in the Writing Sems department. In contrast, some of the other majors that I’ve been looking at (like English) only require around 10 courses for the major. So is the information that I’ve been reading about the Writing Sems major correct?
If anyone on here is a Writing Sems major or just knows about the program, any clarification would be helpful.
Thanks
I’m not a Writing Seminars major, and I don’t know too much about the major, but I do know that it’s pretty intensive, and the twenty-course thing is probably accurate. I believe that most majors make up 1/4-1/2 of the total 120-credit requirement. There are many majors for which the course requirements are about half, including most STEM majors (except Math and Physics, that I know of), International Studies, and Writing Seminars. Most other humanities are closer to 1/3 of the requirement, I believe.
@anony12 My daughter is double majoring in writing sems and history. For writing sems, she has to take 2 philosophy classes, 2 semesters of intro to fiction and poetry (IFP), 4 or 5 lit classes, intro to fiction, intro to poetry, intermed fiction, intermed poetry, 3 writing electives and a writing workshop. So that’s about 16 or 17 classes. She took 2 spanish classes freshman year, but i can’t remember if that was a writing sems req. It may seem like a lot of classes, but if you are interested in writing, it’s an excellent program. And she is not having difficulty getting both her writing and history reqs in at all. She has space in her schedule for other electives as well.